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5 hot spots for job growth

High housing costs in the Bay Area and Northeast are driving workers out — and into the warm weather and work-life balance of the Sun Belt, The Wall Street Journal reported March 8. 

Epic's fantastical new 'Other Worlds' campus

Epic is planning a fantastical theme for its upcoming sixth campus, the Wisconsin State Journal reported March 10.  

Steward looks to transfer Massachusetts hospitals amid lawmaker backlash

Dallas-based Steward Health Care is looking to transfer the ownership of its Massachusetts hospitals as state lawmakers shared another letter with Steward’s CEO Ralph de la Torre, MD, “blasting him” over the health system’s ongoing financial struggles.

Median ED visit times by type, volume

Median emergency department visit times vary greatly based on a multitude of factors, including facility type, patient demographics and annual volumes, data from the Emergency Department Benchmarking Alliance shows.

Physician specialties with the happiest marriages

More pulmonary medicine physicians report having happier marriages than any other specialty, according to a Medscape report.

Michigan hospital taps chief nursing officer

Bronson Battle Creek (Mich.) Hospital appointed Steve Polega, BSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer.

HHS requests 'stopgap' payments to hospitals, pause on prior authorizations amid Change outage

The cyberattack disrupting Change Healthcare’s claims processing system has had a financial impact on hospitals and forced many to develop workarounds for claims submissions.

St. Luke's taps CFO

Chesterfield, Mo..-based St. Luke’s Hospital has appointed Jon Vitiello CFO. 

10 most, least overweight cities in America

McAllen, Texas, is the most obese and overweight city in the U.S., according to an analysis released March 11 by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

Cardiology deserves its own board, Northwell leader says

Big changes could be coming to cardiology thanks in part to the work of Jeffrey Kuvin, MD, co-executive director of the New York City-based Northwell Cardiovascular Institute and professor and chair of the department of cardiology New Hyde Park, N.Y.-b…