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Where are all the med-surg nurses?

St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare hoped to see more nurses go into medical-surgical once the COVID-19 pandemic died down and competitive pay rates for travel assignments in critical care and emergency departments stabilized. That hasn’t happened. More tha…

How 1 CIO is creating a tech environment that is adaptive, sustainable

Julie Eastman, Orange, Calif.-based UCI Health’s new CIO, says as technology continues to develop rapidly, architecture will matter more than ever. This is why the CIO is laser-focused on creating an adaptive IT stack that can evolve with the organizat…

What is 'loud quitting'? Healthcare labor action may be 1 example

Hospital and health system workers have long participated in strikes and other labor actions across the U.S., citing concerns about staffing, patient care, working conditions and employee retention. In recent years, they have increasingly held actions …

HHS investing $100M to grow nursing workforce

HHS is investing more than $100 million to train more nurses and address the rising demand for registered nurses, nurse practitioners, certified midwives and nurse faculty.

What the 6 University of California hospital CEOs made in 2022

The University of California has released 2022 wage data for every employee on its payroll, including the CEOs of its six highly ranked academic health centers.

Mount Sinai Hospital hit with rating downgrade

Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Mount Sinai Hospital’s rating to “Baa1” from “A3” as the agency expects the system’s operating performance and liquidity to be below historical averages for several years.

Sanford looks to gen AI, predictive models to alleviate administrative burdens

Sanford Fargo (N.D.) Medical Center is applying predictive models and risk stratification to its electronic medical record to inform clinical decision-making, Susan Jarvis, vice president of operations of the health system, told Becker’s. 

Kansas health system cuts documentation time in half with AI

The University of Kansas Health System has been able to cut clinicians’ documentation time from five hours to one using AI technology from Abridge, Fox4 News reported Aug. 9.  

More than 20% of employees say hospitals aren't addressing workplace violence

Violence against nurses, physicians and hospital staff continues to plague the healthcare industry, and despite multiple calls for action, in a recent poll from Becker’s on LinkedIn, 23 percent of respondents said their hospital does not have a plan cu…

Tenet names former Missouri senator to board

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has appointed Roy Blunt, former senator of Missouri, to its board.