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How GNC became the newest healthcare disruptor

GNC is the latest healthcare disruptor, with the health supplement retailer rolling out a yearly healthcare subscription service offering free telehealth appointments and generic medications.

Hospital salary, wage growth slowed to 7% in Q1

Salary and wage expenses for nonprofit hospitals increased significantly in the last few years as the pandemic forced hospitals to rely more on expensive contracted labor and boost pay to keep up with inflation.

CVS Health marketing chief exits for GM

CVS Health’s chief marketing officer, Norm de Greve, is leaving the company for a role at General Motors. 

Advertised salaries, vacancies for 50 healthcare jobs

Job search engine Adzuna released new research July 18 highlighting healthcare jobs and their average advertised salaries and vacancies as of June 2023.

Health systems switching EHRs due to mergers

Here are the hospitals and health systems that are implementing new EHR systems or extending EHR systems to other facilities due to mergers or acquisitions:

4 new health system CIO appointments

Four recent health system and hospital chief information officer moves Becker’s has covered since July 6:

NYT podcast details patients' pain after nurse swapped fentanyl for saline

A newly released podcast from The New York Times delves into the story of how a nurse’s tampering with pain medication led to an estimated hundreds of women undergoing painful egg retrieval procedures at the Yale Fertility Center.

Amazon, Google push back against ONC's predictive healthcare AI rules

Amazon and Google are pushing back against ONC proposals to regulate predictive artificial intelligence in healthcare.

20 best universities for health administration: US News

Earning a degree in health administration can aid one’s advancement to the top of hospital operations. And with hospital CEOs exiting at record rates, the industry could use fresh MHA-equipped talent. 

Detroit VA hospital delayed revoking surgery chief's privileges: Report

Following allegations of threats to patient safety and a lack of quality care from the former chief of surgery at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, the VA Office of Inspector General published findings July 18 from its recent inspection…