Even as the Federal Reserve’s consumer price index shows inflation dropping, health systems say they are still seeing the lingering effects of higher prices in their earnings reports.
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Missouri hospital rehires former CFO
Salem (Mo.) Memorial District Hospital named Doug Hoban CFO, The Salem News reported Aug. 29.
Providence nurses to receive 18% raises
Registered nurses at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (Calif.) and at Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital in Fortuna, Calif., have approved a new labor contract.
Yale researchers find possible new route for cancer treatment
New Haven, Conn.-based Yale researchers found removing extra chromosomes from cancer cells inhibits tumor formation and could be a new route for cancer treatment.
The career backgrounds of 3 CFOs recently hired for CEO roles
Several hospitals have recently appointed former CFOs to CEO roles. Here are the work histories of three recent CFO-to-CEO hires:
6 lessons for US hospitals from the UK baby murder cases
The case of Lucy Letby, a neonatal nurse at Countess of Chester Hospital in Northern England who is now a convicted serial killer, has many wondering how to prevent and catch bad actors, an Aug. 29 editorial from the Chicago Tribune said.
Digital health in August: 9 startups land $539M
While digital health funding hit a six-year low in the second quarter of 2023, promising startups continue to land big deals. Here are nine digital health investments Becker’s reported on in the past month.
North Dakota health system names new CFO
Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System named Derek Goebel as the health system’s new CFO.
AI can change healthcare on 'planetary scale,' Google Health CEO says
Karen DeSalvo, MD, Google’s chief health officer, believes that artificial intelligence could change healthcare on a “planetary scale” by expanding access to care, The Washington Post reported Aug. 29.
The physician specialties with the most burnout
A recent American Medical Association survey found that emergency medicine physicians reported the most burnout of physician specialties.
