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Nursing schools, hospitals don't agree on how to solve nurse shortages

The nursing shortage is like an endless domino effect of the worst kind, with existing staffing issues and burnout driving more and more nurses to cut their hours or leave the industry entirely. All stakeholders want to solve the problem, but hospitals…

Hospitals double the odds of a data breach during merger period, study finds

Hospitals that merge are particularly vulnerable to data breaches in the period during and right after the acquisitions, according to research at the University of Texas at Dallas.

277 top hospitals for patient experience 

Becker’s has compiled a list of the top hospitals for patient experience in each state using Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems data from CMS.

Israeli wearables company integrates with Epic EHR

Biobeat, a wearable remote patient monitoring company, completed its integration with Epic, as it looks to expand into the U.S. healthcare market.

How long does it take to fill a role? Time to hire in 10 job functions

Healthcare provider has the fourth-longest time to hire among 10 major job functions, according to a new U.S. analysis by LinkedIn data. 

12 physician specialty starting salaries vs. billing to commercial payers

Employed physicians are generally paid a base salary and receive bonuses based on productivity — often measured by the number of relative value units physicians generate, the number of patients seen, net collections, and, on occasion, gross billing.

Upstate New York hospitals to get annual $1B boost

Starting in October, upstate New York hospitals will begin receiving nearly $1 billion more annually thanks to a modification of the Medicare Wage index. 

Physician signing bonuses jump 21%

The average signing bonus for physicians increased 21 percent from 2022 to $37,473 this year, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” released Aug. 14.

CEO role losing some luster

At one point, rising to the CEO position was considered the pinnacle of success in business. Now, a combination of factors has people setting out for other seats in C-suites.

Best, worst case COVID-19 projections for virus season

COVID-19 hospitalizations increased by 12.1 percent week over week per the most recent CDC data, which was last updated July 31.