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Michigan woman charged with posing as nurse for 3rd time

A Michigan woman was charged with identity theft after posing as a licensed nurse at a hospice facility.

R1 RCM expecting minimal effects from Medicaid redeterminations

R1 RCM is anticipating “minimal long-term impacts” from Medicaid redeterminations, CEO Lee Rivas told investors during the company’s Aug. 2 earnings call, according to a transcript from Seeking Alpha.

10 states with the largest dips in travel nurse pay

The average weekly travel nurse pay in July in the U.S. was $2,447.83, down from $2,677.19 in the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

At $633,000, this physician specialty has the highest starting salary

Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average starting salary ($633,000) among physicians, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” released July 24.

Dana-Farber cancer center nurses vote to strike

While still in contract negotiations, registered nurses at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute – Merrimack Valley in Methuen, Mass., voted 33 to 1 to authorize a one-day strike, the Massachusetts Nurses Association said in an NBC Boston report. 

Top 5 patient portals, per KLAS

Hospitals’ “digital front door” strategy continues into post-care, with patient portals being used more and more by providers and patients alike.

AdventHealth hospitals make 3 clinical leadership changes

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth made clinical leadership changes at several of its hospitals this week. 

How UNC Health uses an internal version of ChatGPT to streamline daily tasks

AVA, standing for AI virtual assistant, is UNC Health’s internal version of ChatGPT that is hosted within the health system’s own secure environment.

How Cleveland Clinic is making quantum computing a reality

Cleveland Clinic and its IBM-managed quantum computer are taking on the task of exploring how quantum computing can optimize healthcare’s complex systems and drug discovery and seeing if it can provide more accuracy than AI models. 

Viewpoint: How US healthcare system affects physicians' moral wellbeing

Moral injury is a phrase rooted in war history used to describe how soldiers would justify difficult actions taken during combat, but Lisa Doggett, MD, realized she and other medical professionals were experiencing a similar feeling related to patient …