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'Transformative' $200M gift to provide free medical education perpetually at NYU Langone's Long Island campus

Generations of medical students, focused on careers in primary care, will have access to full scholarships at NYU Langone’s Mineola, NY.-based NYU Long Island School of Medicine thanks to a “transformative” $200 million gift from benefactors Kenneth an…

Pennsylvania system makes 4 leadership changes

Independence Health System, the organization formed by the merger of Butler (Pa.) Health System and Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health System, appointed four leaders to its executive team, according to a news release shared with Becker’s.

60 hospital and health system CISOs and CPOs to know | 2023

Cybersecurity is becoming a top priority for many healthcare organizations, as they are facing an unprecedented number of cyber threats and data breaches. Across the nation, hospitals and health systems have recruited CISOs and CPOs to execute strong c…

How Novant's 'stupid stuff' initiative saved providers 26M EHR clicks

Carl Armato heard a consistent sentiment as he was rounding on physicians: The amount of time they spent in the EHR was creating a burdensome workload. This led to a resolution-focused initiative launched several years ago at Winston-Salem, N.C.-based …

Washington sees 1st C. auris case

Health officials in Washington are investigating what is believed to be the state’s first Candida auris infection in a Pierce County man. 

Damaged Pfizer plant stirs concern of worsening drug shortages

Concerns are emerging about worsening drug shortages in the U.S. after a tornado ripped through a major Pfizer manufacturing plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., on July 19. 

Explosion risk spurs Johns Hopkins All Children's to evacuate, temporarily close

Tampa, Fla.-based Johns Hopkins All Children’s Outpatient Care Center is temporarily closed as the local fire department investigates the air quality after facing a potential explosion risk from 30, 100-pound lithium-ion batteries.

Nurses at New York hospital plan strike

Members of the Rochester Union of Nurses and Allied Professionals plan to begin a two-day strike Aug. 3 at Rochester (N.Y.) General Hospital. 

Remote work's biggest fans? 6-figure earners

The push for remote work has been attributed by some to Generation Z, but new research indicates a different population pushing for the freedom to work from anywhere: well-paid longtime employees. 

Software developer salary by state

Software developers in California have the highest average annual salary at $182,570, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics.