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Archived Becker's Clinical Leadership E-Newsletters

November 20, 2024

• Mass General physicians join competitor | Joint Commission, NAHQ partner: 5 notes | Cardiologists shift to hospital practice | Texas hospital CEO resigns | NY med school to become independent

November 19, 2024

• CDC group reaffirms draft mask rules | Sutter physician turnover at 2% | Layoffs, pay cuts reshape C-suites | Healthcare reacts to Trump's HHS pick | Pancreatic cancer surge tied to better detection

November 18, 2024

• Star ratings of straight-'A', 'F' hospitals | Did pay raises retain Ballad nurses? | 33 hospitals cutting services | Jefferson embraces 'resiliency engineering' | What's driving advances in medication safety

November 15, 2024

• Adverse events touch 38% of surgical patients: Study | Ascension cuts services in Wis. | 26 straight-'A' and 'F' hospitals: Leapfrog | 'Stay interviews' boost retention at Providence | Premature births at record high

November 14, 2024

• Nursing strategy saves NYC Health + Hospitals $150M | ED physicians go unpaid at Calif. hospital | CommonSpirit taps regional CMO | What retail pharmacy closures spell for healthcare | Joint Commission: Strengthen disaster planning

November 13, 2024

• RNs push back on healthcare tech | IV fluid shortage reveals overuse | Trump forms government efficiency group | Physicians rarely disciplined for misinformation: Study | UAB to offer high-reliability certificate

November 12, 2024

• A case to expand teletrauma | Physician employment models 'not sustainable': Report | 2024's biggest wins, per hospital execs | Why Walmart partnered with Cleveland Clinic, Mercy | 21 systems launching residency programs

November 11, 2024

• The peer insights clinical execs seek | Texas sues 3rd physician | Virus activity ticks up: 4 notes | Jefferson delays 44K staff raises | Ark. hospital dismisses nursing director

November 08, 2024

• 89 hospitals with 5+ Magnet designations | NY system lays off managers | 3 Ozempic updates | Mercy Southeast to become teaching hospital | 58 top hospitals for surgical care

November 07, 2024

• 18 clinicians elected to congress | FDA adds warning to GLP-1 labels | 3 top systems for male nurses | Ariz. system CEO to exit | More layoffs at UPMC | Joint Commission reporting changes: 5 notes

November 06, 2024

• Which healthcare ballot measures passed? | Northwell's ACO wins | What the term 'nurse burnout' misses | New cancer burden projections: 5 notes | Trump wins election: 7 notes

November 05, 2024

• Calif. hospital delays service cut after RN pushback | Hospitals' chronic payment problem | 5 disaster management lessons from Fla. hospitals | Virtual nursing results at 8 systems | Healthcare on the ballot: 5 notes

November 04, 2024

• CMS finalizes physician pay cut, obstetric rules | A case to expand C. auris screening | Wegovy cuts all-cause admissions: 3 study findings | EHR giants eye new features

November 01, 2024

• Virus reporting rules resume | Bariatric surgery & GLP-1s: What to know | Providence RNs push back on virtual nursing | Why Emory launched a 'test kitchen lab' | Where employer well-being efforts fall short: 4 notes

October 31, 2024

• UPMC hikes pay for 23,000 RNs | Texas sues another physician | 15 notes on Gen Z | A Fla. system's new strategy to curb ED boarding | Why health equity's goal shouldn't be outcomes | 6 ways to prevent harm in healthcare: Dr. Tejal Gandhi

October 30, 2024

• Physician demand stabilizes | Providence cuts LOS with new care model | Walmart heir's med school to offer free tuition | Employers consider Ozempic copycats | Sentara expands care access with APPs

October 29, 2024

• A quiet driver of the nurse shortage | 2 Ill. hospitals to close | 15 hospitals gaining, losing trauma status | 2 top Envision execs to exit | When virus season may peak: CDC

October 28, 2024

• UH cuts IV fluid use 65% with staff innovation | Nurse manager retention: 5 notes | The rise of hospitalists | 62 hospitals cutting jobs | Olympus ousts CEO | 213 CNOs to know

October 25, 2024

• Baxter site to restart IV fluid production | 17 top-performing Magnet hospitals | Where Trump, Harris stand on drug pricing | NYU's innovation 'superpower' | 5 Joint Commission moves

October 24, 2024

• An overlooked role in LOS work | 4 APP pay trends | Hospitals, FBI partner on workplace violence | CDC issues new COVID shot guidance | Top hospitals for critical care

October 23, 2024

• 50 top hospitals for surgical care | Temple's RN recruitment plan | 12 systems abandon race-based care algorithms | A deep dive into Memorial Hermann's healthcare high school | Ohio hospital collabs on free nursing degrees

October 22, 2024

• Does free med school live up to its aims? | An open secret driving physician satisfaction | 1 in 5 patients' care changed after 2nd opinion at MD Anderson | Advocate unburdens nurse managers

October 21, 2024

• CDC adds new code for sepsis survivors | Shame in healthcare: 4 notes | Baxter to import 18K tons of IV fluid product | 5 virus updates | Police shoot man in hospital ED

October 18, 2024

• The cost of ED boarding | IV shortage leaves patients in limbo: 7 notes | Texas sues physician over gender-affirming care | NY system cuts jobs | CVS replaces CEO

October 17, 2024

• PX budgets get a boost | Penn Med team creates C. diff vaccine | 3 programs fueling a hospital's safety-first culture | Walmart heir's med school firms up leadership | 20 tips to navigate IV fluid shortage

October 16, 2024

• Feds take action on IV shortage: 5 updates | 24 systems preferred 2:1 over competitors | Sentara to double APPs in primary care | Calif. hospital cuts services | 4 COVID updates

October 15, 2024

• Hospitals seek delay in virus reporting | Leaders float new way to measure nursing | 3-year v. 4-year MD programs: New data | Walgreens to close 1,200 stores | UH's latest patient safety focus

October 14, 2024

• FDA's mammogram rule stirs questions | Vanderbilt endoscopy patients possibly exposed to infection | Experts call for med school curriculum addition | Why systems are certifying virtual nurses | 10 systems delaying surgeries amid IV shortage

October 11, 2024

• An emerging physician workforce trend | 21 hospital closures | Jefferson taps seasoned nurse exec | 'Inboxologists' ease MD workloads at Mich. system | ANA unveils nurse well-being program

October 10, 2024

• CMS sued over nursing home staffing rule | Baxter ups IV allocations | HCA Mission RNs secure up to 29% raises | Specialties eye split from ERAS platform | Milton makes landfall: 9 hospital updates

October 09, 2024

• Systems lean into on-demand care | 5 IV shortage updates | LCME defends med school accreditation | Nursing in 5 years: CNOs weigh in | Henry Ford forms pop health co.

October 08, 2024

• IV shortage warrants emergency action: AHA | EDs trim length of stay: 3 notes | Johns Hopkins gains support in 'Netflix' case | Fla. hospitals evacuate ahead of Milton | 10 best, worst states for healthcare access

October 07, 2024

• IV fluid shortage disrupts surgeries | CDC upgrades virus tracking | NYU Langone execs: Med school accreditation needs a makeover | Top ways to ease nurses' AI concerns | 57 hospitals cutting jobs

October 04, 2024

• IV fluid shortage hits hospitals | AHRQ's new safety alliance, explained | 7 notes on healthcare employment | Essentia's rural cancer care strategy | Flu shot may be less effective this year: CDC

October 03, 2024

• Hospitals grapple with Helene aftermath | Calif. sues another hospital | Advocate tests 3 virtual nursing models | Obesity training gains traction | ANCC unveils new credential

October 02, 2024

• Nurses' 10 top AI concerns | Vance, Walz debate: 4 healthcare takeaways | Walmart heiress gifts $250M to new med school | Conn. nurses vote 'no confidence' in CNO | Leading causes of death, by age

October 01, 2024

• Helene & hospital closures: 7 notes | Calif. sues Providence over denied abortion | The 'infectious energy' for zero harm at UH | Mayo hospital cuts services | Hospitals push flu shots

September 30, 2024

• Mass. system lays off nurses | Why are EDs swamped? | New COVID variant gains traction | APP workforce growth: 7 notes | Ga. hospital's 'historic' patient transfer: What to know

September 27, 2024

• Calif. hospital to lay off RNs | Scope of practice, title feuds: 3 notes | NC requires armed police in EDs: 4 updates | An emerging subspecialty | Ozempic shows promise in treating addiction

September 26, 2024

• Hospitals brace for major hurricane: 5 notes | Ohio hospital to end trauma care | Emory taps quality chief | Sterilization issues disrupt surgeries at Ill. hospital | 5 Ozempic updates

September 25, 2024

• 25 best BSN programs | AMA defends 'scope creep' campaign | Pay cuts, layoffs hit C-suite | Preeclampsia on the rise: What to know | A transplant 1st at Northwestern

September 24, 2024

• RN turnover, vacancy rates by year | NY hospital lays off staff | 5 physician recruitment trends | Ore. hospital taps contractor amid safety issues | CDC's draft mask guidance: 6 notes

September 23, 2024

• Sentara's bullish workforce plan | 4 COVID updates | Northwell's formula for a strong CNO-CMO duo | Lawmakers delay physician pay talks | Hospital cites staff shortages in abrupt closure

September 20, 2024

• Top hospitals for care transitions: CMS | Intermountain quality chief exits | New details in Memorial Hermann transplant probe | 3 GLP-1 updates | Henry Ford team performs transplant 1st

September 19, 2024

• 25 most common CMS citations | OHSU's new 'Mission Control Center' | NH hospital to trim services | Jefferson cuts sepsis mortality 25% | HHS' big safety push: 8 notes

September 18, 2024

• Where CNA shortages may hit hardest | HHS directs $100M to clinician workforce | 83 top hospitals for quality | Hospital locks out RNs after strike | 11 notes on physician well-being

September 17, 2024

• Calif. weighs in on CRNAs' scope | CDC zeros in on diagnostic errors | New COVID strain emerges | Yale New Haven creates Epic tool | Antibiotic resistance's growing toll: 12 stats

September 16, 2024

• Ky. system taps into US nursing pool | What's next for Epic? | 3 COVID updates | MD Anderson hones in on cancer operations | Care deserts grow

September 13, 2024

• Systems zero in on nurse documentation | Fla. system dismisses CEO | 'Micoretirement' entices young workers | Surgeon General's latest warning | Meet CommonSpirit's 1st chief physician

September 12, 2024

• Hospital safety's big rebound | Wash. hospitals liable for contractors' errors | Most urgent needs in NP education, per CNOs | 4K Boston nurses win up to 30% pay hike | 15 best cities for physicians to retire

September 11, 2024

• What's driving diagnostic errors? | Top hospitals for staff responsiveness | Trump-Harris debate: 3 healthcare notes | Pa. hospital cited after patient death | Another transplant '1st' at NYU Langone

September 10, 2024

• Hospitals embrace physician flexibility | Yale settles lawsuits after nurse's drug tampering | Calif. hospital to halt operations | Patient recovers after world's 1st eye transplant | COVID's impact on cancer care grows clearer

September 09, 2024

• FDA's new mammogram rule, explained | The nursing role poised for greatest shortage | Mass General revamps cancer model | 1st bird flu case with no animal exposure confirmed | BMI alternative emerges

September 06, 2024

• RN staffing stabilization brings new hurdle | UVA Health faculty call for CEO, dean's removal | Is Epic getting too big? | A new mammogram rule for hospitals | NP sues HHS over student debt-relief penalties

September 05, 2024

• Physicians seek leadership change at RI system | 4 times CNOs' rounding sparked change | 350 cleanest hospitals | NYU Langone debuts on-demand primary care | A care dilemma facing orthopedists

September 04, 2024

• Ohio hospital closes | 3 factors that may affect virus season | Top hospitals for physician communication | HCA hospital service cuts spur reparation demands | Drugmaker plans Ozempic generic

September 03, 2024

• A case for triad leadership | Top non-salary perks physicians crave | 5 states with highest, lowest CAUTI rates | Iowa hospital suspends obstetrics services | 4 COVID updates

August 30, 2024

• A blueprint to retain physicians | NY system freezes some hiring | 5 healthcare jobs with highest projected growth | Meet the CNOs of Magnet's top hospitals | 5 notes on med school student debt

August 29, 2024

• RNs condemn Calif. hospital's obstetrics closure | 5 states with highest, lowest CLABSI rates | Va. med school aims to double enrollment | Why Emory created an Epic application | Exec retention: 2 systems' strategies

August 28, 2024

• Where RN shortages may hit hardest | Tampa General invests $162M in USF Health affiliation | Colo. hospitals delay surgeries amid water issue | Surgeon donates $120M to UCLA | 6 weight loss drug updates

August 27, 2024

• CDC's outlook for virus season | Jefferson ED chief to exit | Steward furloughs workers at Ariz. facility | The CNO who staff call 'a nurse's nurse' | 18 systems launching residency programs

August 26, 2024

• NY system to halve appt. times | 8 Epic updates | MD Anderson flips script on handoffs | Mass General hits capacity milestone | 22 EDs with longest, shortest visit times

August 23, 2024

• Specialists exit HCA Mission | 20 Epic programs on the horizon | How RWJBarnabas predicts patient deterioration | 12 notes on Envision | FDA clears new COVID shots

August 22, 2024

• Safety goals at US News' top hospitals | Mayo opens 'forward-looking' hospital | Healthcare noncompete bans, by state | County to buy HCA hospital after trauma status downgrade | 5 Joint Commission moves

August 21, 2024

• FTC's noncompete ban struck down | Blood vial shortage may affect star ratings: CMS | 10 med schools with most, least graduate debt | Strike, DNC delays surgeries at UI Health | Northwell CQO talks new CMS safety measures

August 20, 2024

• 391 hospitals with lowest C. diff rates | What 75K nurses think about EHRs | NY system execs pen COVID response textbook | 4 notes on medical residencies | The cost of supply shortages

August 19, 2024

• Chicago hospitals on alert amid DNC | 5 top-performing Magnet hospitals | Patient died after missed alarms, VA finds | 5 drugs in shortage | Ill. hospital to close

August 16, 2024

• The MD-DO funding disparity | Are no-show fees worth it? | NY directs $646M to healthcare workforce | PX surveys added to Epic | The case for a hospital quality comparison tool

August 15, 2024

• The rise of 'bridge physicians' | Steward facility ordered to halt operations | 34 hospitals raising pay | NY limits use of antibiotic | CMS' 10 negotiated drug prices

August 14, 2024

• Cleveland Clinic's unique hospital care model | Ariz. hospital's trauma status at risk | Providence nurses secure 15% raises | CDC flags parvovirus for clinicians | Walmart heir's new med school: 5 notes

August 13, 2024

• The rise of nurse externships | Pa. hospital to end surgeries | Walmart heir's med school adds leader | WellSpan spends $3,600 to save patients $600K | 15 best, worst states to live

August 12, 2024

• Where healthcare job growth is highest | Ozempic & cancer: What to know | Colo. hospital resumes surgeries after 3 mos. | Is COVID endemic? | 100 great hospitals in America

August 09, 2024

• 116 hospitals with lowest readmission rates | Hospital CEO retires amid care denial probe | A year of transplant innovations | Texas hospitals must report undocumented patients' care | 45 hospitals cutting jobs

August 08, 2024

• Steward nursing school to close | A recruiting tool gaining steam | Temple hit with $45M malpractice verdict | How 4 systems use national rankings | Ga. hospital to move 300+ patients to new facility

August 07, 2024

• CMS adds patient safety measures | Northwestern logs 2nd awake transplant | 10 hospitals with highest, lowest readmission rates | Texas Children's to lay off front-line staff | Cancer screenings shake up physician workloads

August 06, 2024

• Top recommended hospitals by state | Harris' VP pick: 8 healthcare notes | Hospitals brace for Tropical Storm Debby | The trouble with pneumonia diagnoses | $600M gift supports Black medical schools

August 05, 2024

• CMS adds new hospital quality measure | PAs to AMA: Drop 'scope creep' campaign | Johns Hopkins appeals 'Netflix' case | Some med schools break tradition | Where ED visits for COVID are highest, rising fastest

August 02, 2024

• Cancer care deserts spread | Sentara to nearly double residency slots | Exec oversight for APPs expands | Healthcare's biggest misconceptions, per 98 execs | Atrium system adopts 'round-trip' transfers

August 01, 2024

• Star ratings of US News' top hospitals | Hybrid urgent care-EDs gain traction | Cleveland Clinic taps 1st VP of advanced practice | Nurse self-scheduling do's + don'ts | Gen X, millennials face higher risk for 17 cancers: Study

July 31, 2024

• 657 hospitals with 1 or 5 stars from CMS | Medical education's most urgent needs | UH's spin on virtual nursing | Hackensack forms clinical affiliation | From nurse to Mass. healthcare's longest-serving CEO: 1 leader's path

July 30, 2024

• CHS' nurse retention at decade high | Icahn revamps MD curriculum | Hospitals' overlooked safety opportunity | Providence trims residency slots | The shortfalls of NP education

July 29, 2024

• A new med school training model | Providence sued over possible virus exposures | Clinical integration post-merger: 1 system's approach | Weight loss drug errors spur admissions | Project 2025: 8 healthcare notes

July 26, 2024

• Envision exits Calif. | Hospitals get proactive with quality, safety | Texas hospital team implants artificial heart | Advocate helps 'write the book' on virtual nursing | Memorial Hermann's former CEO dies

July 25, 2024

• A procedure more young patients seek | Optum closing clinics, laying off 500+ | Pay growth at 4 for-profit systems | 3 Va. hospital leaders out after federal probe | 10 top hospitals for cancer care

July 24, 2024

• An undervalued service line | Healthcare's 38-day delay | 2 federal nursing bills to know | Most managers not engaged: Gallup | 20 med schools with most grads practicing in shortage areas

July 23, 2024

• Jefferson's nurse SEAL team: 2 years in | Okla. hospital to close | Top med schools: US News | Hospital opens opioid-free surgery program | Feds probe Texas Children's for alleged fraud

July 22, 2024

• Kamala Harris + healthcare: 6 policy notes | Asthma admissions rise after drug discontinued | The presidential care playbook | Hospitals grapple with IT outage: 10 notes | Practicing before NCLEX? Experts weigh in

July 19, 2024

• Global IT outage disrupts hospital care | Optum lays off NPs | Vanderbilt adds APPs to leadership | GLP-1s' emerging role in oncology | Hospitals to CMS: Rethink transplant payment model

July 18, 2024

• Biden scraps $1.2B more in student debt | RNs slam Prime for service cuts | Hospital's delayed closure poses safety risks, execs say | Nurse self-scheduling makes a comeback | Women's health rankings, state by state

July 17, 2024

• Best nursing schools by state | NM hospital faces AG probe | 3 systems cutting ED wait times | Northwell's internal staffing agency wins | Support grows for physician-owned hospitals bill

July 16, 2024

• 10 top reasons for CMS citations | Hospitals tout command center wins | Calif. hospital fined 8 years after patient death | Atlantic Health invests in primary care | US News' 20 best hospitals

July 15, 2024

• Physician gender ratios by state | Ballad transforms safety culture | A ripe market for 'faux-zempic' | ED visits for COVID jump 24% | Sizable med school gifts may shift specialty choices

July 12, 2024

• 94 top EDs, per nurses | 2K+ Providence patients possibly exposed to hepatitis, HIV | Where hospitals are winning, lagging on quality: AHA | Lawmakers press VA hospital over safety issues | Hospitals tackle transition to practice challenges

July 11, 2024

• Hospitals confront RN gender pay gap | Root cause analysis with a twist: 1 system's approach | Kaiser med school extends free tuition | Joint Commission's workplace safety resource | Hospitals push back on proposed obstetrical rules

July 10, 2024

• GLP-1s spur system to end bariatrics | Top hospitals for nurse communication | Patient dies after pig kidney transplant | Where Redbox meets hospital leadership | CMS floats policies to curb maternal mortality

July 09, 2024

• RI nurses can work pre-NCLEX | Mayo team performs rare transplant | Tenn. hospital's 'no-wait' ER | Ozempic v. Mounjaro: New data | Systems cut mental health Qs from credentialing

July 08, 2024

• Johns Hopkins waives med school tuition | Nurses among OHSU layoffs | Ozempic may curb some cancer risks: Study | Fla. hospital halts mammograms | MUSC invests $600M in new facilities

July 05, 2024

• The system with 300+ safety coaches | Pediatrician pipeline shrinks | Where ED visits for COVID are rising fastest | $62M saved: HonorHealth's patient flow gains | 4 EMTALA updates

July 03, 2024

• Feds probe multiple systems | 4 notes on physician well-being | High schoolers flock to UH nursing program | 9 specialties with best, worst PX | MD Anderson to offer cancer survivorship training

July 02, 2024

• Hospitals prep for July 4 visit spike | The GLP-1 coverage dilemma | A confusing overlap for physicians | Pa. hospital cited for aggressive patient handling | 5 Joint Commission moves

July 01, 2024

• COVID visits rise | APRN compact faces pushback | Cleveland Clinic's 3-year med school graduates 1st class | 38 hospitals cutting jobs | Leadership essentials for prospective CMOs

June 28, 2024

• Presidential debate: 4 healthcare takeaways | The rise of physician unions | 19 Minn. hospitals ban together | Nurse rounding + HCAHPS: 4 notes | 11 updates on GLP-1s

June 27, 2024

• A post-Ozempic surgery trend | Pa. system loses bid to keep residency program | RN pay fell in 2023 | 10 best states for PX | Attracting more nurse educators: 7 thoughts

June 26, 2024

• 4-day nurse workweeks gain steam | Hospital paused surgeries without alerting authorities: Report | Not all cancer needs to be cured: AAMC | A key member of antimicrobial stewardship teams | Weight loss drugs' next play

June 24, 2024

• COVID admissions rise | Northwestern team performs awake kidney transplant | State masking bans face scrutiny | 7 hardest conditions to manage, per physicians | Supreme Court to rule on gender-affirming care

June 21, 2024

• The downside of concierge medicine | NM hospital temporarily closes | Allina speeds discharges to nursing homes | Physicians' 9 top challenges, ranked | Texas invests $1.5B in behavioral facilities

June 20, 2024

• CRNA pay by state, adjusted by cost of living | Ohio system cuts 300 jobs | 2 Advocate Health execs to exit | Northwestern hospital trims services | FDA to hospitals: Prepare for hurricanes

June 19, 2024

• The 1st statewide hospital flex staffing pool | Prior auths 'wreak havoc' on care: AMA | 5 new drug shortages | Ill. hospital for sale | 10 states nurses are most likely to relocate

June 18, 2024

• Physicians tout 'obesity 1st' approach with GLP-1s | 400+ surgeries halted at Colo. hospital | Adult pneumococcal shot approved | Johns Hopkins revamps nurse documentation | Amazon's One Medical under scrutiny

June 17, 2024

• UH expands Future Nurse Academy | Calif. system relocates electives | RNs grow louder on AI concerns | Banner's quality momentum blueprint | PA pay by state, adjusted by cost of living

June 14, 2024

• RN pay in best, worst states for care | IU Health cuts noncompetes for some physicians | SSM Health's Uber-like staffing strategy: 1 year in | The CEO who returned to patient care | Nurse charged in hospital drug diversion case

June 13, 2024

• RN pay in 50 states adjusted by cost of living | What care looks like sans common anesthetic | HCA hospital to get $6M over 'unlawful' nurses strike | Is networking making a comeback? | Houston Methodist pharmacies employ Alexa

June 12, 2024

• What procedures are next for ASCs? | Physician pleads guilty in $2.3M 'pill mill' scheme | 5 best states for physicians in 5 years | The trends exciting ASC leaders | Supreme Court to revisit contested Medicare payment ruling

June 11, 2024

• Johns Hopkins pilots 'neighborhood nursing' | NY system pauses some PA procedures | WellSpan partners on new nursing school | 13 hospital closures | Another potential use for Mounjaro, Zepbound

June 10, 2024

• The CNO channeling young workers' candor | Memorial Sloan Kettering partners with 1st system | OSF HealthCare president dies | 5 notes on nurse retention | 'FLiRT' variants make up 65% of COVID cases

June 7, 2024

• How much nurse flexibility is too much? | US News' plan for med school rankings | Rare cancers rise post-pandemic | The CEO joining nurses on night shifts | New fungal infections emerge: What to know

June 6, 2024

• RN sabbaticals pay off for Ohio system | Clinicians can text patient orders: Joint Commission | Cedars-Sinai gets $100M for surgical care | 53 top hospitals for equitable access | FTC can't halt Novant-CHS deal: Judge

June 5, 2024

• Dispensing cabinets need safety upgrades: ISMP | ChristianaCare physician execs depart | Duke embraces gig work for nurses | NM hospital accused of turning away patients | Burnout efforts stall

June 4, 2024

• VA, nurses at odds on hiring | Bon Secours' strategy for timely discharges | Rush CNO heads to City of Hope | Banner cuts SSIs | Ala. hospital CEO resigns | Weight loss drug coverage gets more complex

June 3, 2024

• Water crisis disrupts care at Ga. hospitals | 350 UH nurses to see pay cut | NYU Langone patient has pig kidney removed | New mRNA vaccine approved | How Bon Secours boosts staff morale

May 30, 2024

• Nurses + side gigs: 4 trends | UCLA nurses eye exit over scheduling flexibility | 7 weight loss drug updates | RNs want on-site inspections at Tenet hospital | Leapfrog safety grade creator dies

May 29, 2024

• 1st hospital uses holograms for care | A simple shift transforming LOS at Tampa General | 4 CEOs' unpopular opinions | All staff should take Hippocratic Oath: Viewpoint | Bon Secours' strategy to cut documentation time

May 28, 2024

• Pa. system ends kidney, liver transplants | Ind. hospital delays some surgeries | Ozempic curbs kidney disease: Study | 15K+ open jobs at 22 top hospitals | Ore. hospital restricts visits after patient death

May 24, 2024

• The question of 'unbossed' healthcare | Hospital mulls cutting 6 programs | Weight loss drugs hinder common procedure: Study | Calif. CEO put on leave | CDC confirms 2nd human bird flu case

May 23, 2024

• 40 physician specialties ranked by pay | How Epic predicts nurse staffing | 10 drugs now in shortage | 30 growing nursing programs | Ascension cyberattack + care disruptions: 11 updates

May 22, 2024

• Urologists retreat from HCA Mission | Cleveland Clinic expands partner network | Most GLP-1 users quit before seeing benefits: 7 notes | Tufts to lay off leaders | Inova's staff retention at 5-year high

May 21, 2024

• 15 top systems: Fortune | CMS to expedite EMTALA probes | How weight loss drugs may change hospital care | 4 Joint Commission moves | HCA to automate ED notes

May 20, 2024

• Pa. hospital halts more transplants | Why HCA gives clinicians iPhones | NC physicians decry proposed masking ban | A new emerging fungal threat | ED self-scheduling bears fruit for McLaren

May 17, 2024

• Nurses critique new ED accreditation | Ohio hospital temporarily closes | How 1 system retains nurse leaders | Med device labels need overhaul: APIC | Weight loss drugs could bankrupt healthcare: Sanders

May 17, 2024

• Nurses critique new ED accreditation | Ohio hospital temporarily closes | How 1 system retains nurse leaders | Med device labels need overhaul: APIC | Weight loss drugs could bankrupt healthcare: Sanders

May 20, 2024

• Nurses critique new ED accreditation | Ohio hospital temporarily closes | How 1 system retains nurse leaders | Med device labels need overhaul: APIC | Weight loss drugs could bankrupt healthcare: Sanders

May 17, 2024

• Nurses critique new ED accreditation | Ohio hospital temporarily closes | How 1 system retains nurse leaders | Med device labels need overhaul: APIC | Weight loss drugs could bankrupt healthcare: Sanders

May 16, 2024

• 10 most common sentinel events | Leaders leave patients in PE hospital shell game | Nurses call for AI pause | A disconnect between hospital leaders, staff | Fla. system CEO to step down

May 15, 2024

• The dollar cost of capacity constraints | Ohio system accused of unneeded heart surgeries | Atrium physician exec heads to Baptist | Weight loss drugs + surgical complications | Kaiser med school graduates 1st class

May 14, 2024

• Systems work out virtual nursing kinks | Wegovy's longest trial yet: 2 findings | Clinicians urge stricter enforcement of NY staffing law | Fla.'s 1st behavioral teaching hospitals | How 1 system skips cancer prior auths

May 13, 2024

• Federal bill tackles nurse shortages | Colo. hospital halts surgeries | Northwestern's 16-week pathway to CNA roles | 10 best cities to start a career | When hospital culture affects finances

May 10, 2024

• Nurses' 5 top AI concerns | Sutter to expand clinical placements | 168 top maternity hospitals | Where hospital pharmacists are most in demand | Ascension delays surgeries amid cyberattack

May 9, 2024

• Nurses push for STEM designation | Hospitals confront surgical tech shortage | GLP-1s: 8 notes for hospital leaders | Fewer nurses eye exit, surveys suggest | 48 injuries, deaths tied to heart devices: FDA

May 8, 2024

• NY hospital halts open-heart surgeries | The case for chief surgical officers | Gene therapy trial paused after child dies | Can AI triage ED patients? | Steward to sell all 31 hospitals

May 7, 2024

• Systems phase out common anesthesia | Calif. hospital gets chance to keep CMS contract | An overlooked safety opportunity | Gen Z's growing debt problem | 10 best, worst states for nurse work environments

May 6, 2024

• Nurse 'thank-yous' from 11 execs | Brigham and Women's taps CNO | Healthcare high school to open in Ala. | Calif. fines Prime hospital $244K | Leapfrog grades of 7 hospitals hit with CMS warnings

May 3, 2024

• Star ratings of straight-'A' + 'F' hospitals | Pa. nurse pleads guilty in patient deaths | Healthcare not prepared for potential bird flu outbreak: Experts | Noncompete ban complicates staffing | Colo. plans new med school

May 2, 2024

• Hospitals' HAI, patient experience gains | Nurse staffing may be improving | 5 bird flu updates | Hospital execs react to Walmart Health downfall | The condition EDs often miss in kids

May 1, 2024

• 25 straight-'A' and 'F' hospitals: Leapfrog | CDC, airborne transmission + new mask rules | Ore. hospital gets another immediate jeopardy warning | Gen Z's top job priorities | Task force lowers breast cancer screening age

April 30, 2024

• Best, worst states for nurses | Pa. hospital halts liver transplants | A CNO's strategy to retain Gen Z nurses | Tornado closes Okla. hospital | Walmart shutters health clinics

April 29, 2024

• Hospitals grapple with radiologist shortage | Physicians spot rare syphilis symptoms | Breast cancer survivors face high risk of 2nd cancer: Study | 2 execs to exit Mo. hospital | Idaho system sees jump in med flights

April 26, 2024

• The case against retention bonuses | Drug-resistant HAIs still elevated | 25 most popular drugs | 1st HIV cases tied to cosmetic injections: CDC | Do nonprofit hospitals sidestep FTC's noncompete ban?

April 25, 2024

• Nurses back noncompete ban | Inside hospitals' pipeline plans | FDA approves new antibiotic | UPMC lays off nearly 1,000 | Why Tampa General is sending drones to 911 callers

April 24, 2024

• 1st state decriminalizes medical errors | 7 safe staffing standards: AACN | Walmart heir's med school builds senior team | Why nurses are protesting AI | Joint Commission's new accreditation

April 23, 2024

• Male v. female RNs by the numbers | Calif. hospital to lay off 191 | ANA taps interim CEO | Ozempic use before surgery: New findings | 9 recent immediate jeopardy warnings

April 22, 2024

• RN job satisfaction now v. then | CDC expands fake Botox probe | Fla. permits C-sections outside of hospitals | Drug abbreviations to avoid: ISMP | Patients in limbo after Memorial Hermann halts transplants

April 19, 2024

• Calif. hospital to lose Medicare contract | 10 patient safety rights: WHO | Weight loss drug shortages persist | 'Comfortable' income thresholds, by state | Supreme Court to hear EMTALA case

April 18, 2024

• 9 systems offering incentive bonuses | HCA hospital's trauma center closure gets pushback | Nursing factors that most influence HCAHPS | The rise of 'social prescribing' | Mass General to add 94 beds

April 17, 2024

• Nurses' workweeks get longer | 18 hospitals with 6+ Magnet designations | Kaiser med school taps CEO | 10 popular drugs in shortage | Healthcare's imposter problem

April 16, 2024

• How nursing school enrollment is faring | CDC probes fake Botox in 9 states | Ballad's new C-Suite role | Anesthesiologist convicted of drug tampering | Stanford taps AI to boost clinician collaboration

April 15, 2024

• Memorial Hermann plans to resume transplants | NJ hospital transfers 200 patients | Gen Zer's top states to retire | Joint Commission taps new execs | How to resurrect the work best friend

April 12, 2024

• Transplants halted over altered records: Memorial Hermann | Biden adds $7.4B in debt relief | 29 specialties ranked by pay | Bill would boost pipeline of foreign healthcare staff | Why HCA nurses are working from home

April 11, 2024

• The rise of side hustles | Fake Botox tied to admissions: CDC | NQF to refresh 'never event' reporting | Kettering hospital downgrades trauma status | 472 hospitals honored for safety, price transparency

April 10, 2024

• Top reasons nurses are quitting | Memorial Hermann halts more transplants | Texas hospital CEO resigns | Study points to why cancer is striking younger | The 'employer-of-choice' trickle down effect

April 9, 2024

• Hospitals embrace RN self-scheduling | A possible Ozempic baby boom | Press Ganey, Epic to automate nursing data | NY system's new wellness center for 6K workers | Nurse anesthetist pay by state

April 8, 2024

• The dollar cost of nurse turnover | CDC alerts clinicians on bird flu | Nurses' student debt: 3 notes | 5 Joint Commission moves | 1st state adopts 'physician associate'

April 5, 2024

• Nurse violence at all-time high | PA licensure compact activated | Clinicians' most popular side gigs | HCA to open Colo. nursing school | 'Upper middle class salaries' in 20 cities

April 4, 2024

• How 13 roles rate hospital safety culture | 3 sentenced in nurse degree sham | Ala. hospital to end surgeries | RN pay by state | 5 most challenging Joint Commission requisites

April 3, 2024

• Hospitals' safety culture gap | FDA clears 1st AI sepsis tool | Nurse managers & hospital performance: 5 notes | Minn. hospital worker stabbed: Police | Travel nurse pay by state

April 2, 2024

• Hospitals prep for eclipse | The 'Wild West' of cosmetic surgery | 10 new drug shortages | CDC confirms human bird flu case | 10 richest states: US News | Measles cases jump 51% in 1 week

April 1, 2024

• Nursing workforce in 21 numbers | CMS revises patient consent rules | Details emerge on Mission's EMTALA violation | 5 updates on weight loss drugs | Ala. hospital to end inpatient, ED care

March 29, 2024

• What new, tenured RNs want from employers | Ill. nursing school to close | CDC alerts clinicians on bacterial disease | Physicians exit Optum-owned medical group | The $5 Ozempic debate

March 28, 2024

• Joint Commission tweaks survey process | A travel nurse-free health system | Calif. system defends CEO pay | Patients on weight loss meds face surgery risks: Study | Fla. hospital patient charged in roommate's death

March 27, 2024

• Where a 5-star, straight-A system goes next | Calif. hospital temporarily closes ED | Staffing ratios now v. last year | Gen Z's professional weak spots | Teen who posed as PA gets prison time

March 26, 2024

• 20 states where RNs are needed most | Leapfrog finalizes survey changes | Weight loss meds skirt 'forever drug' aversion | New COVID drug: 4 notes | 5 C-suite roles to watch

March 25, 2024

• New COVID drug approved | Nurse charged in patient's death | 14 hospitals raising pay | Mount Sinai taps nurse attendings | AAMC projects smaller physician shortfall — with caveat

March 22, 2024

• 25 systems with most PAs | Jefferson embraces retired RNs | 6.6M resuscitators recalled | A leading money loser for hospitals | Top-paying systems for entry-level jobs

March 21, 2024

• Biden to wipe $6B more in student debt | Minn. system lays off clinical roles | Mass Gen patient gets historic pig kidney transplant | Patients seek weight loss meds before pregnancy | Joint Commission revises some standards

March 20, 2024

• Top hospitals for diabetes: Leapfrog | Creative RN shifts gain traction at Ohio hospital | Quiet quitting's toll on hospital leaders | 10 states with highest, lowest resignation rates | Joint Commission's 2024 hospital safety goals

March 19, 2024

• 5 top-paying cities, states for travel RNs | The 3rd generation of weight loss drugs | 2 workers hospitalized after assault at NC hospital | 4 key safety efforts at HCA | Senate mulls 32-hour workweek

March 18, 2024

• Objections to looser mask rules escalate | NC hospital gets EMTALA violation | EDs see strong match week | 15 best, worst states for physicians | Measles cases hit 2023 tally

March 15, 2024

• Ballad to raise new RN pay up to 25% | 68 best systems for job starters: Newsweek | Mission's corrective measures have 'backslid,' nurses say | Cleveland Clinic creates supply tracker chatbot | 2 dead in apparent murder-suicide at Fla. hospital

March 14, 2024

• 85% of RNs said they'd quit: Did they? | Most, least stressed states | Mount Sinai nurse managers' 4-day workweeks | EPA sets new sterilization standards | Seattle Children's settles nurse harassment suit

March 13, 2024

• Nursing's gender pay gap persists | Hospitals elevate workplace safety | 4 Joint Commission moves | WVU Medicine to open nursing school | Primary care shortages tied to more emergency surgeries: Study

March 12, 2024

• 79 top hospitals for patients: Healthgrades | Weight loss drugs boost transplants | Ill. hospital regains trauma status | Guns found at hospital employee's workstation: Police | 5 systems' ED boarding strategies

March 11, 2024

• 10 top patient safety concerns | ANA to revamp Magnet criteria | Hospitals confront measles exposures | How clinician engagement is faring | Weight loss drug gets new indication | 18 states with high virus levels

March 08, 2024

• State of the Union: 13 healthcare notes | Systems redouble nurse retention efforts | Federal bill takes aim at nurse overtime | 12 hospitals with shortest ED visit times | Few hospitals screen for C. auris: Survey

March 07, 2024

• Nurses slam new isolation guidance | 1st system partners with Mark Cuban's drug co. | 1 dead after patient attack at Miss. hospital | Top hospital workplaces for women: Newsweek | Young workers grow more disengaged

March 06, 2024

• Top paying cities for 7 specialties | Dearth of AI rules worries nurses | A key quality leader CEOs may be overlooking | Ohio hospital taps dual president-CNO | 1st hospitals earn Joint Commission sustainability certificate

March 05, 2024

• New COVID shots coming in fall: CDC | Va. hospital cited for sterilization issues | Weight loss drug efficacy, compared | States eye 4-day workweek | The case for calling some NPs 'doctor': Viewpoint

March 04, 2024

• Top-paying metro areas for 6 nurse specialties | Physicians grow louder on noncompetes | RaDonda Vaught to speak at CommonSpirit event | HCA hospital fires VP after surgery disruptions | 8 Ozempic updates

March 01, 2024

• Calif. nurses take safety concerns to billboards | Mass. system pauses exec raises | Hospitals ramp up weight loss programs | 5 major ED expansions | Flu shot effectiveness data is in: 2 key notes

February 29, 2024

• Pay for 5 largest specialties, by state | Johns Hopkins pathologist resigns | CMS: Care quality fell more than expected amid PHE | An overlooked fix for ED boarding: Viewpoint | CDC's spring booster recommendation

February 28, 2024

• Pay for 7 nurse specialties, by state | Nurse's drug diversion led to patient death: Lawsuit | A potential Ozempic rival | 43 US hospitals among world's best | Gift amounts to med schools surge

February 27, 2024

• Is healthcare overlooking nurse leaders? | Clinicians' student debt woes | Colo. hospitals, anesthesiology group to cut ties | 1 day, 3 prisoner hospital escapes | Ark. system breaks rules for better care

February 26, 2024

• 20 healthcare jobs paying $200K+ | Cancer misdiagnoses spur review at Providence | 25 states with high virus levels | The surgery rising among Ozempic users | Mercy hospital's designated unit for new RNs

February 23, 2024

• A common ground for clinicians, C-suites | Mission's correction plan faces scrutiny | 1 hospital's path to rare Magnet feat | NY system extends RN sign-on bonuses | Nurse stabbed at Mich. hospital: Police

February 22, 2024

• Flooding pauses surgeries at NC hospital | Tenn. system, anesthesia group cut ties | 10 systems' top RN retention strategies | UAB halts IVF treatments | 5 fastest-growing technician roles

February 21, 2024

• Clinicians' many side hustles | Mount Sinai fined $2M for understaffing RNs | 9 lessons from a CNO's 50-year career | 'Tripledemic' results are in | Mission hospital makes changes after CMS warning

February 20, 2024

• Physicians rethink annual exams | Mission sees another exec change | NY system taps violence coordinators | 4 recent immediate jeopardy warnings | 10 hospitals with longest ED visit times

February 19, 2024

• Stressors linger as nurse staffing rebounds | 25 states with high virus levels | Mission hospital CMO resigns | Employers' waning hesitancy on weight loss drugs | Va. system taps dual CNO-COO

February 16, 2024

• Calif. hospital to lay off more nurses | 3 nurse degree sham updates | CDC weighs spring COVID shot | Hospital where RN called 911 builds back resilience | Healthcare's procrastination problem

February 15, 2024

• HCA hospital to end trauma care | 6 Ozempic updates | Mo. hospitals treat shooting victims | Top trends shaping hospital care, per 7 clinical leaders | States ranked by projected growth in cancer cases

February 14, 2024

• Nurses sue NY to restore licenses | 1 dead, 5 injured in Texas ER car crash | 23 states where virus activity is high | Ga. to get new medical school | Petitions follow Tenet nurses' safety complaints

February 13, 2024

• 6 systems offering incentive bonuses | Judge tosses lawsuits in Harvard morgue case | Younger cancer patients drive care changes | Calif. hospital to end deliveries | CDC tracks new COVID strain

February 12, 2024

• ED capacity woes near boiling point | CMS eyes stricter rules for accreditors | 2 regions where flu is rising | Sutter worker stabbed, man charged | Top paying states for 13 medical technician specialties

February 9, 2024

• CRNA pay, by region | Billings Clinic cuts ties with anesthesiologists | Top cardiac hospitals: Healthgrades | Patient steals ambulance from hospital | NC hospital submits plan to correct immediate jeopardy

February 8, 2024

• A factor that may worsen ED boarding | Calif. hospital cuts care, staff | Colon cancer in younger adults: 6 notes | 30 best hospitals for PX | Why restraint, seclusion citations fell amid pandemic

February 7, 2024

• A 4-day work week in healthcare | Hospitals urge action on drug shortages | 4 Joint Commission moves | Physician fined for improper NP supervision | 3 ED closures in a month

February 6, 2024

• Top-paying cities for RNs | Ill. hospital loses trauma center status | 18 states with high virus levels | 5 Ozempic updates | Crozer sues over withdrawn residency accreditation

February 5, 2024

• Violence's growing toll on nursing | Flu hints at comeback | 8 hospitals with new Joint Commission certification | C. auris cases by state | AdventHealth hired 7K nurses in 2 years: The results

February 2, 2024

• Hospitals tackle med-surg nursing stigma | MBG eyes return to Steward hospital | ED visit times, by state | Global cancer rates to rise 77% by 2050 | NYC Health + Hospitals doubles new-nurse retention

February 1, 2024

• Possible cancer cluster tied to UNC Health | What's behind rising NCLEX scores? CNOs weigh in | Clinicians ration penicillin | A 24-year-old hospital CEO | Anesthesiologist pay, by state

January 31, 2024

• CMS citations gaining, losing prevalence | Nurses file 600 complaints against Tenet hospital | C. auris outbreak confirmed in Wash. | Clinical lab tech pay, by state | Police shoot patient at Ga. hospital

January 30, 2024

• Years-old treatment tied to Alzheimer's cases | Surgical tech pay, by state | $183M verdict against Pa. hospital upheld | Hospitals: The middlemen for alcohol use disorder | Employee stabbed at Ascension hospital

January 29, 2024

• Hospitals step up sepsis work | 21 states with high virus levels | Mass General ends surgeries at Steward hospital | 'Sprint teams' drive quality work at Scripps | Sign-on bonuses for 13 healthcare jobs

January 26, 2024

• Healthcare leads in sign on bonuses | Hospitals fret over helium supply | Joint Commission's standards overhaul: A breakdown | What drove Fla.'s nurse staffing rebound | Rebrand some cancers, physicians suggest

January 25, 2024

• An unforeseen reason hospitals halt surgeries | Fake Ozempic tied to hypoglycemia | Police probe TikTok threats against Wash. nurse | Joint Commission trims ambulatory requisites | 25 burned out specialties, ranked

January 24, 2024

• CDC seeks clarity on looser hospital masking | Ozempic boom's effect on hospitals | CHOP team performs medical first | What boosts nurse leaders' work satisfaction | Expect more measles outbreaks: Experts

January 23, 2024

• Top-paying states for 6 nursing jobs | Pediatric sepsis criteria updated | Nurse accused of fatal drug administration | Trial in Seattle Children's mold case begins | 50 top hospitals: Healthgrades

January 22, 2024

• Nursing again the most trusted profession | COVID, flu admissions dip | HHS clarifies EMTALA; denies complaint against OU Health | Experts urge more focus on Disease X | 3 dead after medical helicopter crash

January 19, 2024

• Starting pay for 14 specialties | HCA hospital pauses surgeries | EMTALA + abortions: 2 updates | Emory cuts CEOs | A promising long COVID clue | The trouble with C-suite 'DINOs': Viewpoint

January 18, 2024

• Nurses press CDC to reject looser mask guidance | 15 top reasons for CMS citations | The push for staffing ratios: 6 updates | Ballad taps nurse leader as CQO | Measles in the US: What to know

January 17, 2024

• 35 states with high virus activity | 12% of nurse leaders eye exit | Henry Ford fights visa rejections | A Calif. system's RN retention strategy? $100K bonuses | 13 major systems form healthcare high schools

January 16, 2024

• Experts watch for virus season's peak | Pa. hospital cited over sterilization issues | 'Quiet management' in healthcare | Mayo plans weight loss telehealth service | Calif. hospital CMO resigns | 5 new drug shortages

January 12, 2024

• NP pay by specialty | Jefferson hospital to close pediatric residency | 3 notes on dominant COVID strain | GLP-1s not tied to suicidal thoughts: FDA | Philadelphia measles outbreak touches another hospital

January 11, 2024

• Nurse tenure in 20 cities | Joint Commission trims infection control rules | Pa. hospital loses surgical training accreditation | How immunity, variants affect COVID testing | Leaders report progress on HAIs

January 10, 2024

• 21 states with 'very high' virus activity | NP tops list of best healthcare jobs | Ascension nurses scrutinize obstetrics closures | Stanford extends PX work to morgue | JN.1 may be tied to more severe illness: Study

January 09, 2024

• COVID admissions hit 12-mo. high | The toll of diagnostic errors | Philadelphia hospitals are epicenter of measles outbreak | NY systems get cease and desists | Cost of virus season in 7 numbers

January 08, 2024

• NP, PA pay by region | Don't blame COVID uptick on seasonality: Experts | Kettering hospital to close ER | Nursing school's expansion faces scrutiny | Flu activity by state | 4 Ozempic updates

January 05, 2024

• An overlooked driver of COVID admissions | Ascension hospital CNO resigns | CDC calls for better donor screening after TB outbreaks | Intermountain's plan to advance respiratory care | 7 six-figure nursing jobs

January 04, 2024

• Hospitals grapple with volume surges | FDA probes weight loss drug side effects | 'Physician associate' marks return to the past | New antibiotic targets drug-resistant pathogen | 'Everyone is nervous': Hospital CEO on closures

January 03, 2024

• 13 states with 'very high' virus activity | Texas hospital closes ER | Pa. hospital cited after patient death | New CMS rule takes effect | NY sees rise in whooping cough

January 02, 2024

• Experts: Virus admissions likely to grow in Jan. | Police probe patient death at Ore. hospital | Clinicians warn of med spa infection risks | States ranked by physician communication | Perks of a CEO stint, per 1 physician leader

December 29, 2023

• Where COVID admissions are rising fastest | Fake Ozempic poses infection risks: FDA | 30 Joint Commission updates | 3 medical education priorities for '24 | States ranked by nurse communication

December 28, 2023

• 23 states with high virus activity | NY system embraces 'well-being buddies' | The nursing workforce in 9 numbers | UChicago Medicine's roadmap to maternal care equity | JN.1 prevalence, by state

December 27, 2023

• Virus ED visits jump 21% | Wis. hospital halts surgeries | 3rd suit filed over shuttered nursing school | Flu cases now v. then | The safety risks of PE takeovers

December 22, 2023

• UW Health cleared after RNs take concerns to state | Seattle Children's sues Texas | Fla. nurse rebound faces hurdle | Mercy's top staffing lesson in '23 | PA median wage by state

December 21, 2023

• NP median wage, by state | Hospital masking rebounds | Calif. hospital to lay off nurses | MRIs recalled over explosion risk | Tossed PPE stockpiles worth millions: AP

December 20, 2023

• 'Tripledemic' risk spurs capacity concerns | Workers want 'quiet management' | RN median wage, by state | Fla. effort to beef up ER rules has caveat | Joint Commission expands exec team

December 19, 2023

• Virus season heats up for hospitals: 5 notes | HCA hospital cited after patient death | The care program NYC patients flock to | 33% of academic physicians eye exit | Healthcare's most stressful jobs

December 18, 2023

• 17 states with high virus activity | Will RN pay raise care costs? | Nurses evade Americans' discontent | Why healthcare needs more Swifites | 7 C. diff advancements

December 15, 2023

• CDC warns of rising MIS-C cases | Nurses cheer on NC's suit against HCA | A foggy view of long COVID | 2023's new nursing specialties | Hospital CEO dons scrubs

December 14, 2023

• LPNs make hospital comeback | Debate persists ahead of CDC mask vote | Joint Commission revises 'suicide' definition | How high-volume hospitals close care gaps | Boards need more nurses: Viewpoint

December 13, 2023

• New COVID strain is fastest-growing in US | Pediatricians hesitant on Wegovy | Ex-Kaiser nurse gets $41M in retaliation suit | Wash. system pauses cancer care | RN career satisfaction: 6 findings

December 12, 2023

• 15 states with high virus activity | Hospitals level up crisis planning | WVU Medicine reports C. auris case | 2023 in 1 word, per system leaders | Flu deaths now v. then

December 11, 2023

• RSV may have peaked | 50 states ranked by health | Nurse's death investigated as homicide | 9 hospitals offering new CRISPR therapy | Fla. ERs face new rules | 19 immediate jeopardy warnings since 2022

December 08, 2023

• PA licensure compact gains ground | CDC warns of more severe mpox strain | Nurse visas may slow in 2024 | Idaho hospital loses trauma center verification | Walmart hires health system execs

December 07, 2023

• Virus-packed holiday season ahead | 311 high-performing maternity hospitals: US News | Nev. hospitals treat shooting victims | Hospital deficiency rates, by state | 4 notes on new COVID variant

December 06, 2023

• Joint Commission debuts new certification | Steward to close hospital | AdventHealth's RN staffing strategy: 'Use less, lose less, hire more' | Utah nurse charged with injuring patient | Care gets creative in 2023

December 05, 2023

• 132 top hospitals: Leapfrog | 10K nurses held up by visa backlogs | NY hospital closure gets pushback | Brain implant aids traumatic injury recovery: Study | 6 notes on mycoplasma pneumoniae

December 04, 2023

• Pediatric pneumonia on the rise: 4 notes | HCA buys 3 hospitals | 28 Joint Commission moves in 2023 | Avoid syringes made in China: FDA | Flu admissions now v. then

December 01, 2023

• RaDonda Vaught loses license appeal | RSV in 'full swing': 3 updates | President exits Ascension hospital beset by strikes | 5 HAI rates fall: CDC | Ohio sees 'white lung syndrome' outbreak

November 30, 2023

• RN vacancy dips at Ky. hospitals | 60 Baptist execs take buyout | Leapfrog floats survey changes | Mont. nursing school plans $101M expansion | Optum has 90K physicians

November 29, 2023

• 10 states with high virus activity | 3 face trial over nurse degree sham | Mayo plans $5B campus redesign | Nurses lose confidence in Minn. system CEO | Radonda Vaught reflects on criminal case

November 28, 2023

• Virus season hits hospitals | Yale opens infectious diseases center | Mounjaro more effective than Ozempic: Study | WHO names variant of interest | Amazon's pay for 17 healthcare jobs

November 27, 2023

• WHO probes respiratory illnesses in China | Johns Hopkins claims juror misconduct in Netflix case | 3 trends shaping PX | Man escapes custody at Pa. hospital | Worker satisfaction drops

November 24, 2023

• Despite benefits, many hospitals lack RN residencies | Omicron's mystery persists | Experts divided on new transplant method | 72 hospitals cutting services | Are hospitals ready for tropical disease threats?

November 22, 2023

• NP growth shifts healthcare hierarchies | Where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest | Ascension nurses plan management face-off | Boom in GLP-1 scripts draws concern | Fearing violence, Catholic hospitals remove crosses

November 21, 2023

• Hospitals to US: Help curb strain amid virus season | Drug resistance gets C-level attention | PeaceHealth to refund patients | How Northwell rewrote a big cliché | The disease at center of $261M Johns Hopkins case

November 20, 2023

• Virus activity high in 7 states | Mass General Brigham sued over infection control | 15 hospitals with 6+ Magnet designations | Calif. hospital closes maternity ward | Suspect named in fatal NH hospital shooting

November 17, 2023

• Feds rush to boost RSV drug access | Hospital patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis | CRNA pay grows | FDA, physicians disagree on infant probiotics | How 2 hospitals combat 'quiet quitting'

November 16, 2023

• Is healthcare ready for younger nurses? | Dignity sues patients, claiming discharge refusal | CHS cuts safety events by 89% | Mass. system limits primary care patients | Ozempic's clinical dilemm

November 15, 2023

• Where NP growth matters most | Physician sues Mayo over free speech | Nurses get 1% of healthcare donations | Md. hospital to close | Houston Methodist taps 1st quality chief

November 14, 2023

• Virus season heats up | Top hospitals for nurse communication | Hawaii hospital worker dies after patient attack | Johns Hopkins Netflix case spurs internal probe | Nurse specialties with highest turnover

November 13, 2023

• RSV strains Southern hospitals | Nurse bullying endures | Wegovy cuts risk of heart events: Study | Inside AdventHealth's safety grade success | How retention efforts can backfire

November 10, 2023

• UW Health nurses take safety reports to state | John Hopkins loses Netflix case | NY surgeons perform world's 1st eye transplant | Police shoot, kill man outside NC hospital | Safety grades of 9 hospitals hit with immediate jeopardy warnings

November 09, 2023

• Optum closes clinics after RN layoffs | LifeBridge's formula for strong physician workforce | New weight loss drug cleared | Northwestern team performs historic transplant | A bright spot amid falling PX measures

November 08, 2023

• Hospitals act on nurse input | Calif. PA program loses accreditation | Healthcare has 'ways to go' on HAIs | Nurse imposter pleads guilty | FDA probes admissions tied to fake Ozempic

November 07, 2023

• ED visits for flu, RSV rise | Star ratings of straight-'A', 'F' hospitals | Physicians warn against 'bone smashing' trend | 56 top hospitals for surgical care | An emerging specialty nurses 'risked careers' for

November 06, 2023

• 29 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals: Leapfrog | CDC panel backs looser hospital masking | 3 HAIs fall post-COVID | Wash. hospital probes Legionnaires' cases | 26 hospitals raising pay

November 03, 2023

• ED visit times by state | AdventHealth's patient falls bootcamp | Pa. nurse accused of more patient deaths | Nurses rate hospitals on senior leaders | Healthcare ready to nix daylight saving

November 02, 2023

• Nurses press CDC ahead of mask vote | 10 hospitals with shortest, longest ED visits | Visiting nurse found dead in patient's home | Walmart's 1st health system partner | 3 top hospitals for male nurses

November 01, 2023

• What nurses don't want automated | Children's hospitals: RSV drug won't curb admissions | Nurses rate hospitals on support | Texas system lays off 288 | Closed Calif. hospital had history of safety issues

October 31, 2023

• 1 in 4 nursing, med students may quit | Colo. hospital temporarily closes | Can healthcare soar like aviation? | 5 COVID updates | The latest on Walgreens, CVS walkouts

October 30, 2023

• New COVID strain now dominant | Nurses rate hospitals by pay | Physicians seek hospital guidance on abortion | Pa. system cuts 200+ jobs | Strep cases jump amid antibiotic shortage

October 27, 2023

• COVID tracking gets murkier | 2 new nurse specialties | Top heart center in every state | Wife of Fla. hospital CEO charged with nurse battery | Drugmakers warned for selling probiotics to hospitals

October 26, 2023

• Maine hospitals treat mass shooting victims | Systems with more APPs outperform peers | Best hospitals by state | Dengue threats grow: 6 notes | 17 new residency programs

October 25, 2023

• 146 hospitals ranked by nurse workload | Sterilization issues halt surgeries at Calif. hospital | Ky. hospital sees C. auris cases | Track violence like medical errors: Viewpoint | Top hospitals for critical care: Healthgrades

October 24, 2023

• 44 hospitals with most ED visits | Calif. hospital fined after MRI scanner pins nurse | 5 Joint Commission moves | Conn. widens probe into shuttered nursing school | Fauci's worst fear post-COVID

October 23, 2023

• Hundreds still tangled in nurse degree sham | Med groups push back on sepsis rule | Why nurses prefer staffing agencies | Physicians decry HCA's Mission takeover | Vaccine access woes persist

October 20, 2023

• 146 hospitals ranked by nurse satisfaction | NY hospital limits care amid water shortage | Flesh-eating parasite endemic in South: CDC | Phoenix gets new med school | Key to nurse retention, per 6 leaders

October 19, 2023

• 4 top predictors of nurse satisfaction | Henry Ford, Ascension team up | The C-suite role elevating clinicians | 17 top-paid physician specialties | OHSU creates role to manage transfers

October 18, 2023

• NY system to cut 1,500 temp RNs | Pa. hospital probes patient death | Joint Commission issues sentinel event alert | What retail pharmacy closures mean for healthcare | St. Luke's accused of sterilization issues

October 17, 2023

• Temp nurses' employment status sparks debate | Keck cuts nurse managers' workload | Top cancer center in every state | Yale sees lawsuits after drug tampering | Retail pharmacy staff plan strike

October 16, 2023

• Projected pay shifts for 3 healthcare jobs | US respiratory virus trends: 4 notes | 3 Ala. hospitals to close maternity units | The human toll of surgical disparities | UNC Health cuts RN turnover by 20%

October 13, 2023

• Kaiser, union reach deal | 6 Joint Commission alerts, advisories | 4 sepsis care updates | How hospitals can prevent falls | 10 best, worst states for healthcare: Forbes

October 12, 2023

• Projected RN wage growth by 2033 | RSV, COVID shot rollout hits wall | The title PAs prefer | UnityPoint CEO exits, merger scrapped | A gap in front-line staff training

October 11, 2023

• Sepsis rule too rigid, physicians say | Pa. hospital cited over nurse's drug error | The rise of dyad leadership | Staffing violations cost Mount Sinai $700K | Why hospital staff wages may rise again

October 10, 2023

• Growth estimates dip for 5 nurse roles | Kaiser to cut jobs in Calif. | Man charged in NY nurse stabbings | 9 ways to curb burnout, per workers | Bird flu stirs concern in Wash.

October 09, 2023

• Safety goals at top hospitals for nurses | Hospitals see RSV, flu uptick | Calif. takes step to universal healthcare | Hospital staff 'rusting out' | Time to end 'Dr.' title debate: Viewpoint

October 06, 2023

• RSV ticks up | Texas hospital to close | Require vaccines for healthcare staff: ANA, APIC | Methodist Healthcare's plan to hire nurses from Mexico | Why Walmart doesn't partner with hospitals

October 05, 2023

• ED pediatric readiness, by state | CEO apologies for nurses' leaked info | Novant lays off managers | NYC sees rise in TB cases | What's the plan for hospitals' plans?

October 04, 2023

• States scrutinize 'Dr.' title | The case for black boxes beyond ORs | Nurse faces 3rd patient death suit | 3 hospitals accused of EMTALA violations | Visitor restrictions make a comeback

October 03, 2023

• Infant death spurs FDA warning to hospitals | A positive spin on 'quiet quitting' | Projected shortages for 6 healthcare roles | The value of 'elbow time' | Leading causes of death, by age

October 02, 2023

• 6 most common sentinel events | Staff stabbed at NY hospital: Police | Cleveland Clinic's employer offering boosts referrals | 4 COVID updates | A case to revamp the workweek

September 29, 2023

• 4 sentenced in nurse degree sham | Trinity goes all in on hybrid nursing | 87 hospitals cutting jobs | Don't ask patients for donations, internists say | Cleveland Clinic embraces 'friendtors'

September 28, 2023

• More states push for nurse ratios | Hospitals oppose stricter sepsis rules | ANA recognizes new specialty | Training cost agreements face pushback | IU Health to lay off 84

September 27, 2023

• Children's hospitals brace for RSV | Nurses decry lengthy shifts | Wis. hospital pauses surgeries | Joint Commission, NQF to cut reporting burden | A hot summer for healthcare jobs

September 26, 2023

• 49 hospitals with 5+ Magnet certifications | COVID admissions dip | The benefits nurse managers look for | Ill. hospital lowers RN turnover to 10% | A summer of hospital escapes

September 25, 2023

• Calif. hospitals cited over fatal drug errors | What surgical timeouts need | UCSF nurses tie violence to hiring freeze | CommonSpirit cuts 2K jobs | The state of quiet quitting

September 22, 2023

• 10 top nurse residencies | Caveat of a COVID plateau | Johns Hopkins hospital faces $200M suit over Netflix doc | The cost of physician turnover | Key to a great nursing culture, per 6 execs

September 21, 2023

• Physicians flock to obesity medicine | Patient escapes Mo. hospital | 15 hospitals bringing back masks | Nurses' role in climate change: ANA | Pay hikes in 15 specialties

September 20, 2023

• Early signs hint at COVID plateau | Relatives fill nursing gaps | NJ hospital gets restraining order against union | US sees 1st dual medical, AI degree | Hospital staff flu shot rates, by state

September 19, 2023

• 22 best BSN programs | Where nurses, CDC don't see eye to eye | 3 new Joint Commission programs | The risks of patient codes of conduct | Nurses flock to Calif.

September 18, 2023

• Joint Commission's new certification | Clinicians to CDC: Don't loosen mask standards | 6 COVID updates | Gen Z moves into boardrooms | 153 CNOs to know

September 15, 2023

• 2 scenarios for virus admissions | NY hospital to close | Safety concerns pause some Calif. hospital admissions | ED visit times, by state | How a 4-time Magnet system retains nurses

September 14, 2023

• Trinity intros hybrid nurse teams | Where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest | Students sue shuttered nursing school | The CMO role's evolution | 20 'smartest' hospitals

September 13, 2023

• Hospital accused of EMTALA violation | Flu, COVID & RSV shots: What to know | UW Medicine sued over lost tumor | BA.2.86 cases by state | Nursing in 50 years: 7 thoughts

September 12, 2023

• The state of flu, COVID + RSV | NJ hospital nurses protest at CEO's home | The healthcare quality blindspot | Patient charged in RI nurse assault | 5 nurses making headlines

September 11, 2023

• What flu season may bring | Support grows for nurse attacked by patient | A mantra among quiet quitters | 45% of nurses 'fully engaged' | Police probe death at NJ hospital | Best hospitals to work for, by state

September 08, 2023

• 6 COVID updates | The value of 'boomerang' nurses | Biden advised on patient safety | Conn. hospital lays off care assistants | Hospital staff get real about shortages

September 07, 2023

• When tripledemic admissions may peak | NPs' suit over 'Dr.' title gets pushback | Clinicians take center stage in C-suites | Best healthcare workplaces: Fortune | 5 infection prevention guidance updates

September 06, 2023

• RSV rises in Southeast | Nurse charged in hep C outbreak case | Some hospitals delay mask rules | Police probe Miss. hospital shooting | Penn's vision for most 'provider-friendly' workplace

September 05, 2023

• The latest on BA.2.86 | Hospital dismissed former CNO's safety concerns: Lawsuit | CDC warns of flesh-eating bacteria | Dozens arrested at Kaiser protest | 9 hospitals reinstate masking

September 01, 2023

• BA.2.86 detected in 5 states | What nurses want from hospitals | Patient sues hospital over retained surgical item | Legionnaires' rumors deter Ohio hospital patients | Is rudeness here to stay?

August 31, 2023

• 3 potential paths for BA.2.86 | Hospital staff arrested over alleged patient dumping | A lonely era for physicians | Why 'September surge' is trending | 15 immediate jeopardy warnings since 2022

August 30, 2023

• NY hospital accused of violating staff ratios | COVID admissions up in 37 states | Walmart denies pharmacist pay cuts | 4 Joint Commission moves | CHS leans into virtual sitting

August 29, 2023

• 4 nurse layoffs in 2023 | Fla. hospitals evacuate ahead of Idalia | Nurses, actors unite against common threat | 3 COVID updates | 'Quiet cutting' in hospitals

August 28, 2023

• NJ hospital to halt strikers' health benefits | Experts stay optimistic on virus season | A foggy view of RN vacancy trends | Where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest | Companies embrace 'quiet cutting'

August 25, 2023

• W.Va. system eyes laid off Optum nurses | Hospitals get new sepsis, CAUTI guidance | 7 hospitals reinstate mask rules | Leapfrog's new recognition program | Mass General Brigham puts rigor to the 'mundane'

August 24, 2023

• COVID admissions up 22% | Patient found dead at Montefiore clinic | Hospitals revisit mask rules | 500 Ind. hospital patients possibly exposed to TB | Nursing to pharmacy: Career pathways emerge

August 23, 2023

• Nurses to CDC: Bolster infection control rules | Ore. hospital to close | When burnout wins | 20% of women mistreated during maternity care | Nurse Licensure Compact members, by state

August 22, 2023

• Calif. hospital evacuates 240 patients | 4 mask rules hospitals should consider | PA pay, by specialty | Nurses petition Optum layoffs | A new era of physician contracts

August 21, 2023

• Another hospital reinstates masks | 4 COVID updates | States take on 'Dr.' debate | Call temp nurses 'employees': Staffing firms | Clinician sentenced in 2 patients' deaths

August 18, 2023

• CDC tracks highly-mutated COVID strain | Don't sleep on self scheduling: ANA | 80 hospitals cutting jobs | Does healthcare need a nat'l safety board? 3 experts' takes | Montefiore's 'secret sauce' to genuine care

August 17, 2023

• Nurse ratios win over West Coast | Where COVID admissions are highest, rising fastest | Ohio system shakes up leadership | 2 dead in healthcare TB outbreak | What Netflix chaos holds for healthcare

August 16, 2023

• Joint Commission, NQF combine | 25 top nurse leader jobs | Pig kidney transplant done at NYU Langone | Ore. mandates staff ratios | What a rise in homelessness means for hospitals

August 15, 2023

• Where nurse staffing is rebounding | The rise of incomplete ED care | 10 most, least stressful healthcare jobs | Why Penn Medicine's CEO backs staff ratios | 'Blue legs': A possible long COVID symptom

August 14, 2023

• Ohio system adopts RN leadership model | 5 COVID updates | Calif. hospital fined over patient death | 50 top-paying nurse jobs | Hospitals' world of denial

August 11, 2023

• Where are all the med-surg nurses? | 78 hospitals cutting jobs | Hospitals' risky noise problem | Top 15 hospitals for nurses | 'Loud-quitting' & healthcare: What to know

August 10, 2023

• What does heat have to do with COVID? | Northwestern team performs 'flipped organ' transplants | Health system 'redesigns' loom | Inside the unhappiest nursing jobs | Workers & 'grumpy staying'

August 09, 2023

• Where COVID admissions are rising fastest | NC hospital cited over patient complaints process | Ill. system lays off 20% of leaders | 6 upcoming HCAHPS changes | 5 Joint Commission moves

August 08, 2023

• Let nurses be nurses: ANA leader | New COVID strain now dominant | Calif. hospital fined after patient death | 'Think fungus,' CDC tells physicians | The end of 'forever CEOs'

August 07, 2023

• NPs: Fastest growing job by 2031 | C-suite leader quietly becomes EMT | 6 COVID updates | Hospital sinks pose infection risk: CDC | Top recommended hospitals in every state

August 04, 2023

• Nurses eye side gigs as exit strategy | Ill. hospital cited for patient death | NC hospital closes | 277 top hospitals for PX | Is another tripledemic in store? 3 experts' take

August 03, 2023

• 10 top-paying nursing jobs | Hospitals, nursing schools at odds over staffing | Job cuts reach the C-suite | Best, worst COVID scenarios for fall | Meet the CNOs of US News' best hospitals

August 02, 2023

• CMS doubles down on quality | Star ratings of US News' best hospitals | Nurses lose confidence in Brigham and Women's VP | Mich. hospital to close | 7 notes on new COVID strain

August 01, 2023

• US News' 22 best hospitals | CDC: Leprosy on the rise in Fla. | Family of slain nurse sues Tenet | An unintended harm of nurse resiliency | 16 CNO, CMO moves

July 31, 2023

• 15 unhappiest nurse jobs | COVID bump spurs tripledemic concerns | US nurse abducted in Haiti | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | The end of deferred care

July 28, 2023

• 15 happiest nurse jobs | Physician's license revoked after 2 patient deaths | Star ratings of Leapfrog's straight-'A' hospitals | Mo. system worker contracts TB | A condition 42% of clinicians never heard of

July 27, 2023

• 248 hospitals with 1 star from CMS | COVID admissions up 10% | A nurse leader's case against staff ratios | Tough decisions loom for C-suites | Hospitals embrace RV living

July 26, 2023

• 483 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | TB outbreak tied to bone products: CDC | St. Luke's wins $50M harassment case | Texas physician wounded in shooting | 18% of workers are 'loud quitting'

July 25, 2023

• WellSpan doubles 'near-miss' reporting | CDC tracks new variant | Jefferson to cut 400 jobs | Inside Joint Commission's equity certification | 3 CNOs' top nurse well-being initiatives

July 24, 2023

• Pa. hospital's safety issues spur CEO schedule change | Physicians warn against new TikTok trend | Guard killed in Ore. hospital shooting | Surgeon to lead US pandemic office | 11 nurses making headlines

July 21, 2023

• Does nursing need a rebrand? | Joint Commission scraps hundreds of standards | Healthcare's tedious work is also dangerous | Wash. sees 1st C. auris case | 72 hospitals cutting jobs

July 20, 2023

• Ex-nursing school owner sentenced in degree scheme | Advertised pay for 50 healthcare jobs | Tornado hits major Pfizer plant | 9 CNOs on what's missing from nurse shortage talk

July 19, 2023

• Detroit hospital cited over quality issues | 5 COVID updates | NYT centers podcast on painful care at Yale | A rough time for rookie managers | Most socially responsible hospital in each state

July 18, 2023

• NPs sue Calif. over use of 'Dr.' | Heat wave strains hospitals | Physician staffing group to close | Nurses protest name of Mo. hospital | 3 hospitals' plan to tackle virus season

July 17, 2023

• The toll of diagnostic errors | Strike nurse faces backlash after viral TikTok | 347 top hospitals for physician communication | A 15-minute meeting transformed Cleveland Clinic | 5 nurses who became CEOs, COOs this year

July 14, 2023

• Calif. hospital cited for patient death | ANA backs staffing ratios | Conn. sues shuttered nursing school | How Cleveland Clinic brings clinician ideas to life | 70 CNO moves

July 13, 2023

• 364 top hospitals for nurse communication | Man charged with murder of physician | Wis. hospital tests 'admissions unit' | 100 hospitals with great heart programs | Northwestern's treatment approach for long COVID

July 12, 2023

• Patient kills Tenn. physician | 6 COVID updates | US News won't rank honor roll hospitals | Flooding challenges Vt. hospitals | Drug trial halted after patient deaths | Med groups share new HAI prevention guidance

July 11, 2023

• The CEO in favor of nurse staffing laws | UPMC hospital scales back heart care | Feds probe maternal care at Cedars-Sinai | Clinician employment, by state | 6 CNO, CMO moves

July 10, 2023

• Mass General Brigham's new quality strategy | Police shoot, kill man at Mich. hospital | The burnout fixes clinicians want most | NY system lays off 25 leaders | 68 great hospital workplaces: Newsweek

July 07, 2023

• NY restricts nurse overtime | Healthcare workers keep quitting | 5 hospitals with shortest, longest ED visit times | Mayo sees record year for hiring | 17 Joint Commission moves in 2023

July 06, 2023

• NY system bans local travel nurses | US plans 'tripledemic' defense | Broward CMO exits | Physician sues Ind. hospital over noncompetes | Joint Commission drops COVID shot standard

July 05, 2023

• Nurses lose confidence in RI hospital leaders | 2 dead in Ind. hospital shooting | Fungal meningitis complications confound physicians | 40% of PAs favor title change | 5 top-paying states for LPNs

July 03, 2023

• 5 top paying states for nurse execs | Ind. hospital to end inpatient care | Fla. system offers exec buyouts | 14 nurse leaders-turned-CEOs | Va. hospital goes CLABSI-free for 300 days

June 30, 2023

• 5 top paying states for RNs | Wash. system to lay off 200+ | Student loan ruling: What it means for healthcare | 7 dead in fungal meningitis outbreak | 5 most challenging Joint Commission requisites

June 29, 2023

• Nurse employment by state + specialty | Calif. hospital accused of overpaying execs | 175 top cancer hospitals | Johns Hopkins program cuts nurse burnout | Ill. hospital to close 4 units

June 28, 2023

• Sanford sued over disposed human torso | MultiCare expands virtual nursing | 75+ great hospitals in America | Providence opposes 'strikebreaker' law | Joint Commission rolls out new certification

June 27, 2023

• Nurses lose confidence in Calif. hospital board | Physicians exit Kan. hospital after CEO's firing | Malaria cases prompt CDC alert | Mass. nursing school to close | How 1 hospital upped safety reporting 50%

June 26, 2023

• HCA hospital criticized over oncology staffing | Penn Med exits US News rankings | New variant on CDC's radar | ER physicians sue shuttered hospital | Nurses per capita, by state

June 23, 2023

• Experts sound alarm on fungal infections | Novant Health 'rolls out the red carpet' for new nurses | The value of discharge lounges | 2 Fla. systems give $10M to nursing school | 8 physicians share what drives frustration

June 22, 2023

• Where are all the nurse preceptors? | Hospital fined $2M in missing fentanyl case | NY hospital keeps 3 HAIs at zero | States ranked by health outcomes | Physicians: ED boarding still a crisis | CDC panel OKs RSV shot for older adults

June 21, 2023

• US News' top children's hospitals | HCA pushes patients into hospice, clinicians claim | Physicians embrace new tech for surgery | 5 hospitals' nurse residency programs | Cleveland Clinic's experience strategy | Depression rates, by state

June 20, 2023

• Top reasons healthcare staff quit | Hospital notifies wrong family of patient death | Oschner's new CNO | Kan. hospital fires CEO | Harvard's response to morgue scandal falls short: Experts | 5 COVID updates

June 16, 2023

• 4 early trends on flu season | Providence to pause surgeries before nurses strike | Mass. hospital ramps up security after nurse stabbing | What CQOs want clinicians to know about patient safety | Meet the AMA's new president

June 15, 2023

• NP employment, by state | Body parts stolen, sold from Harvard morgue: Feds | When nurses disagree with AI's assessment | 61 hospitals cutting jobs | Physicians: Keep 'strategic' masking in hospitals

June 14, 2023

• What nurses want vs. what hospitals give | Texas closes 'Dr. Death' loophole | Physician's ivermectin script draws medical board complaint | The employer benefit Gen Z values most | NY hospital names nurse COO | 10 hospitals seeking CNOs

June 13, 2023

• RN employment, by state | Nurse stabbed at Mass. hospital: Police | Calif. hospital to lay off 100+ | NY to weigh nurse staffing rule | Physician specialties with highest, lowest net worth | Fungal meningitis outbreak: 3 updates

June 12, 2023

• CMS: What to do after immediate jeopardy notice | Ill. hospital to close | RN pay in best, worst states for healthcare | 5 Joint Commission moves | U of Minn. to probe AI's use in nursing | The rise of the hybrid CNO-COO

June 09, 2023

• Former Ky. nurse sentenced in patient's death | Seattle Children's, Dartmouth cut jobs | CDC briefs clinicians on fungal meningitis | Dr. Jha heads back to Brown | How hospitals fall short on inclusion, per nurses

June 08, 2023

• 9 dead in Wash. hospital bacterial outbreak | The cost of quality reporting | Why don't millionaires fund med students? | $500M lawsuit aims to boot NYC hospital board | 7 pros from Spectrum's dual-role nurse program | The evolving role of the CQO

June 07, 2023

• Nurses can vacation with RaDonda Vaught | Staff urge Kaiser hospital to halt surgeries | Disparities plague top-graded hospitals | Physicians embrace gig work | 5 hospitals adopting virtual nursing | Healthcare in 100 years

June 06, 2023

• Mass. system lays off nurse educators | Providence expands virtual nursing | Pa. system boycotts US News | 5 viruses to watch this summer | The value of dual CNO-COOs | 11 systems launching residencies

June 05, 2023

• Calls grow for national patient safety board | Will hospitals stick with US News? | Man charged in DMC nurse's death | Lawmakers probe Ochsner layoffs | CMS vaccine rule officially over | 400 people mistakenly told they may have cancer

June 02, 2023

• How UPMC canceled 90 agency contracts | Shooting at Pa. hospital injures 3 | CDC's new potential leader | Allina denies some care to patients with debt: NYT | Duke to cut 280 jobs | Ind. hospital ends heart transplants | 12 CNO, CMO moves

June 01, 2023

• NY system to fired staff: Come back | 159 top maternity hospitals | AdventHealth creates test for brain-eating amoeba | 6 fatal infectious disease outbreaks in 2023 | 5 nurses making headlines

May 31, 2023

• States enact new staffing laws | Man dies after fall from Calif. hospital | 80% of nurses experience racism at work | MDs vs DOs on patient outcomes: New findings | A day in the life of Mercy's CNO

May 30, 2023

• Ohio hospital cuts BSN requirement | 12 stats on nurse, PA pay bumps | CNO at hospital where RN called 911 steps down | Texas aims to close 'Dr. Death' loophole | US asks WHO to issue emergency over fungal meningitis

May 26, 2023

• 11 nurse leaders are new CEOs this year | 293 hospitals at immediate risk of closure | CRNA pay by state, living costs | Texas Children's to end transgender care | PeaceHealth to lay off 69

May 25, 2023

• Nurse charged in 2 patient deaths | CDC: 200+ may be at risk for fungal meningitis | NY to drop hospital vaccine rule | FDA OKs 1st drug for HAP | 10 nurse exec teams picked for J&J innovation program

May 24, 2023

• 5 fastest-growing nursing jobs | Mayo applauds staffing bill revamp | Calif. hospital plans bankruptcy | What MD grads want hospitals to know | Ohio nurses declare 'code red'

May 23, 2023

• What new, seasoned RNs want each other to know | Staffing rules cut from Minn. legislation | More NYC physicians OK strike | How hospitals fared on Leapfrog's maternity measures | 646 hospitals at risk of closure

May 22, 2023

• PA pay, adjusted by living costs | Calif. hospital fined for fatal retained object event | NYC physicians start strike | AHN plans for digital nurses in all hospitals | 16 hospitals seeking CNOs

May 19, 2023

• Nurses signal 'no confidence' in MultiCare CEO | Why Bon Secours Mercy Health saw nurse turnover 'plummet' | 4 hospitals' strategies to combat capacity woes | CDC: Mpox may rebound | 10 CNO, CMO moves

May 18, 2023

• 3 nurse degree sham updates | How the vaccine mandate's end may affect staffing | Ill. hospital could close by June | A glimmer of hope for HAIs: Leapfrog | SC hospital names nurse CEO | The unhealthiest county in each state

May 17, 2023

• Ochsner gets blowback for nurse layoffs | Green card freeze's effect on hospitals | 1 dead, 4 hospitalized in suspected fungal outbreak | Leapfrog grades of 5 hospitals hit with CMS warnings | The healthiest county in each state

May 16, 2023

• 5 plead guilty in nurse degree sham | Physicians exit Texas hospital amid AG probe | Debate over masking in hospitals persists | Mass Gen's 'discharge lounge' to ease capacity strain | 10 immediate jeopardy warnings since 2022

May 15, 2023

• RN pay in all 50 states, adjusted by living costs | Calif. hospital ordered to halt PICU care | Hospital where nurse called 911 back in compliance | Mayo doubles down against staffing bills | How to get more men in nursing, per 21 male nurses

May 12, 2023

• More nurses caught in degree sham speak out | Hospitals prep for ER surges as Title 42 ends | Top med schools by specialty: US News | US sees 1st drug-resistant ringworm cases | Troubled Fla. transplant program gets new leaders

May 11, 2023

• Best med schools for '24: US News | HCA ends nurse training repayment contracts | Miss. nursing school fires instructors | Ochsner to cut 770 jobs | What to know as PHE ends | The case for letting nurses order C. diff tests

May 10, 2023

• Nurse 'thank-yous' from 37 execs | HCA hospital CEO out | Top-paying state for 25 hospital jobs | CommonSpirit's plan to boost RN retention: 5 notes | A foolproof approach to improve quality

May 09, 2023

• CMS probes Kan. system after patient death | The 'Miracle Gro' for new nurses | Mich. nurse sentenced for patient's death | Inside Virginia Mason's bacterial outbreak probe | Concerns grow over potential mpox resurgence

May 08, 2023

• HCA invests $300M in nurse education | Ohio hospital closes | Northwell sues ex-worker over morgue photos | 47 hospitals cutting jobs | Bringing LPNs back to the bedside: 1 system's approach

May 05, 2023

• WHO ends COVID emergency | The ED where nearly no one leaves without being seen | Where 3 HAIs have risen most: Leapfrog | 55 safety experts to know | Viewpoint: International nurse recruiting is a 'Band-Aid' fix

May 04, 2023

• Fla. nurses maintain innocence in degree sham | 1 dead, 4 injured in Ga. hospital shooting | 10 discounts, freebies for National Nurses Week | Hospital could lose CMS funding over candle | HAIs hit 5-year high: Leapfrog

May 03, 2023

• 32 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals: Leapfrog | BSN enrollment sees 1st drop in 20 years | Pa. hospital to end inpatient care | Ga. law decides who gets to go by 'Dr.' | 9 C-suite nurses' leadership advice, inspiration

May 02, 2023

• 10 best, worst states for RNs | HHS to drop vaccine rule | Hospitals probed over alleged EMTALA violations | Police shoot woman in Ga. ER | Joint Commission names 3 execs

May 01, 2023

• PA pay in all 50 states | Nurses return to hospital jobs - for now | 7 dead in Wash. hospital bacterial outbreak | Calif. hospital to replace trauma surgeons | 5 COVID updates

April 28, 2023

• Providence fired RN for raising safety concerns: Lawsuit | Average pay for 37 hospital jobs | A new nurse certification | Death prompts signage changes at Mass. hospitals | Brain abscesses spur CDC probe

April 27, 2023

• NP pay in all 50 states | 4 dead in Wash. hospital's bacterial outbreak | PeaceHealth cuts 251 jobs | Kaiser to buy Geisinger | 100 nurses in 100 days: La. system's plan to boost its workforce

April 26, 2023

• Nurse visa pause stirs staffing concerns | RN pay by state: New data | Ind. system trims pay, freezes hiring | How Duke supports a 60% millennial, Gen Z workforce | Physician imposter treated thousands: Los Angeles DA

April 25, 2023

• US News' top nursing schools | The new COVID normal | Gen Zers are 'loud quitting' on TikTok | Ore. nursing program at risk of closure | CLABSI-free for 16 months: How 1 hospital did it

April 24, 2023

• US freezes nurse green cards | Agencies probe Miami heart transplant program | Man sets fires in HCA hospital: Police | US News delays med school rankings | XBB.1.16 growth, symptoms: 5 notes

April 21, 2023

• Mask mandate back at Kaiser hospital amid COVID outbreak | NC hospital removes 3 execs | The case for advanced nursing degrees | Stanford surgeons 1st to transplant beating heart | 13 CNO, CMO moves

April 20, 2023

• ED strep visits hit 5-year high | Atrium patient dies in golf cart accident | The hospital with a 7-min ED wait | Emory's CNO gets lifetime achievement award | Inside a rare surgery at Children's Hospital Colorado

April 19, 2023

• Ballad CEO defends nurse pay | What TV gets right and wrong about hospitals | Cleveland Clinic, Trinity latest to roll back masks | Geisinger adds roles to career pathways program | 10 hospitals seeking CNOs

April 18, 2023

• Where RNs face most, least demand | Time to end mandatory masking: Infectious disease experts | Safety huddles, but actionable: UH's nurse-led approach | 19 top systems, 27K open jobs | Are tests catching XBB.1.16?

April 17, 2023

• Who gets to go by 'Dr.?' Med groups weigh in | 11 specialties ranked by bonuses | 1 dead in Mich. fungal outbreak | Man pleads guilty to hospital CEO death threats | Where XBB.1.16 is most prevalent

April 14, 2023

• 29 specialties ranked by pay | Trinity sued by ex-physician acquitted of patient deaths | 5 Joint Commission moves | The problem of stuffy hospital CEOs | From bedside to C-suite: 5 Hackensack nurses' journey

April 13, 2023

• 800K more nurses eye exit | US News' top med schools, post-boycott | 3 steps to curb C. auris, per Mass Gen experts | RN violently mishandled newborn: Police | XBB.1.16's new possible symptom

April 12, 2023

• 'Elective injuries': Hospital EDs' new enemy | The dollar cost of nurse turnover | Calif. system offers $100K RN incentives | Joint Commission issues alert on surgical burns | Long COVID in kids: 4 physician takeaways

April 11, 2023

• 15 best, worst states for children's care | Kaiser staff to get real-time patient feedback | 4 abortion pill ruling updates | The new 'Operation Warp Speed' | 10 notes on CMS' inpatient payment rule

April 10, 2023

• Abortion pill rulings: What to know | Fungus infects dozens in Mich. | If 'health system' is out, what's next? | 35 new, expanded nursing programs | COVID may cross placenta

April 07, 2023

• TikTok trend spurs hospitalizations | Layoffs loom for CommonSpirit | XBB.1.16: 11 notes | Ascension nurses protest in Texas | Simulation training, yay or nay? Nurses weigh in

April 06, 2023

• 12 systems with most RNs | Beyond the OR: What's next for 'black boxes' | COVID admissions up in 16 states | Measure to cap hospital exec pay proceeds | 7 roles, salaries MSN holders can expect

April 05, 2023

• Influenza B ticks up | 10 most common sentinel events of 2022 | Virginia Mason lays off 300+ | Pa. system creates 'Return to Work Residency' for nurses | 15 specialties ranked by average billings

April 04, 2023

• New COVID subvariant in 18 states | Where C. auris is most prevalent | Billings Clinic trims exec pay | FDA eyes more boosters | UC Irvine's new CMO program | 10 states with largest cut in travel RN pay

April 03, 2023

• WHO: New subvariant 'one to watch' | 10 best, worst states for travel nurses | Hospitals fight effort to cap exec pay | Jury delivers $34M verdict against Md. hospital | The less-discussed reason clinicians quit

March 31, 2023

• US sues hospital staffing co. | NC hospital risks Medicare funding for 3rd time | How nurses saved hospitals $84M | Vanderbilt to hire director of nurse safety | The downfall of casual patient-physician interactions

March 30, 2023

• RaDonda Vaught's lasting effect on hospitals | Novant lays off execs | 58 'most innovative' hospitals, systems | UnitedHealthcare to scrap 20% of prior auths | Cleveland Clinic London taps physician president

March 29, 2023

• Care New England execs lose clinicians' confidence | How Providence, Keck rehire caregivers | Texas hospital to lay off 800+ | 25 best hospitals for pediatrics, per Leapfrog | CDC: 1 booster is enough

March 28, 2023

• Ohio hospital to lay off 200+ RNs | Pa. hospital cited over safety lapse | 30 systems ranked by online reputation | Erlanger sued over overlapping surgeries | 5 C. auris updates

March 27, 2023

• Catholic hospitals may limit transgender care | The downfalls of patient escort rules | Hospital employment rebounds | Nurse charged in patient's death | Viewpoint: Make health inequity a 'never event'

March 24, 2023

• Calif. hospitals accused of patient dumping | Best + worst cities for physician pay | Board decides fate of Ariz. nursing school | NY physician on trial for patient death | 10 hospitals seeking CNOs

March 23, 2023

• ERs grapple with déjà vu | 40 physician specialties ranked by pay | US to disband COVID team | HHS to overhaul transplant system | Time to refine hospital data reporting, experts say

March 22, 2023

• C. auris spotlights larger hospital challenges | 5 Ascension leaders out in overhaul | A lingering question on degree sham | 6 hospital closures | The training model attracting more nurse educators

March 21, 2023

• Lawmakers probe HCA hospital's safety | 150 top places to work in healthcare | C. auris cases surge | COVID political woes persist at Fla. hospital | 9 hospitals ending maternity services

March 20, 2023

• 15 best, worst states for physicians | Staffing, abortion laws lead hospital to end obstetrics | 'Black boxes' enter ORs | 1st state enacts PA licensure compact | 5 Match Day highlights

March 17, 2023

• Nurses don't 'quiet quit' | OB-GYN shortage worsens | Physicians to hospitals: Drop US News rankings | Exec charged with fixing nurse wages | 11 exec exits | 27th state gives NPs full practice authority

March 16, 2023

• States slow to act on travel nurse prices | Do strikes harm patients? | Pa. systems cut jobs | US maternal mortality hits 58-year high | Northwell's own nurse pipeline | MD Anderson taps quality, value officer

March 15, 2023

• Debate drags on: Who gets 'Dr.' title | Open ED residency spots at record high | ChatGPT's expertise awes clinicians | Chicago system CEO to step down | Mayo preps for bird flu | 5 attorneys on degree sham liability

March 14, 2023

• 83 top hospitals for patients: Healthgrades | Penn Med cuts jobs | Quality improvement is dragging, AHRQ data shows | 12 hospitals seeking CNOs | Shortages of ER staple drugs intensify

March 13, 2023

• 10 top patient safety concerns | Hospitals stick nurses with hefty training costs | Ohio hospital sees 3 Legionnaires' cases | Why degree sham is 'not surprising' | Fla. bill would ban APRNs from using 'doctor'

March 10, 2023

• NJ voids nurses tied to degree sham | Biden's $6.8T budget: 15 healthcare notes | Calif. hospital closure is 'tip of iceberg' | Travel nurses want to go permanent | Omicron may carry less long COVID risk

March 09, 2023

• Nurses accuse CommonSpirit of wage theft | Why Gen Zers want to lead hospitals | NJ hospital names nurse CEO | 23 hospitals cutting jobs | How nursing is faring, per 2K nurses

March 08, 2023

• Are hospitals liable in nurse degree sham? | Masks come off in more hospitals | Va. system cuts admin jobs | Miss. hospital to pay nurses back wages | CMO joins MSU Health 1 week before shooting | 7 states eye scope of practice changes

March 07, 2023

• SD reinstates nurse tied to fake credentials | Prime hospital probed over patient death | University Hospitals adds AI to safety huddles | Physician happiness before + after COVID | Ark. medical board chair resigns

March 06, 2023

• RaDonda Vaught wants nursing license back | States lift COVID rules in hospitals | Fla. hospital staff get death threats | CEO pleads to keep Calif. hospital open | What 4 clinician execs would do as CEO | 12 CMO, CNO moves

March 03, 2023

• States slow to adopt 'physician associate' | Ohio hospital to close | 10 states with largest cuts to travel RN pay | Nobody's happy with physician pay | Press Ganey: What really makes hospital staff stay | 2 bird flu updates

March 02, 2023

• Nurses assert innocence in degree sham | Texas hospital to close | What's behind some states' COVID admissions bump? | CDC: 20K may have been exposed to measles in Ky. | 22 US hospitals among Newsweek's best in world

March 01, 2023

• Biden talks healthcare: 4 notes | Nurse imposter practiced for 15 years: Police | Hospital CEO exits surge | Keck's plan to hone in on quality | Who spent $1M to disparage a hospital?

February 28, 2023

• Undercover agents bought fake nurse degrees | Patients are burned out, too | Why fewer nurses are calling off at Erlanger | The program Northwell thinks every ED should have | Tenet hospital taps CMO, CNO

February 27, 2023

• 29 specialties ranked by happiness | Nurse found guilty in patient's death | COVID admissions up in 21 states | UCSF nurses allege 'crisis' work conditions | WHO probes 2 human bird flu cases

February 24, 2023

• Norovirus hits hospital EDs | Tech burned by nurse settles for $5.7M | Stamford taps Metaverse for RN training | 10 hospital service cuts | Ill. nurses accuse Ascension of wage theft | Achieving nursing excellence, per 3 leaders

February 23, 2023

• Penn hospital cited for wrong-site surgery | 20+ hospitals cutting jobs | Will US see 2nd flu wave? Experts weigh in | 110 CMOs to know | Providence grows staff education program

February 22, 2023

• Prove credentials or give up license, NY tells nurses | Texas hospital cuts nearly half of staff | The nurse hospitals won't hire | CHS execs get raises | Top do's and don'ts of virtual nursing | Physicians keep eye on rising norovirus rates

February 21, 2023

• COVID admissions up in 21 states | Police shoot man in Ascension hospital | What 4 CNOs want to start doing in 2023 | 5th person cured of HIV | As 43% of nurses consider leaving, can hospitals step up?

February 20, 2023

• 23 Texas nurses tied to degree sham | CHS boosts RN hiring 18% | 20 days, 9 exec exits | Avg. pay by experience: NPs vs. PAs | Pros, cons of virtual nursing: 9 CNOs weigh in

February 17, 2023

• US may see COVID uptick | Texas hospital lifts lockdown after standoff | Nurses want less talk, more action | Ill. hospital CEO dismissed | 4 systems embrace virtual nurses | Fire closes Mass. hospital for months

February 16, 2023

• Sanford's progress on global nurse hiring | 34 systems on Forbes' best employers list | Adventist to trim admin jobs | NC official targets hospital CEO pay | States ranked by NPs per capita

February 15, 2023

• Fla. nursing schools pause enrollment | AdventHealth cuts turnover with virtual nursing | Sparrow treats MSU shooting victims | Physicians: We don't have 27 hours/day | The glaring issue with hospital boards

February 14, 2023

• Walmart heir's med school names CEO, dean | What ChatGPT spells for clinicians | Northwell embraces nuance in masking | COVID admissions up in 8 states | 5 CNO, CMO moves | Staffing ratios on the table in 5 states

February 13, 2023

• Pros + cons of 20-year-old staffing ratios | Dartmouth pilots 'Shark Tank for nurses' | CEOs' No. 1 concern | Why more ERs are understaffing docs | 5 ways to support nurse flexibility | 134 top hospitals for quality

February 10, 2023

• Henry Ford rehires 25% of nurses who left | HHS roadmap out of PHE | Nurse: Mandatory staffing ratios are the wrong fight | St. Luke's trims 2% of workforce | WHO: Bird flu risk may rise

February 09, 2023

• Travel RN pay, month by month | Calif. hospital's Medicare contract at risk | 20 states probe, discipline nurses amid degree sham | US News rankings to put more weight on quality | Viewpoint: Spend on staffing, not Super Bowl ads

February 08, 2023

• How degree sham may affect nurse shortages | State of Union: 10 healthcare notes | Fire spurs Mass. hospital to evacuate 160 | Strep A surge may be return to normal: CDC | What would make seasoned nurses stay

February 07, 2023

• What's behind Northwell's low nurse turnover? | Inside the new NCLEX | FDA: Report at-home COVID test results | 5 CMOs, CNOs on AHA's clinical committee | Viewpoint: 'Demoralization syndrome' hits physicians

February 06, 2023

• More states act against nurses tied to degree sham | Capacity woes persist post-tripledemic | Ariz. nursing school's accreditation at risk | CMOs: 11 things employees want to tell you | 5 CNO, CMO moves

February 03, 2023

• RN pay by state | The 'hard truth' about staffing shortages | COVID admissions up in 6 states | CMS eyes universal quality measures | Students sue Fla. nursing school | Colo. hospital CEO resigns

February 02, 2023

• States discipline nurses tied to degree sham | 29 burned out specialties, ranked | 10 states with largest cuts to travel RN pay | Power outages hit Texas hospitals | How CMOs 'Get rid of silly stuff'

February 01, 2023

• Hospitals face questions about fake nurse degrees | Lawmakers look to scrap CMS vaccine rule | Physician's $25M case against Houston Methodist dismissed | 3 ways to ease hospitals' staffing crisis | Yale names Dr. Megan Ranney dean for public health

January 31, 2023

• Turn in licenses, Ga. tells nurses with fake degrees | Where travel RN pay stands: 5 trends | Hospitals brace for next virus season | Ballad withheld OT, nurse claims | The value of Cleveland Clinic's 'code sepsis' protocol

January 30, 2023

• 37% of nurses with fake degrees passed NCLEX | COVID still an emergency: WHO | 5 treated after UPMC hospital fire | Nurses protest Ill. hospital closure | Top hospitals for patient experience: Press Ganey | 8 CNO, CMO moves

January 27, 2023

• States probe nurses tied to degree scheme | OR fire injures patient at OHSU | Novant lays off physician exec | Bird flu spreads to mammals | FDA group hesitant on annual COVID shots | AI can't author studies, journals say

January 26, 2023

• 25 charged in fake nurse scheme | Ascension Texas cuts jobs | Nurses secure big raises | 16 hospitals seek CMOs, CNOs | How 5 systems elevate nurses' voices | Boosters vs. XBB.1.5

January 25, 2023

• Some Texas RNs to get pay bump | Hospital execs as patients: 11 insights | Ill. hospital plans service cuts | 15K adults may have new illness | COVID admissions now vs. then | Preparing for accreditation visits: 6 leaders' advice

January 24, 2023

• Bird flu's 'pandemic potential' stirs concern | 20 systems that spend most on contract labor | ANA debuts free burnout program | Sloan Kettering lays off 337 | 25% of healthcare staff would quit over workplace violence

January 23, 2023

• Hospitals raise nurse pay: Why now? | FDA eyes new COVID shot strategy | Woman shoots, kills husband in Fla. hospital | Ohio measles outbreak reaches Ky. | Physician happiness slow to rebound | 7 CMO, CNO moves

January 20, 2023

• Duke overhauls nurses' workdays | AI passes medical licensing exam | Fla. hospital to lay off 68 | Where COVID admissions are falling fastest | 1st cases of drug-resistant gonorrhea spur concern

January 19, 2023

• Hospital meltdown persists in Calif. | 75% of RNs eye the door | Tripledemic may have peaked: CDC | Top items on 5 CMOs' to-do lists | Tenet makes 9 exec changes | 85 top hospitals for patient experience

January 18, 2023

• The case against staffing ratios | Providence nurses rally over paid leave | Judge nixes NY vaccine rule | Mass. hospital CNO to exit after 9 mos. | Amazon Clinic offers COVID treatment | 10 healthiest, unhealthiest states

January 17, 2023

• 50 top hospitals: Healthgrades | COVID admissions dip | Hospital where RN called 911 gets accredited | Integris to cut 140 jobs in patient care | 6 Joint Commission moves | Ill. physician, system face 7 misconduct suits

January 13, 2023

• 5 fastest-growing physician specialties | Ascension hospital halts electives | ProMedica to lay off 262 | Virus season may strain hospitals for years: Jha | 7 CXOs on initiatives that can't wait | Best places to work in healthcare

January 12, 2023

• NPs less productive than MDs: Economists | 14 top-paid healthcare jobs | A painful downside of home care | NYC strike ends | Study: 1 in 4 admissions involve adverse events | Why XBB.1.5 won't get Greek letter

January 11, 2023

• XBB.1.5 fuels hospital capacity concerns | 56 best healthcare jobs: US News | Joint Commission's new safety goal | Flu falls in 40 states | Nev. hospital to lay off 970 | Time to rethink work-life balance, physician leaders say

January 10, 2023

• Where COVID admissions are rising fastest | Nurses sign 'unresignation' letters | Sexual assault claims spur Cleveland Clinic probe | NYC strike continues | CMS funds 200 residency spots | Nurses most trusted professionals for 22nd year 

January 09, 2023

• Travel RN pay, by state | 'XBB.1.5 is no slouch': Dr. Eric Topol | Ill. hospital CEO steps down | COVID activity up post-holidays | ANA president: What leaders get wrong about resiliency | 7,000 NYC nurses start strike 

January 06, 2023

• 10 states with largest cuts to travel RN pay | Patient shot by off-duty officer gets $900K | Where XBB.1.5 is most prevalent | How 1 system helps moms return to work | 5 hospitals cutting services | Walgreens, CVS to offer abortion pills 

January 05, 2023

• XBB.1.5: 4 Qs, answered | Flu deaths now vs. then | Strike threat looms for NYC hospitals | Physicians combat misinfo on NFL player's collapse | 'COVID toes' + 'Paxlovid arm': 4 pandemic phenomena | Nurses' least favorite part of job 

January 04, 2023

• Flu activity down in 33 states | Hospital access quickly worsens in Calif. | Top pay by region for NPs, PAs | Retail pharmacies can sell abortion pills: FDA | 5 CEO exits in 5 days | How 3 systems promote nurse civility 

January 03, 2023

• New omicron strain makes steep ascent | Franciscan closes ER | Strike set at NYC hospitals | HHS sends surge team to NM hospital | 78 CMO moves in '22 | The cost of hospitals' 100% staff turnover 

December 30, 2022

• COVID admissions flatten: What CDC expects for Jan. | 38 hospitals with most ER visits | Leapfrog floats survey changes | Idaho system opens RSV 'suction clinics' | 52 hospital layoffs in '22 | 7 CMO, CNO moves 

December 29, 2022

• Keeping ED open is unsafe, Franciscan says of court order | 99 CNO moves in '22 | China's COVID wave stirs concern: 3 updates | The year the workplace grew 'quiet' | Physician frustration over misinformation grows 

December 28, 2022

• Travel RNs sue over 50% pay cuts | Hospitals 'bursting at seams': Physicians on the tripledemic | China COVID wave may spur new variant, experts say | 26 safety experts to know | NY system tags patient VIP status in EHR: report | Flu activity by state 

December 27, 2022

• New omicron strain on way to dominance | CDC issues alert on severe strep A | Geisinger NPs, PAs vote to unionize | WVU hospital appoints CNO, CMO | Flu continues descent | Physician group sues Envision 

December 22, 2022

• RSV has peaked, experts say | Providence hospital to restructure some physicians | What 7 CNOs told Becker's in '22 | Skepticism starts at top in Fla. hospital | 5 notes on BF.7 | 4 CMO, CNO moves 

December 21, 2022

• Joint Commission to overhaul standards, freeze fees | Claim of 1:53 nurse-patient ratio spurs NY hospital probe | States push for PHE's end | HHS boosts Tamiflu access | Children's hospitals brace for holiday aftermath | Flu activity by state 

December 20, 2022

• 'Immunity debt' debate persists | 5 top safety issues for 2023 | Congress' $1.7T omnibus deal: 8 healthcare notes | Tenet nurses face 'toxicity' after strike | Inside Trinity's decision to offer staff daily pay | 9 hospitals seeking CMOs 

December 19, 2022

• Flu may peak early | COVID admissions rise 14%: 3 notes | When healthcare loses the most | Ga. hospital to add 3K jobs | NCLEX pass rates lowest in Fla. | CEO of hospital where RN called 911 changes tune 

December 16, 2022

• Average nurse pay vs. travel nurse pay, by state | 10 most common COVID symptoms | Ky. hospital to lay off 112 | Clear sodas only for CommonSpirit patients | Viewpoint: Safety work relies too much on clinicians' heroism 

December 15, 2022

• Top-paid NP specialties | Hospitals see more severe strep A | 15K Minn. nurses get 'historic' raises | Johns Hopkins' COO 'quiet quit' years ago | US unveils winter COVID plan | 9 CMO, CNO moves 

December 14, 2022

• Joint Commission adds safety briefings to surveys | Inmate shot, killed in Texas hospital | Fauci responds to Musk | Flu activity by state | Tenet nurses 'outraged' by $1.78M false claims deal | Hospitals not in clear yet on RSV 

December 13, 2022

• Safety goals from 11 straight-'A' hospitals | HHS: COVID flexibilities apply to tripledemic | SC hospital to close | Physician sues Mass. hospital, alleges retaliation for raising safety concerns | 'Fauci effect' diminishes 

December 12, 2022

• Winter COVID surge looms | Emory nurses out of jobs over TikTok video | 20 highest paid PA specialties | CommonSpirit's plan to support 44K nurses | 12 hospitals cutting jobs | Elon Musk's 'prosecute Fauci' tweet draws backlash 

December 09, 2022

• Hospital bed use hits a high: 5 notes | Travel nurse pay by state | ANA President: End physician-nurse 'turf-wars' | Mass. hospital adjusts transfers over bacteria | LCMC pushes ahead on $150M HCA purchase | The rise of 'career cushioning' 

December 08, 2022

• What clinicians want execs to ask them | 50 states ranked by clinical care | Mayo defends exec raises | Children's hospitals see little relief as RSV peak nears | Experts push for return of masks | 20 Joint Commission actions in '22 

December 07, 2022

• Flu admissions at 10-year high | Leapfrog's 115 top hospitals | 'Historic' raises avert Minn. nurses strike | JPMorgan wants return of 60-min. doctor visits | APRN pay by the numbers | 11 hospitals seeking CMOs 

December 06, 2022

• Mercy's gig model for nurses halved agency spend | Flu, COVID admissions rise | 50 states ranked by health | Tenn. system pauses gender-affirming surgeries | NewYork-Presbyterian CMO: A priceless way to support clinicians | 12 CMO, CNO moves 

December 05, 2022

• Flu activity by state | Nurses intensify pushback on HCA sale | Where XBB is most prevalent | MetroHealth replaces fired CEO | A sign CMS' vaccine mandate is no sure thing | Minn. strike may be 'Category 5 storm' for hospitals 

December 02, 2022

• 15K Minn. nurses plan 2nd strike | 10 states with largest drop in travel RN pay | Fired MetroHealth CEO paid himself for SDOH work | Vanderbilt's Magnet status renewed | How UPMC is innovating staff retention 

December 01, 2022

• UnitedHealth puts $3M behind nurses | SSM sues surgeons | FDA pulls last COVID antibody drug | 5 health experts on Twitter's dropped misinfo ban | Why Grady's CMO is optimistic about 2023 

November 30, 2022

• Tenn. hospital patient dies after defibrillator fire | 'The floodgates opened': Flu hits hospitals | Physicians sue Mission over noncompetes | COVID admissions up in 32 states | Calif. med board warns of extortion scam | Twitter ends misinformation ban 

November 29, 2022

• Providence accused of wage theft by Ore. nurses | Flu activity high in 70% of US | Fired CEO sues MetroHealth | Wash. hospital to end heart surgeries | CMS' memo on workplace violence | 10 hospitals seeking CNOs 

November 28, 2022

• RSV may be peaking: Fauci | CDC tracks new subvariant | Fla. hospital CEO killed in murder-suicide | NP fined $20K for calling herself 'doctor' | 7 Qs with Houston Methodist's physician chief 

November 25, 2022

• Thanksgiving may accelerate 'tripledemic' | John Hopkins' staffing strategy amid RSV surge | Ind. hospital to close | Patient harm vs. malpractice: What clinicians fear more | 5 hospitals cutting services | ECU Health names 1st chief nurse 

November 23, 2022

• Ore. children's hospitals enact crisis standards of care | Monkeypox gets new name | Fired MetroHealth CEO alleges retaliation | 10 hospitals seeking CMOs | US renews vaccination push | 6 hospital execs' thank-you notes to staff 

November 22, 2022

• RSV cases, severity up: 4 notes | MetroHealth fires CEO | Corewell hospital makes emergency ask for more beds | 12 hospitals cutting jobs | Lawmakers join medical groups in urging DOJ to protect children's hospitals | The state of executive burnout 

November 21, 2022

• Drop vaccine rule, states ask CMS | Providence urged to act after ER patient's death | Calif. hospital bankruptcy meets nurse opposition | COVID admissions to rise: CDC | UK probes possible Ebola case | Kan. system CEO resigns | 8 CMO, CNO moves 

November 18, 2022

• 15,000 Minn. nurses weigh 2nd strike | Calif. NPs may soon practice sans physician oversight | Biden unclear on PHE for RSV | Ohio to get CDC help for measles outbreak | Long way to go on long COVID treatments: Dr. Akiko Iwasaki 

November 17, 2022

• Nurses oppose Sanford-Fairview merger | HHS to launch patient safety alliance | Layoffs hit Memorial Sloan Kettering | NYC nursing school gets $52M gift | Ohio hospital to end heart surgeries after 23 years 

November 16, 2022

• 36 hospitals that aced or failed patient safety: Leapfrog | Children's hospitals: Virus surge is nat'l emergency | An omicron subvariant 'cheat sheet' | Mercy taps robots to unburden nurses | Physicians denounce conditions at Children's National 

November 15, 2022

• Nurses slam 'immunity debt' theory for RSV | The state of COVID, flu + RSV | Hospital where nurse called 911 taps EMS again | Amazon Clinic debuts | A case for patient codes of conduct 

November 14, 2022

• 21,000 Kaiser nurses to strike | Flu spurs overflow tents at Calif. hospitals | 'Escape variants' now dominant | Northwell hires Michelin-star chefs | HAIs rose again in 2021 | Another pandemic surge: Demand for CMOs 

November 11, 2022

• Hospital where RN called 911 faces accreditation delay | Stay or go? Physicians weigh Twitter use | 66 hospitals with 'meritorious' surgical outcomes | Flu activity 'very high' in 14 states | Physicians oppose bill to expand APPs' scope of practice 

November 10, 2022

• Corewell to employ nursing students | Michigan Med starts staff surveys on patient deaths | Johns Hopkins, Four Seasons expand partnership | Systems tap former staff to fill empty roles | Fla. hospitals brace for storm | 3 Ebola updates 

November 09, 2022

• Nurse who called 911 on own ER speaks out | ED boarding at 'crisis point,' clinicians tell Biden | NC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Ohio hospital to close | Mass. system drops booster rule | Children's hospitals' tight capacity: 4 notes 

November 08, 2022

• RN pay in 50 states adjusted by cost of living | RSV surge spurs overflow tent at UPMC Children's | CDC: Be alert for Ebola | 1st lab-grown blood infused into humans | Why more physicians are unionizing | 10 hospitals seeking CMOs 

November 07, 2022

• Flu ramps up: 7 notes | Pa. hospital halts inpatient, ER care | Does prestige belong in medicine? | Hospital where RN called 911 struggles to hire | Fla. bans gender-affirming care for minors | 7 CMO, CNO moves 

November 04, 2022

• Mass General Brigham: Respect staff or seek care elsewhere | CDC softens opioid guidelines | VCU Health CEO resigns | Hospital taps 1st nurse president in 130 years | Figs beats false advertising case 

November 03, 2022

• After nurse dials 911 on ER, execs called to resign | Cook Children's ER sees 564 patients in 24 hours | Experts anticipate milder winter COVID surge | 10 states with largest drop in travel nurse pay | WHO ups Ebola risk level 

November 02, 2022

• Capacity crisis worsens at children's hospitals | Ariz. hospital staff held hostage by patients | Where COVID admissions are rising fastest | Mo. hospital probed over abortion denial | Monkeypox still an emergency: WHO 

November 01, 2022

• CMS dings 2,273 hospitals for high readmissions | Flu-RSV hybrid virus detected | 800 Mass General patients wait for psych care | 6 leaders contextualize 'tripledemic' | Trach tubes in short supply | 8 hospitals seeking CNOs 

October 31, 2022

• Flu admissions at 13-year high | Nurses want conditions in HCA sale | 'Escape variants' make up 27% of COVID cases | FDA confirms amoxicillin shortage | Fla. medical board seeks gender-affirming care ban | 7 CMO, CNO moves 

October 28, 2022

• Hospitals see 300% rise in RSV, few treatment options | NC system cuts 200 jobs | RN imposter worked in 7 SC facilities, AG alleges | 14 fastest-growing healthcare companies | Flesh-eating bacteria kills 1 after Ian 

October 27, 2022

• Cleveland Clinic to consult hospitals globally | Man gets 18 years for stalking physicians | Bozeman CEO out after no-confidence vote | 5 leaders on standout clinicians | Tenet nurses petition IV team cuts 

October 26, 2022

• RNs want change after Dallas shooting | BQ.1 + BQ.1.1: 6 updates | 'Rogue nurse' charged with murder of Atrium patients | HCA reorganizes | US aims to boost Ebola testing capacity | 209 top hospitals for critical care 

October 25, 2022

• Ascension nurses escorted out of ED amid staffing concerns | Flu hits kids hard | Vt. hospital CEO resigns | Healthgrades' top hospitals in 17 specialties | CDC: 6 dead from monkeypox | Cedars-Sinai CNO earns lifetime legacy award 

October 24, 2022

• RSV spurs 'tripledemic' risk: How 3 systems are preparing | 2 workers fatally shot at Texas hospital | Helium shortage worries physicians | 330K+ providers left workforce in 2021 | Wy. hospital accused of hiding patient death | 7 CMO, CNO moves 

October 21, 2022

• Nurses see big raises | COVID hospitalizations up in NY | 14 perks to attract, retain healthcare talent | Pfizer eyes $110 COVID vaccine price tag | Joint Commission unveils new certification 

October 20, 2022

• RSV stirs 'perfect storm' for children's hospitals | New Ebola cases suggest wider spread | Sanford cuts admin jobs | Calif. physicians plan strike | Figs faces false advertising claims | Joint Commission revises definition of sexual assault 

October 19, 2022

• Bozeman chair resigns after physicians lose confidence | Biden's pandemic preparedness plan | Police shoot, detain woman at Billings Clinic | A new era of COVID surveillance | Early flu season catches pharmacies off guard 

October 18, 2022

• Fla. nurse gets monkeypox from needlestick | Grady sees 30% more patients after Wellstar ER closes | CDC steps up Ebola response | The rise + fall of COVID billionaires | 1.3M Americans ration insulin: study 

October 17, 2022

• Where BQ.1 is most prevalent | Hospital hires investigators after surgeon's 21 malpractice suits | Northwestern names CEO | Flu season gets early start: 8 notes | NY boosts nurses' starting pay | 5 CMO, CNO moves 

October 14, 2022

• 'Escape variants' gain traction | ER director out after nurse calls 911 | Why the world's oldest physician won't retire | The dollar cost of nurse turnover | Hawaii hospital turns away cancer patients amid staff shortages 

October 13, 2022

• Chicago hospital probed after patient deaths | Ohio system cuts 443 admin jobs | WHO boosts Ebola response | 17 most common long COVID symptoms | Yale physician named McArthur Fellow | 'Quiet firing' at hospitals | Why monkeypox cases quickly fell 

October 12, 2022

• Nurse calls 911 over ER crowding | Intermountain names chief nurse | Jha: COVID death risk 'close to zero' with boosters | Hourly pay for 25 healthcare jobs | Polio found in 2 more NY counties | 7 hospitals seeking CMOs 

October 11, 2022

• 25% of clinicians want out of healthcare | Providence hospital scales back care | Nationwide Children's sued over OT | The prevalence of 'quick quitting' | 5-day COVID isolation ineffective: study | 5 systems seeking CQOs 

October 10, 2022

• Signs of winter COVID surge grow | VUMC pauses gender-affirming surgeries | IT outages disrupt care at CommonSpirit | Novant to hire 300 int'l nurses | Why hospitals won't keep universal masking forever | 5 CMO, CNO moves 

October 07, 2022

• Watch for Ebola cases: CDC | Nurses leave bedside for fast-growing field | US shifts to weekly COVID reporting | UCSF physicians avert strike | Payers send members to Mark Cuban's pharmacy | 7 Qs nurses should ask in job interviews 

October 06, 2022

• NP pay in 50 states | Monkeypox may spread indefinitely | Man strangled infants at Texas hospital: police | Expect rise in infections after Ian, physician warns | 259 best hospitals for maternity care | 10 hospitals laying off staff 

October 05, 2022

• 5 systems' biggest patient safety win | UW Health to boost RN pipeline with 'significant' Epic donation | New variants may emerge this winter: Fauci | OU Health funds tied to gender care | Calif. system launches 24/7 nurse line 

October 04, 2022

• 10 states with largest drop in travel nurse pay | COVID wave is coming: Dr. Eric Topol | 17 hospitals scaling back care | US invests $80M into nurse workforce | Ind. hospital to close, lay off 133 | Only 49% of Americans plan to get flu shot 

October 03, 2022

• Hospital CEOs talk 'twindemic' response at WH | MUSC worker dies in hospital | Iowa nurses protest increased patient load | Optum, Change complete $7.8B merger | COVID cases projected to rise in Oct. | 6 CMO, CNO moves 

September 30, 2022

• 362 stats on nurse pay | SC hospitals brace for Ian | CDC shares new monkeypox warning | Iowa hospital closes | NC hospital probed over alleged EMTALA violations | Trial date set for nurse charged in patient's death 

September 29, 2022

• 4 potential signs of a fall surge | Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips joins Press Ganey | 1 killed in Ark. hospital shooting | Hospitals in Hurricane Ian: 4 updates | Intermountain to tweak name | 5 systems seeking CQOs | What happened to monkeypox's renaming? 

September 28, 2022

• Children's hospitals face capacity crisis | Flu hits Houston Methodist early | Another strike looms for Minn. hospitals | US elevates polio detection efforts | Nursing schools respond to high NP demand | Mark Cuban teams up with PBM 

September 27, 2022

• Mask rollbacks concern physicians | Fla. hospitals evacuate as hurricane nears | A new 'Striketober'? | The best advice BJC Healthcare's CMO has received | Patient death ruled homicide at NY hospital | New coronavirus found in bats 

September 26, 2022

• CDC drops universal masking guideline | BF.7 subvariant gains traction: 5 notes | CommonSpirit sees $1.3B operating loss | 32% of young physicians wouldn't pick career again | Minn. primary care chain staffs NPs only | 5 CMO, CNO moves 

September 23, 2022

• 'Twindemic' risk greater this year | Some systems reconsider vaccine rules | Trinity CMO's response to staff shortages | 'Quiet quitting' appeals to 82% of young workers | Why patient falls are so hard to prevent | PA burnout, by specialty 

September 22, 2022

• Hourly RN pay by state | Physician faces federal charges over tampered IV bags | Yale New Haven cuts 155 jobs | Ariz. nursing school surrenders license | Omicron boosters for kids expected by mid-Oct. | 5 states with highest, lowest flu shot rates 

September 21, 2022

• Biden clarifies COVID remarks | Calif. hospital ups security after nurse stabbed | Houston Methodist won't mandate boosters | 11 hospitals laying off staff | Viral 'Nyquil chicken' challenge prompts FDA warning | 12 systems seeking CNOs 

p>September 20, 2022

• Pandemic not over, physicians say | Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips leaves Providence | Calif. hospital employee stabbed | Ohio hospital to lay off 978 | CDC: 80% of maternal deaths preventable | Viewpoint: The fallacy of 'quiet quitting' 

September 19, 2022

• 'Pandemic is over,' Biden says | Staffing firm accused of exploiting foreign nurses | Ore. system lifts vaccine mandate | Viewpoint: Stop treating nurses like selfless mothers | 5 monkeypox updates | UW Health CMO on healthcare's 'us versus them' mindset 

September 16, 2022

• 3 things travel RNs would need from hospitals to return | Early virus season hits children's hospitals | Nurse deficit may reach 2.1M by 2025 | Physician arrested amid tampered IV bag probe | 18 specialties ranked by base pay 

September 15, 2022

• End of pandemic 'in sight': WHO | Nurse fired for monkeypox vaccine error | Legionella detected at Ben Taub | Ala. hospital CEO resigns | Don't overprescribe Tpoxx, FDA warns | World's top 5 hospitals in 11 specialties 

September 14, 2022

• 7 CNOs' most pressing issues | Where travel RN pay is up, down | LA confirms 1st monkeypox case from healthcare exposure | Minn. nurses strike enters 3rd day | Hospitals push for early flu shots | Cleveland Clinic embraces open visitation 

September 13, 2022

• 21 best BSN programs | Feds probe physician in colleague's death | UTMB shares records on president's abrupt exit | NP is fastest growing healthcare job | Jha: Get booster by Halloween | Monkeypox + reinfections: 4 notes 

September 12, 2022

• 15K Minn. nurses strike | CDC warns of potential rise in AFM cases | Idaho hospital ousts CEO | Polio deemed emergency in NY | Man dies after fall from Ill. hospital | 15 cities ranked by wait times for physician appt. | 4 CMO, CNO moves 

September 09, 2022

• Froedtert ups the ante on staff vaccines | NC nurses liable for harm done under MD's orders | Calif. hospital lays off 114 | US probes 2nd possible monkeypox death | Pharmacists aren't the 'doctor police': Walmart | 10 top internal medicine residencies 

September 08, 2022

• 2 nurses assaulted every hour | Blackout hits Calif. hospital | 10 most common sentinel events of 2022 | Guard shot at Kaiser hospital | How Pa. gives nurses a voice in policymaking | 11 systems hiring CNOs 

September 07, 2022

• 6 CMOs' most pressing issues | The prevalence of 'quiet quitters' | 9 best systems to work for: Fortune | IU Health preps for stricter abortion law | Mark Cuban's pharmacy nears 1M customers | Lookalike boosters may spur errors, physicians warn 

September 06, 2022

• Travel nurses aren't returning to hospitals | Monkeypox cases fall | VA to offer some abortions | Ga. hospital closure spurs backlash | RN pleads not guilty in patient's death | CVS to buy Signify for $8B | 5 CMO, CNO moves 

September 02, 2022

• The only PX metric Cleveland Clinic tracks | 15K Minn. nurses plan strike | Mysterious pneumonia detected in Argentina | CDC backs omicron boosters: 4 notes | Iowa hospital to close | Vanderbilt unveils program for diverse nurse leaders 

September 01, 2022

• How 1 Novant hospital quickly grew its RN workforce | Wellstar to close 2nd hospital in 6 mos. | NP claims CVS fired her over abortion stance | 'Quiet quitting' at hospitals | Brigham and Women's names CQO | Monkeypox cases by state 

August 31, 2022

• 17 hospitals scaling back care | FDA clears omicron boosters | Violating EMTALA, abortion bans: What's at stake | Miss. hospitals respond to water crisis | Call light issues spur patient death at NM hospital | 11 quality leaders on fall priorities 

August 30, 2022

• Monkeypox death suspected at Texas hospital | Vanderbilt boosts worker incentives | Del. hospital CMO dies | The safety issues that threatened Novant hospital's funding | 4 nurses making headlines | Viewpoint: Med students should be next for debt relief 

August 29, 2022

• Children's National threatened over transgender care | Physicians see atypical monkeypox symptoms | 10 systems laying off staff | A physician's viral tweet on care delays post-Roe | Polio found in 3rd NY county | 6 CNO, CMO moves 

August 26, 2022

• Moderna sues Pfizer | Best health system employers, by state | Man gets prison time for threatening texts to physician | 6 hospital service cuts | What do healthcare execs really expect from Amazon? | Signs of monkeypox plateau in some cities 

August 25, 2022

• RN charged with murder worked as travel nurse until arrest | EMTALA covers abortion in Idaho hospitals | What student debt relief means to clinicians | The end of Amazon Care | Some pros have a better idea for quiet quitters: Just quit 

August 24, 2022

• Ky. nurse faces murder charges in patient death | Monkeypox touches all of US: 4 updates | 7 travel nurse pay trends | Abortions not covered by EMTALA in Texas hospitals, judge rules | NY system closes physician practices 

August 23, 2022

• OR backlogs persist | Physician exec resigns from Texas system | Monkeypox name suggestions roll in | Fla. hospital to close | Kaiser strike enters 9th day | 10 best, worst states to retire | 5 states with largest projected COVID declines 

August 22, 2022

• Monkeypox on surfaces: 5 updates | Healthcare pros criticize Amazon Care | 9 hospitals ending L&D care | U of Mich. nurses weigh strike | PeaceHealth physicians to unionize | Pa. system to lay off 245 | NC hospital to close ED 

August 19, 2022

• A case to keep the name 'monkeypox' | The best advice 4 CNOs ever received | DOJ backs Boston Children's | 3 systems' monkeypox playbooks | 31% of NPs may leave healthcare | Physician misconduct on the rise: 6 findings 

August 18, 2022

• Monkeypox cases up 20% in 1 week | Hospitals hire violence preventionists | Dartmouth mandates staff boosters | Mo. hospital CEO, CFO are out | CDC plans overhaul | OB-GYNs on practicing post-Roe | 5 systems' most valuable PX strategy 

August 17, 2022

• Nurses urge probe of Calif. hospital | Boston Children's threatened over transgender care | One monkeypox case spurs transmission Qs | ANA prodded on racial reckoning | 10 top hospitals for brand loyalty | CDC suspects polio spread for a year 

August 16, 2022

• Monkeypox + asymptomatic spread | 'Paxlovid mouth' bothers patients | Shooting locks down Tenn. hospital | 8 systems' top health equity priorities | 15K Minn. nurses OK strike | 10 systems seeking CMOs 

August 15, 2022

• WHO to rename monkeypox | Nurse CEO steps down from Ariz. system | Polio spreads in NY | 9 hospitals laying off staff | CDC: COVID admissions to plateau through Aug. | Ascension names clinical chief + 6 CNO, CMO moves 

August 12, 2022

• CDC's loosened COVID rules: 5 notes | Intermountain CEO to depart | Beaumont taps nurse to lead 3 hospitals | A new normal for infectious disease threats | Walgreens offers pharmacists $75K bonus | 15,000 Minn. nurses weigh strike 

August 11, 2022

• US monkeypox cases top 10K | Hospital leader on hiring teens: 'Why not?' | New virus infects 35 in China | NFL welcomes Black med students | 6 hospitals cutting inpatient care | NP gets prison time in $3M fraud scheme | 10 systems hiring CNOs 

August 10, 2022

• Hospitals' high tolerance for errors | Where travel RN pay is up most | Duke hospital retains Medicare funding after patient deaths | COVID plateaus | Layoffs hit Adventist | Retention concerns jump post-Roe | 1 state with no known monkeypox cases 

August 09, 2022

• Monkeypox not always mild, physicians say | 'Being abused is not part of the job' | Nurses sue Ind. system over OT | 39 guns found stashed in NJ hospital | COVID admissions dip | 5 best, worst states for women's healthcare 

August 08, 2022

• Monkeypox spread: What may be next | Nurses sue AdventHealth over shooter drill | 20 states with BA.2.75 cases | Senate Dems' $739B bill: 7 healthcare takeaways | Why Northwestern is reintroducing LPNs | 20 exec moves 

August 05, 2022

• Vanderbilt should lose Magnet status, nurses say | US monkeypox cases top 7K | Fla. hospital CEO resigns | 67% of nurses plan to leave role by 2025 | Polio case in NY may be 'tip of iceberg' | How CMS graded US News' top 20 hospitals 

August 04, 2022

• 13 hospital service cuts | RN pay in 50 states | Airborne risk of monkeypox: Knowns + unknowns | Calif. hospital preps for 673 layoffs | US may see severe flu season | AHA: Protect healthcare pros like flight crews 

August 03, 2022

• How Jefferson brings RNs back to bedside | Prisma tech's death ruled homicide | 4 Minn. systems lose nurses' confidence | Civica unveils 1st drug | Biden's 2nd exec order on abortion | Why we may be in 'omicron land' for a while 

August 02, 2022

• System takes issue with nurses' hair | Hospital safety data to stay public | CMS' final inpatient payment rule: 6 notes | Nurse with gun arrested at RI hospital | CDC shares monkeypox isolation guide | 10 hospitals laying off staff 

August 01, 2022

• Duke ups security after nurse attack | Mo. nursing school closes | Hospitals get flexible to retain staff | 14 states with BA.2.75 cases | Interim CNO steps in at hospital with missing fentanyl | 22 exec moves 

July 29, 2022

• Nurse side gigs: An exit path from hospitals? | Unusual parechovirus cluster found in Tenn. | PA pay, by specialty | SF, NY declare monkeypox emergencies | The safety issues that put UNC Med Center's funding at risk | 9 CMO, CNO moves 

July 28, 2022

• 192 hospitals with 1 star from CMS | Rare bacterium found in US | Calif. hospital CEO, COO abruptly resign | US braces for monkeypox emergency declaration | Leapfrog: 29 tactics to prevent diagnostic errors | Hospitals push for PHE extension 

July 27, 2022

• 429 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | Houston Methodist faces 2nd suit from physician | $7B needed for US to contain monkeypox | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | 2 Qs a Harvard infectious disease expert still has on COVID 

July 26, 2022

• Mayo nurses to drop union | US News' 20 best hospitals + No. 1 by state | BA.5 accounts for 82% of US cases | Pa. hospital to close | US to name monkeypox coordinator: 4 notes | OR closures plague hospitals 

July 25, 2022

• Monkeypox a global emergency: 4 notes | Ochsner to hire Ukrainian nurses | Bullet shot into Ga. hospital window | US News flags med schools' misreporting | Why 1 nurse will never return to the bedside | 18 exec moves 

July 22, 2022

• Nurses urge CDC to tighten COVID rules | BA.2.75 just a 'scariant,' expert says | US detects 1st polio case since 2013 | UnityPoint hospital CEO abruptly departs | 5 leaders on career-changing moments of allyship | 11 hospitals hiring CMOs 

July 21, 2022

• Biden tests positive for COVID | Scripps hospital accused of patient dumping | BA.2.75 found in 7 states | Ore. hospitals near capacity | Missing patients spur probe at Ill. hospital | 4 monkeypox updates | Sore throat, hoarse voice top omicron symptoms 

July 20, 2022

• Wash. hospitals 'dramatically over capacity' | Providence consolidates clinical leadership | Worker with gun arrested at Texas hospital | What omicron's dominance means for future variants | Why MIS-C is less common | Monkeypox cases, by state 

July 19, 2022

• SSM ups security after stabbing | BA.4, BA.5 account for 90% of US cases | 5 specialties with highest starting pay | Monkeypox to surge through Aug. | Ohio hospital employs world's oldest practicing physician | 10 CNO, CMO moves 

July 18, 2022

• Red tape delays monkeypox, pregnancy care | Kan. hospital fires CEO | COVID emergency renewed as CDC predicts jump in admissions | Calif. hospital keeps funding despite care lapses | UPMC names chief nurse + 26 more exec moves 

July 15, 2022

• Nurse shortage worsens as BA.5 spreads | Texas sues US over emergency abortion rules | Safety concerns move OB-GYN exam online | Lobbying for 'RaDonda's Law' advances | How Geisinger's refund program is faring | 13 systems hiring CNOs 

July 14, 2022

• Time to update definition of fully vaccinated? | Man dies after shooting himself at Fla. hospital | 91 stats on physician pay | Dr. Michael Osterholm on BA.5: 'A stay-tuned moment' | CMS mum on star ratings | US monkeypox cases surpass 1K 

July 13, 2022

• Biden's BA.5 plan | After stabbing, nurses say SSM ignored asks for security | ANA apologizes for perpetuating racism | 5 most 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs | Drug-resistant infections spiked amid COVID | Legal risks of miscarriage care worries physicians 

July 12, 2022

• Hospitals must provide emergency abortions: HHS | 2 stabbed at Mo. hospital | UNC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | BA.2.75 + vaccines: 2 notes | Calls grow to declare monkeypox a pandemic | As COVID spreads, experts ask: Where are masks? 

July 11, 2022

• New subvariant may be worse than BA.5, experts warn | Couple found dead in Texas hospital | Cleveland Clinic's mask enforcement under scrutiny | NC hospital's Medicare contract at risk | Biden weighs health emergency for abortions | Monkeypox in 37 states 

July 08, 2022

• A BA.5 wave 'is afoot' | Dye shortage will last until Sept. | OhioHealth cuts 637 jobs | CMS floats physician pay rule: 7 notes | Biden's plan to protect abortion access | PA salary for 11 specialties | 10 CNO, CMO moves 

July 07, 2022

• How hospitals fight physician loneliness | Most common BA.4, BA.5 symptoms | Jefferson Health creates 'Nursing SEAL Team' | AMA objects to pharmacists prescribing Paxlovid | Why CMS wants to tuck away hospital safety data | 3 monkeypox updates 

July 06, 2022

• 'Worst version' of COVID yet: 5 notes on BA.5 | 148 best hospitals, per Money + Leapfrog | Nurse CEO named for 2 Hackensack hospitals | SSM Health adds 600 providers | Layoffs hit ProMedica | The risks of COVID reinfections | Monkeypox cases, by state 

July 05, 2022

• PeaceHealth's travel nurse phase-out hits snag | NorthShore treats 38 victims of parade shooting | Northwell nurse to receive Medal of Freedom | 460 monkeypox cases in US | The hospital with greatest COVID strain in 19 cities | 26 exec moves 

July 01, 2022

• Hospitals grapple with Roe ruling | Top 15 systems, per Fortune/IBM | Has smell, taste returned? 2 findings | The shortcoming of some Joint Commission rules | UH names CMO of 2 hospitals | 8 hospitals laying off staff 

June 30, 2022

• What healthcare workers' growing anxiety means for patients | Police kill armed patient at Texas hospital | Nurses push back on Seattle Children's pay for travels | Ariz. hospital lays off 315 | Mo. system backtracks on Plan B | 6 CNO, CMO moves 

June 29, 2022

• BA.4, BA.5 now dominant | HHS vows to enforce exceptions to abortion bans | Mich. hospital preps for layoff | US ramps up monkeypox response: 4 notes | How end of Roe could affect OB-GYN training | 12 systems hiring CNOs 

June 28, 2022

• Where COVID cases may rise, fall most by July 4 | License reinstated for CNO of hospital with missing fentanyl | 20 most socially responsible hospitals | McLaren names CMO | The most effective way to start patient visits | Monkeypox in 26 states 

June 27, 2022

• 7 states adding protections for abortion providers | HHS won't name hospitals with COVID spread | Monkeypox not global emergency: WHO | Ariz. hospital to close | UPMC sued over COVID test that canceled wedding 

June 24, 2022

• Physicians on the overturn of Roe V. Wade | CDC weighs monkeypox vaccine for kids | 1 dead after stabbing at Nev. hospital | Long COVID in kids: 3 notes | Baptist Health Care taps former HCA exec as CMO 

June 23, 2022

• Kaiser, Prime nurses set to strike today | 'Diagnostic overshadowing' gets high alert | CMOs' top concerns at Providence, Emory, Jefferson + Virginia Mason Franciscan | 56 new nursing programs | Hospitals see weaponization of COVID aid 

June 22, 2022

• SC providers can now deny care at odds with their beliefs | BA.4, BA.5 make up 35% of US cases: 4 COVID updates | 70 Tufts physicians head to Boston Children's | Nurse named president of Adventist hospital | Palomar Health averts strike 

June 21, 2022

• Nurses take aim at CEO pay | Monkeypox in 20 states: 4 updates | Ariz. hospital preps for mass layoff | US starts vaccinating young kids | 399 top hospitals for patient experience: Healthgrades | Sutter hospital names CNO + 21 exec moves 

June 17, 2022

• Monkeypox count may not reflect risk | HCA, Steward scrap deal | Children's hospitals prep for vaccine rollout after FDA clearance | Pay hikes for 11 specialties | 3 leading theories behind long COVID | Johns Hopkins CEO Dr. Paul Rothman to retire 

June 16, 2022

• Sanford to hire 700+ foreign nurses | Best, worst states for healthcare amid COVID | CMS curtails vaccine compliance surveys | Dolly Parton donates $1M to Vanderbilt | Biden's plan to protect LGBTQ healthcare 

June 15, 2022

• Geisinger starts travel RN program | CMO new CEO at Tenn. hospital | WHO weighs if monkeypox a global emergency: 5 updates | Omicron 'sister variants' gain traction | The fading presence of family at the bedside 

June 14, 2022

• 10 highest-paying PA specialties | Staff shortages halt surgeries at Conn. hospital | Ga. hospital CEO is out | AMA: Climate change is public health crisis | 10 best children's hospitals: US News | WHO weighs monkeypox name change | 8 CNO, CMO moves 

June 13, 2022

• CDC expands monkeypox symptoms as cases grow | HCA to open 8th nursing school | Billionaire pushes back on hospital monopolies | How to cut contrast dye use 83% | A physician's viral tweet on airplane medical kits 

June 10, 2022

• Diseases are rebounding in atypical ways | 7 systems seek quality chiefs | Cone Health names CNO | 3 paths monkeypox could take | Pay for 55 hospital jobs | 13 healthcare CEOs signing on for gun safety | US to drop COVID testing rule for air travelers 

June 09, 2022

• Advocate Aurora pays nurses to take 'renewal days' | 1st system fined over price transparency | HonorHealth names chief of caregiver wellness | Monkeypox cases, by state | US eyes June 21 vaccine rollout for young kids | 5 hospitals cutting inpatient care 

June 08, 2022

• Why PAs aren't saying 'physician associate' yet | LeBron James to open medical facility | Joint Commission pressed on safe staffing levels | 4 monkeypox updates | COVID apathy frustrates hospital leaders | Nursing tenure fell 20% amid pandemic 

June 07, 2022

• Prisma tech dies after patient altercation | Hospital CNO's license suspended | LA physicians avert strike | Lawmakers act on hospital violence | CDC raises monkeypox alert | Testing negative despite COVID symptoms? 1 explanation 

June 06, 2022

• What to do about broken nurse pay? | 3 clinicians stabbed in Calif. hospital | HCAHPS update urgently needed, CXO says | COVID cases take 1st dip since March | 21 monkeypox cases in US | A historic cancer drug trial 

June 03, 2022

• Tulsa gunman targeted surgeon: police | Nurses lobby for 'RaDonda's law' | FTC aims to block 2 hospital deals | 6 systems' workarounds for contrast dye shortage | Memorial Hermann names CMO | Understaffing thwarts hospitals' compliance standards 

June 02, 2022

• Dye shortage has patients in limbo | 7 dead in hospital shootings in Okla., Ohio | Why physicians may prescribe more on colder days | Monkeypox outbreak grows to 550 | 1st 3D-printed ear transplanted 

June 01, 2022

• Dignity physicians protest | Minn. nurses target exec pay | Foggy COVID case counts' value | 10 hospitals laying off staff | Fla. hospital cited for emergency care delays | DOJ pushes for masks on public transit 

May 31, 2022

• 10 hospital exec resignations | CMS cites 69 hospitals over vaccine rule | 5 best states for healthcare | Hospital revenues plummet | The most 'undervalued' CEO on Fortune 500 | 15 exec moves | Calif. hospital closes 

May 27, 2022

• CMS zeroes in on hospitals with COVID outbreaks | Mass General vaccinates staff against monkeypox | Calif. hospital closes | Contrast dye shortage hinders cancer, heart care | Where physicians are paid most, least | 8 CQO job openings 

May 26, 2022

• Monkeypox outbreak grows: 6 updates | Novant responds to concerns of canceled travel nurse contracts | 5 specialties with biggest pay hikes | ProMedica changes exec team | 10 states set to be hit hardest by COVID by Memorial Day 

May 25, 2022

• Hospitals treat Texas shooting victims; Michael Dowling's outcry | New COVID strain dominant in US | Boston hospital to cut 118 jobs | 5 best, worst places to practice medicine | Long COVID strikes 1 in 5 survivors: CDC | 12 hospitals hiring CMOs 

May 24, 2022

• CDC expands monkeypox probe: 7 notes | Walmart prefers these 18 systems for employees | Nurses raise $38K for RaDonda Vaught | Atlantic Health names chief clinical officer | Surgeon general warns of burnout | 161 top maternity hospitals 

May 23, 2022

• Monkeypox in US: 4 expert takes | RaDonda Vaught speaks out | Fortune's top 25 healthcare cos. | Flu activity still unseasonably high | Ky. physician charged with murder-for-hire | UW Health uses $100-per-hour incentive to stem nurse shortages 

May 20, 2022

• The physician mistreatment crisis | Dye shortage threatens patient safety | CEO resignations hit record high | NYC hospital reports possible monkeypox case | CDC probes 180 unusual hepatitis cases | A nurse CEO's path to removing gender barriers 

May 19, 2022

• Surprise inspection leaves Mich. hospital's CMS contract at risk | McLaren CMO dies at 69 | The return of indoor masking | Monkeypox found in Mass. | Brigham and Women's launches safety network | Colo. hospitals must form RN staffing committees 

May 18, 2022

• A leading theory for the child hepatitis outbreak | Pa. system names nurse CEO | C. auris outbreaks hit Nev. hospitals | 31% of people say pandemic's over | COVID admissions up in 45 states | 2 children hospitalized amid formula shortage 

May 17, 2022

• A COVID wave 'almost like omicron' | Booster cleared for kids 5-11 | Hospitals to GE: Allocate imaging dye based on need | CDC, CMS call for urgent action on safety | 10 hospitals that best avoid unneeded care | Viewpoint: Prep for end of Roe v. Wade now 

May 16, 2022

• Healthcare reacts to RaDonda Vaught sentence | Cedars-Sinai strike ends | COVID admissions up for 5th week | Nurse claims she was fired for safety concerns at Iowa hospital | 4 CNO, CMO moves | Are more men entering travel nursing? 

May 13, 2022

• Rudeness: A care quality problem | 5 top-paying metro areas for nurses | Jha: $10B 'bare minimum' needed to curb COVID surges | Mich. grants CRNAs full practice authority | 13 CMO job opportunities 

May 12, 2022

• Nurses take to streets amid colleague's sentencing | Dye shortage makes for 8 rocky weeks | US will be short 450K nurses by '25 | System sues over protest, 'smear campaign' | 25% of Medicare patients harmed during hospital stays 

May 11, 2022

• Hospitals ration scans amid dye shortage | US sees unusual flu uptick | Atrium, Advocate Aurora to merge | Each state's healthiest county | Hepatitis outbreak grows to 348 cases | Quality metrics that deserve more focus: 10 execs weigh in 

May 10, 2022

• The 39 hospitals that aced or failed patient safety: Leapfrog | COVID admissions to rise through May: CDC | USC physicians to unionize | 29% of nurses may exit profession: 5 notes | BA.2 prevalence falls | Mich. system creates travel RN program 

May 09, 2022

• Jha warns of 'sizable' fall surge | Travel nurse pay drops | CDC probes 109 unusual hepatitis cases | Tufts' plan for physicians after hospital closure | 17 thank-you notes to nurses | 25 exec moves 

May 06, 2022

• Nurses make exit plans after colleague's conviction | Columbia cuts ties with Dr. Oz | NewYork-Presbyterian CXO on patients' racist, discriminatory behavior | COVID admissions test CDC guidance | Pig virus tied to 1st pig heart transplant patient's death 

May 05, 2022

• Time to call a surge a surge | 6 short-term fixes for nurse shortages | Hepatitis outbreak grows | Severe COVID equivalent to brain aging 20 years: study | 8 CNO, CMO moves | Bird flu in US: 6 notes 

May 04, 2022

• Avoid a tone-deaf Nurses Week | COVID admissions up in 40 states | Fast-spreading subvariant makes up 36% of US cases | Medical groups on SCOTUS' leaked draft opinion | 10 best, worst states for nurses 

May 03, 2022

• 21 hospitals with most ER visits | What medium COVID risk means for cities | Stanford nurses return to work | 10 freebies, deals for Nurses Week | CDC's clinical guidelines for bird flu | Preventable hospitalizations: States ranked 

May 02, 2022

• A subdued COVID climb: What 4 experts make of it | Pediatricians reject race-based medicine | New data on puzzling hepatitis cases | Kaiser worker dies by suicide at hospital | Median PA salary by state | 3 COVID forecasts to know 

April 29, 2022

• 1st human bird flu case ID'ed in US | Physicians: Staffing co. discouraged COVID tests, sick days | Texas Children's peds chief resigns | Tampa General CEO on RaDonda Vaught's conviction | A 5-letter fix for drug errors 

April 28, 2022

• Mo. hospital CNO loses nurses' confidence | Pandemic not over, Fauci clarifies | 4 states with puzzling hepatitis cases | 12-hour shifts put nurses, Saint Vincent at odds | 7 systems seeking chief quality officers 

April 27, 2022

• US out of 'pandemic phase': Fauci | 57% of Americans have had COVID | Stanford nurses' strike continues | Man arrested in attack of Ochsner nurse | Vt. hospital CEO to leave for CMO role | 4 nurses making headlines 

April 26, 2022

• COVID cases projected to jump 100% by May 7 | 150 top places to work in healthcare | Hospitals to OSHA: Don't finalize COVID standard | Visitor restrictions' secondary crisis | Variant 'cheat sheet' | 6 CNO, CMO moves 

April 25, 2022

• Puzzling hepatitis outbreak spans 12 countries: WHO | COVID admissions rise for 2nd week | 5K Stanford nurses strike | A crucial point missing from mask debates | 5 top-paying specialties | 26 exec moves 

April 22, 2022

• The consensus on 1-way masking | CDC warns of unusual hepatitis cases | 3 systems betting on internal travel programs | Renown continues leadership shakeup | 7 hospitals cutting inpatient care | Dignity hospital names CMO 

April 21, 2022

• COVID admissions up in 20 states | C. auris halts admissions at Mich. hospital | Mass General names CMO | HCA nurses stage speak-out | DOJ appeals mask ruling | The rise of 'pandemic foot' | CMS' health equity plan 

April 20, 2022

• Ohio physician found not guilty of 14 murder counts | CDC's new disease 'Weather Service' | Northwestern names CMO | Hepatitis outbreaks puzzle officials | Sutter locks out nurses | 8 healthcare reactions to new mask ruling 

April 19, 2022

• Hospitals' young RN exodus | Some hospitals ease mask rules | CMS pitches 10 quality measures | Stanford to cut striking nurses' benefits | COVID admissions up in 12 states | Ex-hospital director says he was fired for raising safety concerns 

April 18, 2022

• US sees 1st 'spillover' COVID cases | Why baby-boomer nurses stuck with hospitals | 10 best states for physician pay | COVID cases modeled to jump 94% by April 30 | Jha rejects '0 COVID' strategy | 5 CNO, CMO moves 

April 15, 2022

• 10 places COVID cases may jump most | 29 physician specialties ranked by pay | Thousands of Stanford nurses to strike | Clinicians most likely to quit | FDA clears 1st COVID breathalyzer | 8 systems seeking quality chiefs 

April 14, 2022

• COVID admissions up in 12 states | New BA.2 subvariants spread in NY | Tech burned by travel nurse sues Hackensack | CMS to discern 'birth-friendly' hospitals | Avg. pay for 7 healthcare roles | Calif. drops quarantine for asymptomatic 

April 13, 2022

• 10 most diverse medical schools | Dr. Ashish Jha's calm COVID outlook | CHI Health opens travel nurse arm | Hospital CEO out after vaccine probe | NewYork-Presbyterian CXO's spring to-do list | Suicide rate by state 

April 12, 2022

• Omicron sister variants: 4 notes | Clemency for RaDonda Vaught off the table | Hospital CEOs: We stand with nurses if they err | 20K jobs open at best systems to work for | NY grants NPs full practice authority | COVID surveillance that's 'now critical' 

April 11, 2022

• 3 COVID forecasts for the week | Gottlieb: 'We're dramatically undercounting cases' | 8 best systems to work for: Fortune | Psychiatric hospital loses Medicare contract over safety problems | The 'twindemic' that didn't happen | HCA hospital names CMO 

April 8, 2022

• COVID hospitalizations tick up in 5 states | BA.2 may be easier on hospitals, Fauci holds | The best schools for 8 medical specialties | New Fla. physician group names president | 9 hospitals scaling back care | Life expectancy falls 

April 7, 2022

• 4 states where COVID hospitalizations are up | NP workforce hits record high | A long wait for clarity on 'endemic COVID' | Ga. hospital to end inpatient care | FDA advisers weigh booster strategy | 19 CNO job openings 

April 6, 2022

• Why US is so blasé about BA.2 | COVID cases up in 21 states | Miss. hospital lays off CMO | Biden's plan for long COVID: 4 notes | CDC mask rules confuse hospitals | 2 systems' approaches to nurse recruitment 

April 5, 2022

• COVID cases to jump 64% in 2 weeks: Mayo forecast | CDC to undergo structural review | Burst pipe spurs surgery delays at Vt. hospital | NP pay in 50 states | How Cleveland Clinic, 3 others shield patients from supply issues 

April 4, 2022

• Omicron XE variant: 5 notes | COVID cases up in 20 states | Scant guidance on 2nd booster leaves physicians with Qs | PA pay in 50 states | Minn. system bars physicians from moonlighting in law enforcement 

April 1, 2022

• Is it time for more nurse CEOs? | CRNA pay in 50 states | Where COVID cases, deaths are up | Atrius Health lays off nurses | CEO, CFO to exit Iowa hospital | 4 systems seeking CQOs 

March 31, 2022

• RN salary by state | Nurse's conviction should be wake-up call for leaders: IHI | 5 states treating COVID as endemic | Ascension names EVP of nursing | US more vulnerable to COVID now than ever: Dr. Megan Ranney 

March 30, 2022

• BA.2 dominant in US: 3 notes | Petition to grant RaDonda Vaught clemency gains steam | '1-stop-shop' COVID site launches | Calif. hospital nurses strike | 8 CNO, CMO moves | Why rudeness is on the rise 

March 29, 2022

• FDA clears 2nd booster for adults 50+ | COVID cases projected to jump 42% by April 10 | US News' best medical, nursing schools | Calif. hospital to lay off 658 | Ind. nursing board must remedy civil rights violations: DOJ 

March 28, 2022

• Nurse conviction will have lasting effect on profession: ANA | 10 states with rising COVID cases | 200+ physicians have left HCA's Mission, watchdog says | Police fatally shoot man in Cleveland Clinic Fla. ER | 23 exec moves 

March 25, 2022

• COVID cases up in 10 states | Mayo: Cases to climb 12% by April 5 | UnityPoint names CNO | Hospitals push DOJ to protect staff from assault | CDC amends guidance on masks in hospitals | 2nd booster recommendation may land in weeks 

March 24, 2022

• Ex-Vanderbilt nurse's trial may set dangerous precedent: ANA | COVID cases up in 9 states | Memorial Hermann names chief nurse | Wis. makes healthcare worker threats a felony | Female physicians not immune to 'she-cession' 

March 23, 2022

• BA.2 accounts for 35% of US cases but major surge unlikely: Fauci | St. Jude 1st US hospital to receive Ukrainian patients | Top hospitals for patient experience, by state | OSHA eyes permanent COVID standards | 6 schools launching nursing programs 

March 22, 2022

• Ex-Vanderbilt nurse's fatal drug error trial starts | What UK's climbing COVID cases, hospitalizations mean for US | 10 execs on quality work amid COVID | The issues with wastewater surveillance | 15 systems with best patient reviews 

March 21, 2022

• CMS to hospitals: Let people wear N95s | 15 best, worst states for physicians | A tricky time for COVID forecasting | Amazon wants a physician leader | Clinician mental health bill now law | The East's 21 top hospitals for patient experience 

March 18, 2022

• Fauci anticipates US COVID increase | Nev. hospital delays required overtime after nurse pushback | Mass. hospital's chief of medicine dies in diving accident | 5 CNO moves | 8 states where COVID deaths are still up | 42 CXOs to know 

March 17, 2022

• Experts urge caution, not alarm, amid threat of US surge | Nurses to Joint Commission: Require safe staffing levels for accreditation | Dr. Ashish Jha named COVID czar | 1 in 3 clinicians may leave role by 2024 | BA.2 prevalence + booster rates by state 

March 16, 2022

• Why some hospitals ask patients to ditch N95s | BA.2 makes up 23% of US infections as cases rise in UK | Pfizer seeks OK for 2nd booster | Protest over infant's care prompts hospital lockdown | 5 systems seeking CQOs 

March 15, 2022

• Coronavirus levels rising in some areas | Idaho abortion ban allows lawsuits against clinicians | NM hospital staff want management ousted | 448 top hospitals for patient safety | Nurses protest at 15 Sutter facilities | 10 most overweight cities 

March 14, 2022

• 10 top patient safety concerns | What Gen Z, millennial nurses want from their hospitals | Pfizer CEO: 2nd booster needed | Nev. hospital nurses push back on mandatory overtime | Most common symptoms of delta, omicron 

March 11, 2022

• Deltacron found in US: 6 notes | CommonSpirit's plan to curb new nurse turnover | Renown fires CEO | 9 states where COVID deaths are still up | CDC: Flu shot 16% effective | The tie between medical errors, daylight saving | 88 CMOs to know 

March 10, 2022

• BA.2's spread slows + prevalence by state | NYC system to lay off 874 | Fellow patient charged in slaying at DC psychiatric hospital | $15.6B in pandemic aid cut | 10 CMO, CNO moves 

March 9, 2022

• 'Test-to-treat' launches | Recipient of 1st pig heart transplant dies | Fla. system CEO resigns | 10 top affordable nursing degree programs | Mask rules dropped in every state | 17 hospitals hiring CMOs | States ranked by physicians per capita 

March 8, 2022

• OSHA to boost inspections for hospitals treating COVID | Fla. to advise against vaccine for healthy kids | 10 infection control upgrades needed before next pandemic | Mayo expert on endemic outlook | 54 top hospitals for patient experience in South 

March 7, 2022

• 'Test-to-treat' plan risks patient safety: AMA | Texas Children's pauses gender-affirming care | 892 hospitals at risk of closure | 12 actions to avoid COVID complacency | Med school's cadaver shortage threatens training 

March 4, 2022

• No signs BA.2 will spur surge: Dr. Michael Osterholm | How Mayo, others are tackling delayed surgeries | 331 hospitals with lowest C. diff rates | CDC: 90% of communities can skip masks | Midwest's 78 top hospitals for patient experience 

March 3, 2022

• BA.2 prevalence, by state | 10 best hospitals in world + 24 top hospitals for COVID care | Calif. med school on probation | 4 experts on Biden's pandemic plan | 2 new long COVID findings | States ranked by CLABSI rates | 5 CNO moves 

March 2, 2022

• BA.2 doubling every week | Gen Z, millennial nurses hit hardest by pandemic | US unveils COVID plan | State of Union: 7 healthcare takeaways | BJC names CNO of 2 hospitals | In some markets, higher costs mean better care 

March 1, 2022

• Medical errors: To criminalize or not? | 1st possible case of deer-to-human COVID spread found | Hospitals' quality performance: 2018 vs. 2020-21 | Calif. hospital to lay off 104 | CDC: 43% of Americans have had COVID 

Feb 28, 2022

• The nurse shortage caveat | Why AMA's president will still mask indoors | 6 hospital workers' reasons for quitting | 83 hospital benchmarks | Mission Health names CMO + 16 more exec moves | Scientists find new evidence on COVID's origins 

Feb 25, 2022

• Fla. issues COVID guidance to 'buck CDC' | ER wait times, by state | 32% of RNs may leave the field | Where COVID deaths are still up + hospitalizations falling most | CAUTI rates, by state | The staffing story we still need to get right 

Feb 24, 2022

• BA.2 dominant in 18 countries | Nursing ratios would spur service cuts, Wash. hospitals say | Low COVID transmission rate proves elusive | Tenet hospital names CNO | Physicians find limited use for Merck antiviral | 15 best, worst cities for jobs 

Feb 23, 2022

• 10 most common sentinel events of 2021 | RN salary by state | BA.2 should keep omicron name: WHO | Children's hospitals brace for potential MIS-C surge: 6 notes | Altru president abruptly exits | CDC updates vaccine interval guidance 

Feb 22, 2022

• CRNA salary for all 50 states | Patient abuse alleged at RI hospital | 23% of healthcare staff likely to leave field | Global health pioneer Dr. Paul Farmer dies | Why CDC is withholding a trove of COVID data | BA.2 prevalence, by state 

Feb 21, 2022

• US COVID deaths fall for 2nd week + 3 forecasts | Mass General settles overlapping surgery suit for $14.6M | 29 physician specialties ranked by burnout | BA.2 needs own Greek letter: scientists | 55 hospitals dinged 8 yrs. straight over care quality 

Feb 18, 2022

• Hospital-acquired COVID spiked amid omicron | Calif. to treat COVID as endemic | Fla. hospital physician charged with patient battery | ANA recognizes 6 nurse innovators | 1 state with no plans to loosen mask rules | 6 CNO moves 

Feb 17, 2022

• New mask rules will consider hospital capacity: CDC | Physicians call out a pandemic privilege | How UCHealth saved 64,800 hours of nurses' time | Renown CEO: Treat workplace violence incidents as 'never events' | 21 CMO, CQO job openings 

Feb 16, 2022

• Omicron subvariant in 47 states: 5 notes | CMS, CDC respond to patient safety lapses | Ill. hospital loses Medicare contract over expired drugs, patient neglect | Mass General Brigham names 1st CMO | COVID cases fall below delta peak 

Feb 15, 2022

• 4 possible scenarios for COVID's next act | Patient safety takes hit amid pandemic: 3 findings | Okla. hospital locks down ICU after online attacks over COVID care | 66 CNOs to know | Booster efficacy against omicron: What to know 

Feb 14, 2022

• Omicron subvariant's spread stalls | 3 COVID forecasts for Feb. | CMS delays star ratings | Lawmakers to Biden: End public health emergency | Licensing delays at crisis levels, clinicians say | FDA clears antibody drug effective against omicron 

Feb 11, 2022

• 4K patients possibly exposed to unsterile equipment at Ga. hospital | 3 states where COVID deaths are rising fastest | If 1 in 5 healthcare workers have quit, where'd they go? | 48 hospitals on Forbes' best employer list | Life expectancy by state 

Feb 10, 2022

• Medical staff lose confidence in Wash. hospital leaders | Fauci: US nearing end of 'full-blown' pandemic | COVID hospitalizations still up in 3 Western states | Okla. won't discipline ivermectin prescribers | 66 hospitals with post-COVID clinics 

Feb 9, 2022

• Omicron's decline revives mask debate | US COVID deaths surpass delta peak | 100 top rural and community hospitals | How UCLA, HonorHealth tackle racism in nursing | Omicron found in NY deer | NP workforce figures by state 

Feb 8, 2022

• COVID hospitalizations now vs. Jan. | Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | Travel nurse allegedly sets coworker on fire at NJ hospital | 5-star hospitals not safe from Medicare penalties | 13 CNO, CMO moves | Why deer are on CDC's radar 

Feb 7, 2022

• Nurses accuse PeaceHealth of retaliation after raising safety concerns | COVID symptoms, by variant | CEO, COO leave Mo. system | US COVID deaths top 900K: 3 updates | 5 common nurse myths | Flu activity still high in 4 states 

Feb 4, 2022

• 1 explanation for loss of smell, taste from COVID | Tower fires physician over unproven treatments | COVID hospitalizations still at record high in 1 state | Northeast Hospital Corp. has lost 40% of nurses since 2019 | 7 schools starting nursing programs 

Feb 3, 2022

• 3 states where COVID cases are still up | Saint Vincent CNO seeks fresh start after 10-mo. strike | 'Cure' now in oncology researchers' vocab | COVID deaths may rise through Feb.: CDC | The past pandemic mistake US shouldn't make again 

Feb 2, 2022

• Unexpected symptom may be tied to omicron | BA.2's transmissibility + severity: What to know | Intl. nurses sue staffing agency over quitting penalties | COVID hospitalizations fall in Midwest, South | Hospitals' ivory tower problem 

Feb 1, 2022

• CMS dings 764 hospitals for patient complications | BA.2 + omicron forecasts: 3 notes | 2 nurses charged in $1.5M vaccine card scheme | The changes 22 systems are making to keep staff | More men eye nursing | 18 CMO + CQO job openings 

Jan 31, 2022

• Omicron subvariant may slow surge's fall | Ochsner CEO speaks out after nurse attack | Don't count out delta | Hospitals want Leapfrog to lower hand hygiene standards: Why it won't | 5 challenges to tackle post-omicron 

Jan 28, 2022

• 1 thing that should be on CMOs' priority list | 5 states set COVID hospitalization records | Henry Ford recruits nurses from Philippines | Vaccine, treatment efficacy against omicron: 6 notes | What happened to contact tracing? 

Jan 27, 2022

• CMO exits NJ hospital after probe into managerial concerns | 3 top safety concerns amid omicron | WHO: Next variant may be more transmissible | COVID hospitalizations up in 35 states; DC has highest rate for 2+ weeks 

Jan 26, 2022

• Omicron vs. delta surge: 4 key trends | Don't let the term 'endemic' fool you | Hospitals raffle off antibody treatments | 4 factors may predict long COVID | How NewYork-Presbyterian is tackling the patient experience crisis 

Jan 25, 2022

• US COVID deaths mirror delta wave | Omicron subvariant in 40 nations: 8 notes | Physicians push universal N95 use in hospitals | Immune protection lasts 4 mos. after Pfizer booster | FDA limits use of 2 antibody drugs | Racism in nursing: 5 findings 

Jan 24, 2022

• Omicron may peak in most states by mid-Feb. | CDC shifts from 'fully vaccinated' to 'up to date' | 11 states report breakthrough hospitalizations | TikTik, MD | Omicron + vaccines: 12 notes | COVID patient dies after court rules to maintain life support 

Jan 21, 2022

• US nearing omicron peak | 5 states set COVID hospitalization records | 7 ways to immediately reduce nurse strain | COVID-positive staff returning to work: 2 systems' approach | Why don't hospitals just pay full-time RNs more? 

Jan 20, 2022

• 3 states where omicron is peaking + 6 where delta lingers | CMS vaccine rule enforceable nationwide | Mayo network nurses want action on staffing | Montefiore fined $17K over workplace violence | A pandemic task care teams dread 

Jan 19, 2022

• 1 in 5 Americans have had COVID | La. reports first C. auris cases | Physician suspended over COVID misinformation sues Houston Methodist | Omicron may be riskier for young people | 4 hospitals enacting crisis care 

Jan 18, 2022

• COVID peaking in Northeast + 2 more forecasts | 20 hospitals tied to most 'unnecessary' care | Omicron symptoms, recovery: What we know | States report few 'flurona' hospitalizations | 12 CMO job openings 

Jan 14, 2022

• 4 states set COVID hospitalization records | Nurses most trusted professionals for 20th year | The dangers of calling omicron 'mild' | ICU bed use by state | Fla. won't enforce hospital vaccination mandate | Physician happiness has plunged: 5 notes 

Jan 13, 2022

• Texas hospital loses Medicare contract over care quality | Mont. system takes RN recruiting abroad | Omicron & throat swabs: What to know | Blood shortage pauses trauma care at Calif. hospital | CDC: Mask guidance won't change 

Jan 12, 2022

• COVID hospitalizations up in 48 states | Omicron's spread, severity: 2 new findings | Healthcare workers stuck on the COVID ride | Travel nurses to face tighter rules in Calif. | Surge may end as rapidly as it started | Best places to work in healthcare 

Jan 11, 2022

• Don't write off 'incidental' COVID hospitalizations, physicians say | 29 best healthcare jobs: US News | 1st pig heart transplanted into man | What Northwell's new CQO refuses to look away from | 8 states with high flu activity 

Jan 10, 2022

• COVID now vs. last winter's peak | In Midwest, worst of surge to come: 5 forecasts | Ill. hospital closes | St. Vincent nurses strike over, but tension may persist | 28 patients infected in COVID outbreak at RI hospital | The surge through 9 nurses' eyes 

Jan 7, 2022

• Hospitals nationwide ration COVID treatments | W.Va. eyes 4th vaccine doses | Mont. hospital accused of underpaying nurses | Mission Health CMO to leave HCA | 19% of hospitals are critically understaffed: Nos. by state 

Jan 6, 2022

• Definition of fully vaccinated won't change: CDC | 6 notes on 'flurona' | 13 states set COVID hospitalization records | Rapid, but reliable? Home tests may lag with omicron | Pfizer boosters cleared for those 12+ | 8 CNO moves 

Jan 5, 2022

• COVID surge projected to peak in Jan. | Mass. systems to mandate boosters | CDC: Omicron makes up 95% of US cases | Henry Ford closes 97 beds amid staff shortages | Hospitals see more patients 'with COVID' vs. 'for COVID' | 13 CMO job openings 

Jan 4, 2022

• 5 states see record COVID hospitalizations | New variant found in France | Longest nurses strike in Mass. history ends | 5 top safety issues for 2022 | Why this surge is complicating physicians' treatment decisions | 1 in 5 nurses burned out 

Jan 3, 2022

• Hospitalizations take center stage in COVID fight | Virus sidelines healthcare staff nationwide | CMS sets vaccination deadline for hospitals in 25 states | Some Americans get 4th vaccine doses | CDC eyes testing component for isolation guidance 

Dec 29, 2021

• Daily COVID cases at all-time high | Ill. hospital loses Medicare contract | Ore. system sees state's first C. auris cases | Cleveland Clinic again bumps back nonurgent surgeries | 16 states facing hospital staff shortages | 45 CMO moves in '21 

Dec 28, 2021

• Nurses urge CDC to reverse COVID isolation guidance | Some Md. hospitals enact crisis standards of care | 72 CNO moves in 2021 | Omicron's paradox for hospitals | NP practice authority by state | Dr. Ashish Jha: Time to stop focusing on COVID cases 

Dec 23, 2021

• US COVID cases pass summer peak: 10 states that may be hotspots by NYE | Cleveland Clinic 2nd in world to perform rare surgery | Tremors emerge as long COVID symptom | 4 leaders on the patient safety issue they'd fix overnight 

Dec 22, 2021

• US may trim isolation for healthcare workers | Cloth masks no match for omicron: experts | Calif. to require boosters for healthcare staff | COVID cases up in 33 states | Why some hospitals are scaling back antibody treatments | Booster rates by state 

Dec 21, 2021

• Omicron now dominant strain: 5 ways US is responding | OSU Wexner accused of giving travel RNs scheduling priority | 10 best cities for physician pay | Omicron no less severe than delta: study | 6 patient experience leaders' 2022 goals 

Dec 20, 2021

• Omicron may spark 'viral blizzard' by Feb., expert warns | FBI probes Ill. hospital's vaccinations | Tenet hospital nurses reach tentative deal to end 9-mo. strike | Where COVID cases are up 200% in 2 weeks | Meet the CNOs of US News' top 15 hospitals 

Dec 17, 2021

• UPMC launches travel nurse agency | 10 states COVID may hit hardest by Christmas | CDC panel endorses mRNA vaccines over J&J shot | 2020 NP pay by setting | New research hints at why omicron may spread faster 

Dec 16, 2021

• 2 in 5 nurses plan to leave practice by 2024: AMA | CMS vaccine mandate partially revived | Md. hospitals prepare to limit surgeries amid COVID surge | 33 CNO + CMO job openings | Houston Methodist: 32% of symptomatic COVID cases are from omicron 

Dec 15, 2021

• Safety issues put Texas hospital's Medicare contract at risk | CDC: Omicron may spur large COVID wave in Jan. | Brigham and Women's defied state order limiting surgeries, nurses claim | 4 common omicron symptoms | 16 hospitals hiring CNOs 

Dec 14, 2021

• Omicron makes up 3% of new US COVID cases | How Yale New Haven saved 470 hours of nurses' time | 46 top hospitals: Leapfrog | Supreme Court upholds NY vaccine rule for healthcare staff | HCA hospital names CMO | 14 strikes in 2021 

Dec 13, 2021

• COVID cases jump 37% in 1 week | 9 Minn. hospital CEOs sound alarm over COVID surge | Omicron infections mild so far: CDC | 10 best gifts for nurses | Did a common flu strain disappear? | Northwell sends nurses to NY hospitals in staffing crunch 

Dec 10, 2021

• 6 states set COVID records | Ky. declares emergency over nurse shortage | Omicron found in 25 states: 5 updates | Parting thoughts from Emory's Dr. Jonathan Lewin | Med school applicants at record high | 7 ways hospitals are recruiting, retaining staff 

Dec 9, 2021

• Geisinger adopts 'waiting-room medicine' | 11 Kaiser staff test positive for COVID after wedding | Pfizer booster greenlit for teens 16-17 | Former Memorial Sloan Kettering CMO got $1.9M payout | 11 systems pausing elective surgeries in Dec. 

Dec 8, 2021

• 6 states make up 60% of US COVID hospitalizations | Pfizer booster effective against omicron | NewYork-Presbyterian CXO: Patient experience is in crisis | CDC awards $22M to fight antimicrobial resistance | Where COVID cases are rising, falling, flat 

Dec 7, 2021

• DMC closes kidney transplant program | 5 states set COVID records | 72 top teaching hospitals: Leapfrog | Court allows UPMC patient to receive ivermectin | 30+ NY hospitals to halt elective surgeries | 11 systems seeking CQOs 

Dec 6, 2021

• Omicron may be less severe than delta | 13 hospitals, systems pause vaccine rules | Va. system names 1st chief nurse | Ore. hospital workers strike | 5 top-paying physician specialties | How Hartford HealthCare fast-tracks nurse hiring 

Dec 3, 2021

• Omicron in 5 states: What it means for hospitals facing delta surges | Providence nurse leader named regional CEO | COVID cases at '21 high in 2 states | Is healthcare seeing a rebound in vaccinated staff? Insights from 3 systems 

Dec 2, 2021

• Biden's COVID plan for winter | Omicron in Calif.: What we know | 19 patients infected in COVID outbreak at Ill. hospital | 5 ways to keep temporary RNs engaged | NJ hospital CEO: Staffing crisis not the time to pause quality work 

Dec 1, 2021

• Covid cases up in 40 states; vaccinations down in 45 | Healthcare worker vaccine rule blocked nationwide | Forbes names 30 under 30 in healthcare | Where COVID hospitalizations are at all-time highs | 19 public health crises declared in 2021 

Nov 30, 2021

• All adults should get booster: CDC | Where omicron has spread | Healthcare worker vaccine rule blocked in 10 states | Flu rising among young people | Cedars-Sinai taps robots to reduce nurses' workload | 27 CNO, CMO job openings 

Nov 29, 2021

• 10 updates on omicron | Erlanger physicians voice concerns after chief of staff's removal | COVID intensifies in Mich. | Novel treatment may have cured man's Type 1 diabetes | Mayo names regional CNO | 1 in 10 lung transplants are for COVID patients 

Nov 26, 2021

• How Cleveland Clinic saved $133M in physician retention | Mercyhealth applies to end inpatient care at Ill. hospital | 4 specialities with most malpractice suits in '21 | Pediatric COVID cases up 32% in 2 weeks | 4 nurse innovators to know 

Nov 23, 2021

• COVID cases up in 29 states | US to invest $1.5B in healthcare workforce | NY hospital closes ED amid nursing shortages | The seasonal-COVID hypothesis: 6 notes | Mich. hospital CMOs push vaccines to curb surge 

Nov 22, 2021

• COVID now vs. this time last year: 8 notes | Unvaccinated Ascension Fla. workers can return to work | Miss. system to offer nurses 'pay on demand' | 700K Americans may have lost smell to COVID | 6 booster updates 

Nov 19, 2021

• 2 signs severe flu season may be ahead | FDA greenlights boosters for all adults | The worst COVID hot spot in US | CDC: COVID-fueled hospital strain tied to thousands of deaths | 8 systems seeking CQOs 

Nov 18, 2021

• Will the definition of 'fully vaccinated' change? | Nursing salary grew 4% in '21 | COVID + flu coinfections: 7 notes | Monkeypox case confirmed in Md. | CDC: 30% of healthcare workers are unvaccinated | Overdose deaths hit record high 

Nov 17, 2021

• COVID cases up in 29 states, vaccinations up in 40 | 2 Kaiser hospitals divert ambulances amid strike | HCA to open nursing school | MIS-C cases by state | Henry Ford: COVID hospitalizations jumped 60% since late Oct. 

Nov 16, 2021

• More states challenge CMS' vaccine mandate | Houston Methodist physician resigns after suspension | 36 CMO + CNO job opportunities | 'More ill, more desperate': How hospitals are meeting changing mental health needs | Labor talks at Kaiser: 10 notes 

Nov 15, 2021

• COVID-19 makes spotty resurgence in US | Houston Methodist suspends physician tied to misinformation | NYC, NM expand booster eligibility | How Geisinger, Novant address nurse bullying | States ranked by flu shot rates 

Nov 12, 2021

• 5 states with most COVID admissions this week | NM hospitals enact crisis care amid Southwest surge | Steroid cuts ICU, death risk 56% among COVID patients | Colo., Calif. open boosters to all adults | 6 hospitals honored for nursing quality 

Nov 11, 2021

• COVID picks up in Midwest; Mich. hospitalizations hit 6-mo. high | 8 hospitals scaling back care | States challenge CMS' vaccine mandate | 112 drugs in shortage | Why one hospital split the CNO role among 3 nurses 

Nov 10, 2021

• COVID cases up in 29 states | Colo. enacts crisis standards of care | Physicians on the art of second opinions | 41 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals: Leapfrog | What 20 systems' data reveals about breakthrough COVID 

Nov 9, 2021

• Calif. sees low booster demand, rise in hospitalizations | BJC HealthCare names CMO, CQO | Kaiser tells patients to refill meds before strike | Nurse shortage more than a pandemic problem: CommonSpirit CNO | Medical group cuts ties with Aaron Rodgers 

Nov 8, 2021

• Kaiser backs 'hospital at home' amid nurse criticism | COVID worsens in Colo. | ISMP: 7 steps to avoid child, adult COVID shot mixups | UPMC workers to strike | 31 hospitals distinguished for rare disease care | Gottlieb sees end of pandemic phase near 

Nov 5, 2021

• Nurses slam Kaiser's hospital-at-home push | 3 states with steepest COVID case jumps | 6 Qs on CMS' vaccination rule, answered | Neb. physician tied to misinformation easily renews license | 26 hospitals' most important change to address burnout 

Nov 4, 2021

• Hospitals must vaccinate staff by Jan. 4 | CVS eyes primary care | COVID surge spurs Colo. hospitals to use statewide transfers | Adults under 60 should get hep B shot: CDC panel | 10K+ hospital patients got COVID in '20 | 5 incentives to recruit workers 

Nov 3, 2021

• COVID cases up in 20 states, down or flat in 30 | CDC endorses Pfizer shot for kids 5-11 | Mont. offers healthcare workers $12,500 to relocate | FBI probes hospital's vaccine program | Suicide rates fell in 2020 | 8 systems hiring CQOs 

Nov 2, 2021

• 3 physicians accuse Hackensack Meridian of age discrimination | Colo. COVID hospitalizations at '21 high | Suspicious fire destroys Ohio nurses' HQ | CDC: Immunity from infection, vaccination lasts at least 6 mos. | 33 CNO + CMO job openings 

Nov 1, 2021

• Will nurses come back? | Erlanger removes physician from chief of staff role | Global COVID deaths top 5M | Md. physician fined for taking Zoom meeting from OR | Male RNs earn more: report | 1 state with moderate flu activity 

October 29, 2021

• 11 infected in COVID outbreak at Ohio hospital | Ballad CEO: Nurse agencies 'distorting' labor market | NJ hospital names 3rd CMO in 54 yrs | Coronavirus can infect inner ear | NY system asks community for clinical staffing help 

October 28, 2021

• CMS dings 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions | Where COVID hospitalizations are highest, rising fastest | Boston Medical Center surgeon fined after leaving OR | Henry Ford names CNO | Antidepressant may cut risk of severe COVID | 6 updates on variants 

October 27, 2021

• US's pandemic era is phasing out — what that means | FDA panel backs Pfizer shot for kids 5-11 | Catholic Health names chief quality, experience officer | COVID cases up in 17 states, falling or flat in 33 | 13 CNO, CMO moves 

October 26, 2021

• COVID cases projected to fall 20% in 3 weeks | HCA names chief clinical officer | Why it's harder to become a nurse now | Utah systems seek crutches, wheelchair donations | COVID transitioning to endemic in NYC | Mayo CNO's top 3 priorities for '22 

October 25, 2021

• 3 states with more COVID cases now vs. 2 weeks ago | Pfizer shot 91% effective in young kids | Ariz. hospital names 6th CEO in 6 yrs. | Replacing striking nurses necessary, not punitive: Tenet CEO | Healthgrades recognizes 150 hospitals for surgical care 

October 22, 2021

• Delta subtype found in US | CDC approves mix-and-match boosters | COVID has killed 115K healthcare workers, WHO estimates | States ranked by vaccine hesitancy | CommonSpirit names division CNO | Ivermectin prescriptions 24x higher than in 2019 

October 21, 2021

• CNO, CEO resign from Ariz. hospital | 1 region struggling with high COVID cases | Aerosol expert: Don't ignore airborne flu spread | 34% of nurses have poor emotional health | Officials threatened physicians over ivermectin refusal, Mont. hospital says 

October 20, 2021

• COVID cases up in 15 states, falling or flat in 35 | How CNOs allay resentment toward travel workers | 1st for medicine: Surgeons attach pig kidney to human | Northwell, Providence name CMOs | Ex-Texas hospital nurse convicted in murder of 4 patients 

October 19, 2021

• Where will unvaccinated, unemployed healthcare workers go? | FDA to allow mix & match boosters | NM hospital physicians demand new CEO | Colin Powell's death spurs confusion over vaccine efficacy | Flu cases up 23% from 2020: Walgreens 

October 18, 2021

• US COVID cases fall for 4th week | Minn. hospital pauses some care amid nurses strike | 4 states overwhelmed by COVID hospitalizations | 26 exec moves | Ill. hospital regains trauma status | Healthcare may see a 'Great Retirement,' too 

October 15, 2021

• COVID hospitalizations still rising in some areas: 5 updates from hard-hit states | FDA panel endorses Moderna booster | The cost of nurse turnover | TB deaths rise for 1st time since '05 | Allina nurses to strike 

October 14, 2021

• Safety concerns spur unit closure at W.Va. hospital | Rare variant found in La. | Overdose deaths at new high: CDC | UPMC defends concurrent surgery practices | How 9 hospitals approach vaccine rules for transplant patients 

October 13, 2021

• Delayed care takes toll on hospital capacity | COVID-19 then, now + what may be next: 9 notes | 2 security experts on curbing healthcare violence | Maine hospital pauses trauma admissions | Why breakthrough cases may not pose major transmission risk 

October 12, 2021

• COVID cases up in 8 states, falling or flat in 42 | Healthcare has lost 524K workers since '20 | New York-Presbyterian CNO joins Atlantic Health | MIS-C cases rare, but rising | Americans' health still far from baseline due to pandemic 

October 11, 2021

• Where hospitals still face COVID surges | Vaccine-driven turnover at 25 systems | 1 in 5 physicians have considered quitting: poll | 19 exec moves | No rush on boosters after breakthrough cases, experts say 

October 8, 2021

• COVID hospitalizations at pre-delta levels in some states | Only 11 pediatric beds open in Minn. | Flu season and vaccine coverage: 6 notes | Mask policies by state — see how yours stacks up 

October 7, 2021

• COVID cases flat or falling in 35 states | Striking Tenet hospital nurses lose unemployment | WHO recommends 1st malaria vaccine | Hospitals pay $24B more for clinical labor amid pandemic | AMA applauds 44 systems for burnout efforts 

October 6, 2021

• Booster rollout: Where 3 states stand | Kaiser suspends 2,200 workers over vaccine rules | 41 CNO + CMO job openings | UCHealth: No transplants for most unvaccinated patients | Time to upgrade from cloth masks, experts say 

October 5, 2021

• 1,400 unvaccinated workers leave Northwell | US COVID hospitalizations fall 20% in 2 weeks | Where cases are still rising fastest | NIH director to step down | Conn. physician turns in license over vaccine exemptions 

October 4, 2021

• The less-discussed consequence of staff shortages | COVID cases, deaths fall in US: 9 stats | 2 US scientists win Nobel for medicine | Sutter workers start strike | 21 exec moves | How 5 nurses stay resilient 

October 1, 2021

• Patient death linked to hospital cyberattack, suit claims | Calif.'s vaccine mandate: Early results are in | Why RWJBarnabas fired 4 execs | 30% of nurses at risk of leaving their orgs | Few physicians track SDOH: study 

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September 30, 2021

• COVID deaths projected to fall in Oct. | Mont. patients want their oncologist back, use billboards to show it | Why Mayo will pause nonemergent care Nov. 26 | 4 healthcare leaders on 2021 safety goals 

September 29, 2021

• Cleveland Clinic braces for COVID peak | NY hospital curbs care ahead of strike | Travel nurse pay, perks: A breakdown | Ill. hospital's trauma status downgraded amid anesthesiologist shortage | 5 physicians, health pros are 2021 MacArthur Fellows 

September 28, 2021

• 10 states with largest COVID case jumps | NY's vaccine mandate: Early results are in | 16 systems' mandate-driven terminations, resignations | CDC's pandemic task force leader steps aside | #TheREALNursingShortage: 5 things to know 

September 27, 2021

• US COVID cases fall; deaths tick up | NY sets staff shortage plan for hospitals | 2 deaths linked to ivermectin | Md. hospital names CNO + 21 more exec moves | Why a hospital CEO changed his mind about vaccinations 

September 24, 2021

• CDC chief backs boosters for healthcare workers, overruling panel | Memphis hospitals treat victims of Kroger shooting | Calif. hospital CMO to resign after 18 mos. | Number of NPs, by gender + state | 30 Ala. hospitals at risk of closure 

September 23, 2021

• Henry Ford takes RN recruiting abroad | Alaska enacts crisis standards of care | What FDA's booster decision means for healthcare workers | The toll of surgery delays | HCA's CMO to lead Joint Commission | 5 updates on variants 

September 22, 2021

• US projected to avoid big winter COVID surge | Novant suspends 375 over vaccine rules; 700 unvaccinated as Yale New Haven's deadline nears | 26 CNO job openings | Travel nurses bring gig mindset to profession 

September 21, 2021

• US COVID deaths pass 1918 flu toll | Ohio renews license of physician who says vaccine magnetizes recipients | WVU Medicine enacts crisis standards of care | Where COVID cases are rising fastest | 20 most socially responsible hospitals 

September 20, 2021

• Daily COVID deaths at highest level since March | FDA's vaccine meeting: 7 takeaways | Ore. physician loses license over misinformation | NP salary by state | Ballad CEO: Risk of nurses leaving too high to mandate vaccine 

September 17, 2021

• 125 unvaccinated workers leave IU Health | Mont. hospital enacts crisis standards of care | Nursing skills gap grows in hospitals | Employee vaccination status: To badge or not? Healthcare leaders weigh in 

September 16, 2021

• Idaho expands crisis standards of care statewide | 15 respiratory therapists exit Kan. hospital in 1 mo. | Beaumont closes 180 beds over staff shortage | HCA CNO to retire | St. Jude PA is youngest American to visit space 

September 15, 2021

• 10 states with steepest COVID case jumps | US to allocate antibody drugs | Alaska's largest hospital rations care | Patient dies after being turned down from 43 ICUs | How a negotiation expert would reach the willfully unvaccinated 

September 14, 2021

• Most physicians linked to vaccine misinformation still have licenses | Boosters not widely needed, FDA + WHO scientists argue | Henry Ford closes 120 beds due to staff shortage | Bill Gates: World is ill-prepared for next pandemic 

September 13, 2021

• US COVID cases fall for 1st time since late June | Idaho surge strains Wash. hospitals | CDC: Death risk 11X higher for unvaccinated | 6 top BSN programs | Novant responds to leaked internal discussion of COVID numbers 

September 10, 2021

• Biden's vaccine mandates: 9 takeaways | Mu unlikely to replace delta as dominant variant, virologists say | Stillbirths up among unvaccinated women with COVID in Miss. | Poll: 17% of nursing leaders may leave healthcare 

September 9, 2021

• A physician's case for refusing to treat the unvaccinated in person | 8 systems pausing elective surgeries in Sept. | US to boost public health workforce | Vaccinations up in 18 states, down in 32 | RN salary by state 

September 8, 2021

• Idaho enacts crisis standards of care | PeaceHealth puts unvaccinated workers on leave | QAnon followers target Ill. hospital over ivermectin | 36 CNO + CMO job openings | Travel nurses quit Calif. hospital over EHR 

September 7, 2021

• US COVID cases hit 40M: Where they're rising fastest | Mu variant's spread: 8 updates | World's top public health threat? Climate change, medical journals say | 2 Boston physicians killed in plane crash | 25 exec moves 

September 3, 2021

• The latest surge in 8 nurses' words | HAIs spiked in 2020: CDC | Stop harassing healthcare workers, Ga. governor pleads | Child COVID-19 cases by state | 30% of Ohio hospital nurses would quit over vaccine mandate 

September 2, 2021

• 'Mu' now a variant of concern, WHO says | US hospitalizations drop as deaths rise: 8 surge updates | Nurses to HHS: Declare staff shortages a national crisis | Long COVID less likely after breakthrough infections, study finds 

September 1, 2021

• New variant found in South Africa | 955K adults have gotten boosters | No ivermectin for COVID, ER physicians warn | CDC: Avoid Labor Day travel if unvaccinated | Idaho taps National Guard to prevent crisis care | Nurse anesthetist salary by state 

August 31, 2021

• Vaccine protection against hospitalization falling slightly in older adults: CDC | $8K a week travel nurse pay worsens staff shortages | Hurricane damage complicates care at La. hospitals | 10 states with largest COVID case increases 

August 30, 2021

• COVID deaths hit 6-mo. high | Nurses, hospitals spar over cause of staffing crisis | 25 infected in outbreaks at Virginia Mason | Physicians prescribe ivermectin despite FDA warning | 22 exec moves 

August 27, 2021

• Children's hospitals warn of 'capacity crisis' | Ore. tightens mask rules amid 990% jump in COVID hospitalizations | Miss. grapples with nurse exodus | Maine hospital to remove unvaccinated staff from schedule | 5 updates on boosters 

August 26, 2021

• COVID deaths at all-time high in Fla. | US eyes boosters after 6 mos. | SD system offers nurses $40K sign-on bonuses | Viral 'Milk Crate Challenge' sending people to ER | 'Horrific working conditions' + 'no end' in sight: 3 nurses on delta surge 

August 25, 2021

• Vaccine efficacy fell in front-line workers as delta spread | Fla. hospital fires physician who sold mask opt-out letters | Neb. under fire for nurse recruitment ad | Long COVID estimates, by state | Hospitalization 29X more likely for unvaccinated: CDC 

August 24, 2021

• Ky. sets 3 COVID records in 1 day | Where cases are rising fastest | Pediatricians warn against off-label Pfizer shots for kids | 'Hospitals are not in the blame business' | 36 CNO + CQO job openings | 5 experts on why boosters may be premature 

August 23, 2021

• FDA approves Pfizer shot | Pregnant COVID patients alarm UAB leaders | Children's hospitals brace for surges as schools open | Large sign-on bonuses not enticing many RNs: Allegheny leader | Oxygen shortage intensifies in Orlando 

August 20, 2021

• US sees 2nd-highest number of daily COVID hospitalizations: 7 notes | Dispute over Tenet hospital nurses' return stalls end of 6-mo. strike | #GiveHerAReasonToStay in healthcare takes off | OhioHealth to expand RN recruitment nationwide 

August 19, 2021

• Tenn. hospitals plead for COVID precautions | 3 studies behind US booster plan | Vaccinate all staff or lose funding, Biden tells nursing homes | Miss. hospitals need 1,450+ staff amid surge | 11 CMO job openings 

August 18, 2021

• HHS rolls out plan for booster shots | Idaho, NM hospitals weeks away from crisis care | Nursing shortages, COVID-19 collide: How 4 CNOs are responding | 12 infected in Colo. hospital outbreak | RN hourly pay in 10 cities 

August 17, 2021

• 10 states with largest COVID-19 case increases | Calif. hospital's Medicare contract at risk over safety issues | NY mandates vaccines for healthcare workers | 6 CNO moves 

August 16, 2021

• Pediatric COVID hospitalizations at record high | Anesthesiologists condemn AANA rebrand | US eyes boosters for healthcare workers | Delta 'burning through' Nashville; Ore. hospitals treat patients in hallways | 14 exec moves 

August 13, 2021

• Miss. hospitals on brink of failure amid surge, officials say | COVID cases up 875% from June | FDA OKs booster shots for immunocompromised | Don't let 'elective' fool you, physicians urge | State of US nursing shortage: 7 notes 

August 12, 2021

• Risk of breakthrough COVID-19 may be linked to vaccine type: Early Mayo research | 53 Texas hospitals hit ICU capacity | Employees call for Seattle Children's leaders to resign | 111 stats on physician pay | 28 hospitals hiring CNOs 

August 11, 2021

• Short staffing hindering care at HCA hospital, nurses allege | 3 states see highest caseloads of pandemic | OSHA cites 2 NJ providers over mask protocols | Delta+ in US: 4 stats to know | 1.1M people got unauthorized COVID booster: CDC 

August 10, 2021

• 2 rare bacterial disease deaths: CDC | Gov. asks Texas hospitals to halt elective surgeries | NP is most recruited provider | Tenet hospital hires 100+ permanent nurses amid strike | CDC reviews data on possible tie between COVID shot, menstrual changes 

August 9, 2021

• COVID-19 cases at highest level since Feb. | NJ hospital CMO on leave after emails to board | Why Cleveland Clinic, UPMC aren't mandating vaccines | New long COVID guidance released | Base salaries for 20 recruited specialties 

August 6, 2021

• 7 states account for half of COVID cases, hospitalizations | Pediatric infections up 84% | Tenet hospital makes final offer to striking nurses | Vaccinations are rising: 115+ hospitals mandating shots | Cedars-Sinai's longest-serving nurse retires 

August 5, 2021

• Fla. hospitals need oxygen | Miss., Ark. pressed for ICU beds | 10 updates on delta plus + lambda | NewYork-Presbyterian CXO: Is your team languishing? | WHO calls for halt on vaccine boosters 

August 4, 2021

• 7 ways this surge is different | Non-COVID patients feel strain from La. surge, CMOs say | How 9 systems are connecting COVID-19 survivors with vaccines | Candida auris: 8 updates | 9 hospitals scaling back services amid staff shortages 

August 3, 2021

• 10 states where COVID-19 cases are rising fastest | Nurse shortage spurs Texas hospital to scale back L&D care | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Vaccinations up in all 50 states: 4 things to know 

August 2, 2021

• Fla. is nation's COVID-19 epicenter | Why delta is most transmissible variant yet: 9 notes | Pediatric units brace for dual virus outbreaks | 19 exec moves | Ark. hospital eyes new structure after no-confidence vote 

July 30, 2021

• CDC recommends indoor masking in 70% of US counties | Vaccine misinformation posts could cost physicians their license | 6 CNO, CMO moves | 7 new delta findings; Biden pushes $100 vaccine incentives | Wash. staffing issues shut down ED 

July 29, 2021

• COVID-19 cases up 439% from June | New testing guidance for fully vaccinated | Variant first found in Columbia reaches Miami | Pa. system invests $5M in nurse staffing | 14 CMO job openings | 37 states where nurses can earn a multistate license 

July 28, 2021

• Children's hospitals see more severe COVID-19 cases | Tenn. hospital's only physician lives there | Ascension requires vaccines; Biden eyes mandate for fed'l workers | Virus not to blame for Ore. hospital's surgery pause 

July 27, 2021

• US News names best hospitals | CDC to revise indoor mask guidance | Fla., La. hospitals delay surgeries | University Hospitals CEO's memo to staff after transplant mix-up | 2 NC systems have 700+ open nurse positions — each 

July 26, 2021

• COVID-19 surge projected to peak in Oct. | Ex-Vanderbilt nurse loses license over fatal drug error | Ballad warns 100 patients of possible HIV, hepatitis exposure | Fla. hospital CEO dies | Baby booms hit some hospitals 

July 23, 2021

• 3 states account for 40% of COVID-19 cases | Untreatable fungus found in DC, Texas | Why SC nurses are leaving field | Pfizer shot 88% effective against delta: study | States ranked by suicide rate 

July 22, 2021

• Hospitals scramble to make room for COVID-19 patients | Beaumont CMO, CQO to depart | Patient: Fla. hospital lost organ meant for biopsy | US vaccination rate at early Jan. level | MultiCare nurse retires at 96

July 21, 2021

• Delta makes up 83% of US cases | Virginia Mason settles suit over unpaid nurse breaks for $5.5M | Banner joins 40 other systems mandating vaccines | 44 states where COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising

July 20, 2021

• Mich. nurses to strike | RWJBarnabas fires 6 workers over vaccine mandate | 10 states with steepest COVID-19 increases | Why 85% of PCPs left this NH hospital | Houston Methodist confirms 1st lambda case

July 19, 2021

• COVID-19 cases up in all 50 states | 14 infected in Wash. hospital outbreak | Mich. healthcare workers protest vaccine mandate | Monkeypox case found in Texas | 21 exec moves

July 16, 2021

• LA restores indoor mask mandate | Hackensack Meridian joins 30+ requiring vaccination | Murthy unveils plan to fight health misinformation | Long COVID-19 unlikely for fully vaccinated | Mo. hospital execs: Mental health crisis 'pulverizing' kids

July 15, 2021

• 12 of 14 physicians exit NH hospital | COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations up sharply in 4 states | Cleveland Clinic, Mount Sinai won't administer aduhelm | Epidemiologists push for vaccination as term of hospital employment | Record overdose deaths in 2020

July 14, 2021

• Nurses want masks back on nationwide | Hospitalizations up in 31 states | Ark. positivity rate tops 38% | Violence worsens blood shortage in Va. | Tenn. halts youth vaccination efforts | US News' hospital equity measures: A 1st look

July 13, 2021

• Where COVID-19 cases are up 404% | MUSC fires 5 workers over vaccine mandate | Ohio hospital performs kidney transplant on wrong patient | 24 CNO job opportunities | Why pandemic's origins may never be clear

July 12, 2021

• Mo. hospitals take on rising COVID-19 volumes | Woman co-infected with 2 variants | USC nurses to strike | 30 exec moves | Ohio hospital ties incentives to nurse-patient ratios | NP workforce: 5 fast facts

July 9, 2021

• Delta demands ventilators, Mercy exec warns | Renown to lay off 166 | No need for boosters yet: CDC, FDA | For Trinity Health CEO, vaccine mandate was no-brainer | 3 areas hospitals can improve patient experience

July 8, 2021

• Delta cases double in 1 week at Houston Methodist | Does variant present need to test vaccinated people? | La. medical school on probation | Mercy mandates vaccines amid regional surge | Experts brace for severe flu season

July 7, 2021

• Overwhelmed Mo. hospitals to respiratory therapists: Call us | US shifts vaccine strategy as delta spreads | Fla. hospitals brace for tropical storm | COVID-19 + erectile dysfunction: 6 notes | 21 states with rising hospitalizations

July 6, 2021

• Striking Mass. nurses have 16-ft. petition for Tenet execs | COVID-19 cases up in 17 states; delta + July 4th collision worries experts | $10K+ bonuses aren't easing Pa.'s nurse shortage | 7 systems deemed top workplaces for women, diverse managers

July 5, 2021

• Mo. hospital out of ventilators amid COVID-19 surge | Ohio providers can now deny care on moral grounds | Texas hospital delivers 107 babies in 91 hrs. | Dr. Barbara Murphy, Mount Sinai's chair of medicine, dies at 56

July 2, 2021

• US sends surge teams to delta hot spots | Already facing capacity issues, Ore. systems brace for July 4th weekend | 17 exec moves + 7 CMO job opportunities | Defibrillator fire spurs internal probe at HCA hospital

July 1, 2021

• Delta now most common strain, but hospitalizations still down | Ala. hospital nurse stabbed in chest | Neb. hospital closes | How antibody responses stack up in 4 immunocompromised groups | 21 systems mandating vaccines

June 30, 2021

• Mo. hospitals see flood of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients | 13 states skipped infection control surveys during pandemic: OIG | Heat strains hospitals in Ore., Wash. | 14 CNO job opportunities

June 29, 2021

• CMO resigns from RI hospital trying to save accreditation | Delta spurs new precautions in LA | Hospital CEO turnover rate by state | An overwhelming summer for ERs | As nurse strike nears 4th month, Tenet hospital has new offer

June 28, 2021

• Smell, taste likely return 1 year post-COVID | Houston Methodist offers nurses $15K sign-on bonus | Ariz. hospital fires physician who made antisemitic post | 11 exec moves | Why COVID-19 is still delaying surgeries

June 25, 2021

• RI hospital's accreditation at risk over verbal abuse, safety issues | Neb. hospital to close | Why some physicians skip mental healthcare | Longest documented COVID-19 infection? 290+ days, case study suggests

June 24, 2021

• Physicians lose confidence in Calif. health system execs | Vaccines + heart inflammation: 8 notes | Nearly 900 Chicago nurses strike | Mo. hospital admits infant for COVID-19 as rural hotspots emerge

June 23, 2021

• The new 'delta plus' variant: 6 notes | Houston Methodist parts with 153 staff over vaccine mandate | 10 top podcasts for nurses | Mayo physician fired after critiquing system in self-published book

June 22, 2021

• Joint Commission moves to deny RI hospital's accreditation | Delta may be dominant within weeks | 6 CQO job opportunities | COVID-19 tied to brain tissue loss | NY mandates hospital staffing committees

June 21, 2021

• Hospitals face 'most concerning' blood shortage in years | Delta variant may have other symptoms | 19 exec moves | Va. seeks funding for overwhelmed mental health hospitals | 10 states with most COVID-19 hospitalizations

June 18, 2021

• Ala. nurse fired over Tiktoks | Vaccines vs. CDC's 5 variants of concern | Physician stabbed by patient sues Penn Med | 12 ways to support nurses | Spectrum allows visitors for COVID-19 patients | 13 CNO job opportunities

June 17, 2021

• 10 highest-paying PA specialties | NC providers declare mental health emergency | Supreme Court upholds ACA | Beaumont, Spectrum to form 22-hospital system | How Trinity, Ochsner nurses get flexibility

June 16, 2021

• CDC shares framework for treating long-haulers | Delta now 'variant of concern' in US | 11 CMO, CNO moves | Ore. system with 600+ openings faces surgery backlog | 9 states with rising COVID-19 cases

June 15, 2021

• 23% of COVID-19 survivors left with at least 1 condition | 10 best children's hospitals: US News | NY system lays off workers | Calif. lawmakers allege unsafe staffing levels at HCA hospital | 15 words that changed, defined healthcare

June 14, 2021

• Suit against Houston Methodist’s vaccine mandate dismissed | EDs see spike in teen suicide attempts | 15 exec moves | How 6 systems are deciding when to unmask patients, staff | US COVID-19 cases no longer falling

June 11, 2021

• CDC calls emergency meeting over post-vaccine heart inflammation | NY hospital stops admissions | 9 systems with vaccine mandates | US cases hit new low, but pandemic far from over | OSHA's new rules: What hospitals should know

June 10, 2021

• 2 Md. systems mandate vaccines | 1st major city vaccinates 70% of residents | 11 best shoes for nurses | Clinicians sees unseasonable spike in RSV infections | Mayo neurologist exits FDA panel over Alzheimer's drug approval

June 9, 2021

• Texas hospital reinstates mask rules | Nurse bullying persists | Pa. hospital workers oppose vaccine mandate | Delta variant may cause hearing loss, gangrene | How 7 hospitals are improving LGBTQ-centered cares

June 8, 2021

• Houston Methodist's vaccine mandate: Results are in | Safety complaints spur CMS probe of Mich. hospital | Sutter to lay off 400 | CDC: Breakthrough cases shorter, more mild | The crisis spotlighting physicians' role as bearers of bad news

June 7, 2021

• Medical staff lose confidence in Ark. hospital leaders | PAs respond to rebrand opposition | Fla. hospital patient died after deficient care, VA finds | 24 exec moves | Fla. nursing school on probation for low pass rates

June 4, 2021

• Walmart prefers these 17 health systems for employees | RI hospital cited over discharge practices | Ore. system has 600+ open positions | PA prescriptive authority, by state | How healthcare orgs are changing protocols for unvaccinated staff

June 3, 2021

• Routinely intoxicated VA pathologist misdiagnosed thousands: OIG | US shakes up vaccine strategy | AMA opposes PA title change | NY hospital to end inpatient care | The severe condition surfacing among some long-haulers

June 2, 2021

• Texas hospital relaxes mask rules | IU Health mandates vaccines | New variant found in Vietnam | Nurse shortage forces Ore. system to end hospice program | 15 hospitals hiring CNOs

June 1, 2021

• Houston Methodist staff sue over vaccine mandate | DOs oppose PA title change | Biden's $6T budget: 7 healthcare takeaways | WHO renames variants | Cone Health selects CMO + 25 more exec moves

May 28, 2021

• Ore. hospital asks military for 30 RNs amid staffing crisis | PAs seek new title: 'Physician associate' | Physician pay grew most for these 6 specialties | Study: 72% of COVID-19 survivors have persistent symptoms

May 27, 2021

• Piedmont offers nurses up to $30K sign-on bonuses | Biden orders probe into pandemic's origins | Providers oppose Sentara-Cone merger | COVID-19 immunity may last years | 5 best, worst states for physicians

May 26, 2021

• Suicide attempts put Children's Colorado in state of emergency | Mass. hospital to lay off 56 staff | WHO on pandemic: No country 'out of the woods' yet | 5 CNO, CMO moves | India's coronavirus variant: 9 things to know

May 25, 2021

• Kan. hospital transfers all patients, cancels surgeries after generator problem | Moderna vaccine effective in kids 12-17 | 10 top hospitals for racial inclusivity | 5 CDC findings on breakthrough infections | Preventable hospitalizations: States ranked

May 24, 2021

• Fully vaccinated can largely skip testing: CDC | Nurses protest Houston Methodist's vaccine mandate | The long-term pandemic toll few talk about | 15 exec moves | How Virtua drove a 350% increase in mammograms

May 21, 2021

• Another top system mandates vaccines for staff | JPMorgan launches healthcare co. | COVID-19 can infect eyes: 4 things to know | NM hospital offers nurses $15K sign-on bonuses | Pandemic's mental health effects here to stay, experts warn

May 20, 2021

• Another top system mandates vaccines for staff | JPMorgan launches healthcare co. | COVID-19 can infect eyes: 4 things to know | NM hospital offers nurses $15K sign-on bonuses | Pandemic's mental health effects here to stay, experts warn

May 19, 2021

• Calif. physician chain abruptly closes | Where COVID-19 hospitalizations are still up | Va. physician gets 59-year sentence for unneeded surgeries | Screen for colon cancer at 45, task force says | Who is joining hospital C-suites

May 18, 2021

• Pandemic first: COVID-19 cases down in all 50 states | Tenet seeks 49 more RNs to replace strikers | La. hospital names 1st female CMO | How AdventHealth is debunking COVID-19 myths | 14 hospitals hiring CNOss

May 17, 2021

• Nurses 'outraged' over CDC mask guidance | 723 epidemiologists on how the pandemic will end | 2-shot COVID-19 vaccines 94% effective in healthcare workers | 22 exec moves | Dishonest patient reviews: How 5 systems handle them

May 14, 2021

• Stanford Health Care overhauls surveys | The reasoning behind new CDC mask guidelines | Mich. has highest % of nursing homes with harm, jeopardy deficiencies | Why this physician thinks the term 'patient' is outdated

May 13, 2021

• Tenet to hire 50 RNs, replace strikers | 332 hospitals with lowest CAUTI rates | CDC: J&J shot tied to 28 blood clot cases | IU Health staff lacked empathy for Black physician who reported racist care, probe finds | US pandemic progress: 6 stats

May 12, 2021

• Wash. hospital reschedules surgeries over capacity issues | New mutation of Brazil variant ID'ed in Fla. | CDC: Plan for annual COVID-19 boosters | Healthgrades recognizes 453 hospitals for patient safety | Ex-nursing aide sentenced for 8 patient deaths

May 11, 2021

• India variant officially 'of concern': WHO | Pfizer vaccine OK'd for kids 12-15 | Physicians see fewer recruiting offers | 10 CNOs share 1 word to describe their teams | Baptist Health offers nurses $20K sign-on bonuses

May 10, 2021

• Fauci: Indoor mask guidance may be relaxed soon | CDC narrows monitoring of breakthrough cases | 11 exec moves | Why ORs are getting a makeover | 21 hospitals with top nurse-patient communication scores

May 7, 2021

• Young COVID-19 patients fuel ICU demand in Maine | Bonuses no longer cut it — how to competitively recruit, retain RNs | Vaccines vs. variants: 3 updates | 10 best, worst states for healthcare jobs | How CMS ranked US News' 20 Honor Roll hospitals

May 6, 2021

• COVID-19 cases hit 7-mo. low; CDC projects sharp fall by July | 20 gifts, discounts for nurses this week | Minn. nurse reinstated after firing over dress code | 1 in 3 unvaccinated Americans would receive shot for $100 | 15 hospitals hiring CNOs

May 5, 2021

• 700 Essentia nurses, staff petition acquisition of 17 hospitals + clinics | LSU Health pulls residents from VA hospital | 10 system CEOs vow to improve worker safety | Births fall to lowest level since '79 | 10 best, worst states to work for nurses

May 4, 2021

• Why are physicians fleeing this NC hospital? City seeks AG probe | IT attack disrupts care at Scripps | 15 CNO, CMO moves | 10 hospitals that best avoid unnecessary care | COVID-19 cases rising among children, adults under 50

May 3, 2021

• Nurses on why they left the profession — and what would have made them stay | Catholic Health names CMO + 17 more exec moves | Top 27 patient-recommended hospitals, pre-pandemic | Can dogs smell COVID? Fla. hospital is testing it

April 30, 2021

• All 654 hospitals with 1 or 5 stars from CMS, by state | Cleveland Clinic's CNO on modeling self-care for 30,000 staff | US News now collecting hospitals' maternal data | Maine Medical Center nurses vote to join union | Flu numbers: This season v. last

April 29, 2021

• CMS star ratings are out | Leapfrog's 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals | 4,000 Allina workers to strike May 10 | NC hospital names 1st CMO | COVID-19 + long-term health effects: 7 findings | Kan. hospital to end inpatient care

April 28, 2021

• Variants fuel surges in Wash., Ore. | CDC eases outdoor mask guidelines | Houston Methodist nurse petitions against vaccine mandate | Biden's $1.8T spending plan: 5 healthcare takeaways | Pfizer: COVID-19 antiviral pill may be ready this year

April 27, 2021

• Where are vaccination rates dropping most? | Top 100 hospitals + 15 systems, per Fortune/IBM Watson | Tenet, St. Vincent nurses still at impasse | Physicians' dispute about patient care results in 1 arrest | How 2 systems are weighing vaccine mandates

April 26, 2021

• Indoors, 60 ft. of distance no better than 6 | COVID-19 shot safe for pregnant women: CDC | 2 hospitals split from Kan. system | UPMC hospital names CNO + 16 more exec moves | Why millions are missing their 2nd vaccine dose

April 23, 2021

• Wash. enters 4th COVID-19 surge; Mich. hospitals ease back into electives | Fla. med center fires employee who diverted patients' blood samples | Number of active physicians, by state | Why mass vaccination sites are closing

April 22, 2021

• Avg. incentive bonus for 19 specialties | Maine may have a 'syndemic,' top official says | Calif. hospitals grapple with blood shortage | Active NPs, by state | 80 CHS workers strike in Pa.

April 21, 2021

• Nev. hospital lays off dozens of nursing supervisors | 5 states fuel 75% of new COVID-19 cases | 18 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | University Hospital closes its Burger King after physician petition | Number of active PAs, by state

April 20, 2021

• New variant found in Texas | Wy. hospital offers $600 bonus to vaccinated staff | Hospitals urge CMS to reinstate survey pause if cases surge | Baptist Health CEO resigns | 16 hospitals hiring CNOs

April 19, 2021

• 10 top-earning states for physicians | Mont. system mandates vaccines | Physicians detect 4 emerging trends among COVID-19 long-haulers | 16 exec moves | Mich. surge may be slowing: 6 notes

April 16, 2021

• Houston Methodist's 1st mandatory vaccine deadline up: How many complied? | 29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation | 10 CMO moves in '21 | 24 Mich. hospitals at 90%+ capacity amid surge | Pfizer: Booster shot likely needed within year

April 15, 2021

• Pediatric COVID hospitalizations at record high in Mich. | CDC: 5,800 breakthrough cases among 77M fully vaccinated | NY hospital lays off 11 nurses | Northwell opens mental health center for staff | UK variant prevalence, by state

April 14, 2021

• Physician wins $26M in wrongful termination suit | RI hospital CEO removed after no-confidence vote | Apple's next hire: A cardiologist | Ind. hospital names 1st CMO | How hardest-hit Mich. is handling the J&J vaccine pause | 15 CNO moves in '21

April 13, 2021

• US calls for pause on J&J vaccinations | 1 dead in Ohio hospital shooting: Police | Mich. can't vaccinate way out of COVID-19 surge, CDC chief says | Study: UK variant more transmissible, not deadlier | 10 notes on vaccine hesitancy among healthcare staff

April 12, 2021

• Fully vaccinated but COVID-19 positive? 4 notes on breakthrough case incidence | 31 infected in outbreak at Duke hospital | Biden's $1.5T budget proposal: 6 healthcare takeaways | 9 systems deemed best to work for by Fortune

April 9, 2021

• Mich. hospitals postpone surgeries amid virus surge | NP practice authority by state | 2 systems pause J&J vaccinations after adverse reactions | Brazil variant cases rise: 5 notes | Nurse claims Highmark didn't pay for overtime

April 8, 2021

• Vaccine side effects + transmission: 4 Qs, answered | Nurses lose confidence in RI hospital execs | 1 in 4 US adults fully vaccinated: 3 states leading the way | 15 hospitals hiring CNOs

April 7, 2021

• 40 hospitals, 1+ year of COVID-19 and zero nurse deaths: How Ochsner did it | 5 top-paying states for NPs | Prior auth leads to adverse events, 30% of docs say | Atlantic Health creates rapid test for variants | States ranked by ER visits

April 6, 2021

• PA salary by state | Wis. hospital replaces anesthesiologists with CRNAs | Variants stall pandemic progress: 8 notes | Mount Sinai performs world's 1st tracheal transplant | CDC loosens COVID-19 disinfection guidelines

April 5, 2021

• RN salary by state | Stanford detects 'double mutant' variant from India | Board backs Calif. hospital CEO after nurses signal no confidence | Experts split on risk of 4th wave | Lessons from 175K patient comments

April 2, 2021

• 5 variants have CDC concerned: A breakdown | UnitedHealthcare squeezes competition like 'boa constrictor,' docs say | ND leads vaccine administration: States ranked | Physicians sue SSM Health over lost privileges | 7 top COVID-19 takeaways this week

April 1, 2021

• Houston Methodist mandates COVID-19 shots for all 26K employees | UK variant dominant in 5 regions + new variant in Ariz. | US News' top med schools | Wis. physician pleads guilty to $26M fraud | COVID-19 3rd leading cause of death in 2020

March 31, 2021

• Mich. asks for more vaccines amid rising hospitalizations | LA hospital closes today | Pfizer shot works in kids 12-15 | Scripps names 1st CQO | US News' top nursing schools | UCSF physician: CDC warnings of 4th surge 'a little alarmist'

March 30, 2021

• CDC warns of 4th surge amid 10% jump in cases | Chicago hospital CEO suspended amid vaccine controversy | 20 top rural, community hospitals | Why next flu season may be severe | 6 hospitals hiring quality leaders

March 29, 2021

• CMS resumes all hospital surveys | Ind. nurse charged with felony after patient's death | Fla. variant cases double in 2 days | 17 exec moves | Animals most likely source of COVID-19: Leaked WHO report

March 26, 2021

• Catholic Health to cut services at NY hospital | Man with explosives arrested at Ky. hospital: Police | Biden doubles 100-day vaccine goal | How clinicians can combat anti-Asian racism | 42 women making moves in healthcare

March 25, 2021

• Variants vs. vaccines: Where things stand today | Ill. hospital exec resigns over improper vaccinations | 'It's the perfect storm': Dr. Michael Osterholm on pandemic's 3rd act | How Northwestern creates physician wellness advocates

March 24, 2021

• 5 Qs on 'long COVID,' answered | Stop assuming Black people don't want vaccine because of Tuskegee, critics say | Meet Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy | 10 CNO, CMO moves | Fla. nursing school loses accreditation

March 23, 2021

• NIH questions AstraZeneca's vaccine results | Chicago's top doc rejects 'better in my arm than the trash' excuse | 17 hospitals hiring CNOs | Nurse strike in 3rd week at Tenet hospital | 10 best, worst states to practice medicine

March 22, 2021

• Sutter hospital fined after nurse's death | 27 exec moves | Match Day 2021: 6 notes | Former Memorial Sloan Kettering CMO dies | Ill. hospital stripped of vaccines after immunizations at COO's condo

March 19, 2021

• Beth Israel Lahey accused of physician-poaching | Mich. may be next COVID-19 hotspot | Tenn. hospital 6 weeks behind on paychecks | Meet HHS' new secretary

March 18, 2021

• Ind. investigates nurse who unhooked patient's oxygen | Oncologists see jump in late-stage cancer | Where 6 systems are focusing safety efforts in '21 | 1st case of COVID-19 antibodies passed to newborn reported

March 17, 2021

• 2 Calif. variants officially 'of concern': CDC | LA hospital to close | CommonSpirit's path to vaccine equity | Healthcare awareness calendar: Key dates in 2021 | Some COVID-19 long-haulers say symptoms end after vaccination

March 16, 2021

• 10 top patient safety concerns: ECRI | Mo. hospital CEO resigns | Fauci warns of 3rd virus surge | Alaska hospital cited for infection control issues | How Intermountain connects patients to antibody drugs within 2 days

March 15, 2021

• Instagram photos in OR spur probe at Spectrum | 17 exec moves | Ebola survivor spread virus after 5 years, study suggests | UK variant in all 50 states | Pre-pandemic life expectancy: States ranked

March 12, 2021

• Biden: Vaccines need to open for all by May | 6 CNOs' top priorities for spring | Pfizer shot cuts asymptomatic infection risk, Mayo finds | Study makes case for physicians in clear masks | 11 hospitals seeking CMOs

March 11, 2021

• 1 year of pandemic: A look back | Ill. hospital CEO resigns | Leapfrog surveys to cover health equity | 5 stats on nurse wellness in 2020 | Severe reactions to COVID-19 vaccine rare, Mass. hospitals say

March 10, 2021

• Tenet hospital faces 600-worker picket alongside nurse strike | Tampa General names CNO | Alaska opens vaccines to everyone 16+ | OU Medicine to form academic health system | Primer on Dr. B, the vaccine standby site

March 9, 2021

• US News ranks states for healthcare | Surgeon: Zoom call from OR was safe | CDC guidance for fully vaccinated: 4 notes | Hospital housekeeping director says he was fired for raising safety concerns

March 8, 2021

• 800 Tenet nurses strike in Mass. | Heart device recalled after 2 deaths | 26 exec moves | $1.9T relief bill heads back to House | 28 thoughts on leadership from women in healthcare

March 5, 2021

• NY physician charged with murder | Providence under investigation after physician complaints | 16 hospitals hiring CNOs | New Joint Commission, Kaiser award honors Bernard Tyson | 22 US hospitals among Newsweek's 100 best in the world

March 4, 2021

• Hospital fires pharmacist over vaccine diversion | 600 UMass residents, fellows unionize | 100 top critical access hospitals | Why COVID Tracking Project will stop reporting data March 7

March 3, 2021

• Hospitals urge masking as Texas, Miss. lift restrictions | Tenn. hospital abruptly closes | Calif. hospital CEO resigns after vaccine protocol broken | 15 most overweight cities | Vaccine side effect can be mistaken as sign of cancer

March 2, 2021

• Merck to produce J&J vaccine | Tenn. hospital hasn't admitted patients since Nov. | 1 dead, 1 injured in Houston med office shooting | 10 CNO, CMO moves | Ariz. county opens vaccine eligibility to all adults

March 1, 2021

• J&J vaccine available in 1-2 days, CEO says | Calif. surgeon joins Zoom court hearing while operating | FTC drops challenge to Pa. systems' merger | 7 hospitals hiring CQOs

February 25, 2021

• New variant is spreading in NYC | Ill. hospital faces $13K+ fine over mask practices | NC hospital loses most physicians after contract negotiations | 5 lessons on mass vaccination events from Atrium, Novant + Dignity

February 24, 2021

• J&J's vaccine is safe, FDA says | Nurses signal no confidence in Calif. hospital CEO | Patient stabbed Penn Medicine physician, police say | Mass. hospital to lay off 151 after sale

February 23, 2021

• Calif. nurses delay 3-day strike | US passes 500,000 COVID-19 deaths | St. Jude PA to join SpaceX flight | 7 health systems among 'world's most ethical' | Vaccine shots in arms: States ranked

February 22, 2021

• Woman dies after contracting COVID-19 from donor lungs | Virus hospitalizations fall for 40 days | NY physician charged with manslaughter in patient death | Meet Biden's contenders to head FDA

February 19, 2021

• CMS dings 774 hospitals for patient complications | 6 top hospitals' workforce vaccination rates: How do your numbers compare? | Oncologists sue Md. hospital over lost privileges | Houston Methodist 'overwhelmed' with dialysis patients, CEO says

February 18, 2021

• Texas hospitals endure storm draining power, water: 6 things to know | Biden to pick Chiquita Brooks-LaSure as CMS chief | Medtronic recalls stent graft after patient's death | Study: Blood pressure guidelines may be too high for women

February 17, 2021

• NY hospital halts cancer unit admissions after 3rd COVID-19 cluster | Biden: Vaccine will be widely available by late July | Kindred cuts CMO role | Why Houston hospitals are seeing a spike in carbon monoxide cases | 217 top maternity hospitals

February 16, 2021

• Storms thwart vaccinations | Texas officials rush to give 5K COVID-19 shots after power loss | Surgeon's case pivotal for hospital libel risk in Iowa | Cleveland Clinic taps 2 physicians for int'l roles | Ochsner halts some elective surgeries

February 15, 2021

• Calif. hospital CNO target of no-confidence petition | Sutter to cut 277 jobs | 1st South Africa variant reinfection case confirmed | Software bug causes thousands of duplicate vaccine appts. at NJ hospital | 15 hospitals hiring CNOs

February 12, 2021

• NC system sees physician exodus after HCA takeover | Fauci: April may be 'open season' for vaccines | France recommends single vaccine dose for COVID-19 survivors | Minn. clinic shooting suspect faces 7 charges

February 11, 2021

• Fully vaccinated people can skip quarantine: CDC | 26 hospitals among Forbes' best large employers | 2 masks boost protection against infectious aerosols | Why hospitals are seeing an uptick in admissions for liver disease

February 10, 2021

• Virus deaths down in every region | Dozens of Wash. hospitals receive fake N95s | 1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Minn. clinic | Brigham and Women's outbreak traced to patient who tested negative 2X | Why Intermountain changed mammogram guidelines

February 9, 2021

• WHO says lab leak theory of COVID-19 'extremely unlikely' | Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | Daily COVID-19 cases lowest since Oct.; CDC chief urges states to 'keep guard up' | Colo. med center cancels vaccine appt. over unpaid bill

February 8, 2021

• South Africa variant found in Va. | Seattle Children's cancels 1.3K vaccine appts. over access concerns | 20 exec moves | Sentara CEO: How new leadership structures dramatically improved clinical outcomes

February 5, 2021

• COVID-19 cases down 47% from Jan. peak | 3 nurses sue Pa. hospitals over alleged 'no-poach' deal | 28 Black medical pioneers to know | How 3 systems are handling discharges amid the pandemic

February 4, 2021

• Tenet must pay whistleblowing physicians $10M | 1st federal vaccine sites to open in Calif. | 17 patients, 10 staff infected in COVID-19 outbreak at Wash. hospital | 10 top medication errors in 2020

February 3, 2021

• COVID-19 deaths fall in 25 states | AstraZeneca vaccine cuts virus transmission | Widow inspires Renown to lift COVID-19 visitor restrictions | More women are becoming physicians | 5 best paying areas for NPs

February 2, 2021

• US vaccinations outnumber COVID-19 cases | CDC ramps up efforts to detect variants | COVID-19 may trigger diabetes | 5 best paying cities for physicians | Wash. physician charged with unprofessional conduct after patient dies

February 1, 2021

• Mo. man dies in hospital parking lot after being denied care, family says | South Africa variant found in Md. | 1,600 vaccinated in rush after freezer fails at Seattle clinic | LA vaccination site briefly closes due to protesters

January 29, 2021

• 2 patients die after oxygen mistakenly turned off at Md. hospital | CDC: South Africa variant likely already spreading in US | COVID-19 hospitalizations drop 3K in 1 day | 5 infected in outbreak at Vt. hospital's oncology unit

January 28, 2021

• COVID-19 cases fall 30% since Jan. peak | If vaccine administration is lagging, why are states running out of shots? | UK variant cases, by state | HHS misused health emergency funds for years, OIG finds

January 27, 2021

• Pulmonologist shortage forces Ariz. hospital to close ICU | COVID-19 hospitalizations fall, deaths rise | 2 dead in hostage situation at Texas medical office | Conn. system names 1st CNO | CMS limits on-site surveys

January 26, 2021

• Brazil variant found in Minn. | Calif. investigates resident death hours after getting COVID-19 shot | 897 hospitals at risk of closure | Biden to pick nurse as acting surgeon general | How 4 systems are combating staff vaccine hesitancy

January 25, 2021

• Assume UK variant is deadlier, Fauci says | CDC: Mixing vaccine doses OK in rare situations | Flu hospitalizations at 9-year low | Social distancing needed until late July, model predicts | 29 physician specialties ranked by burnout rates

January 22, 2021

• COVID-19 hospitalizations dip after 16-week increase | Biden's pandemic plan: 10 things to know | Physician wrongly treated patient for lung cancer for years, hospital says | Vaccines appear less effective against South Africa strain

January 21, 2021

• Biden to sign 10 exec orders on pandemic response | Variants may drive high infection rate through spring | 2 masks better than 1, some experts say | What 8 hospitals hiring CQOs

January 20, 2021

• Texas hospital lockout leaves patients treated in parking lot | Biden to issue mask mandate today | New US variant may be behind Calif. surge | Wis. pharmacist accused of tampering with vaccines charged with misdemeanor

January 19, 2021

• Physician purposely exposed patients to COVID-19, RI finds | New virus variant detected in Germany | Calif. hospital CEO tests positive | 10 best, worst states for healthcare | Chicago nurse loses job after treating patients while high

January 15, 2021

• Calif. hospital assoc. urges readiness for crisis care | Ky. nurse fired after attending Capitol riot | Ill. detects new variant | Biden appoints Warp Speed head | 18 best places to work in healthcare

January 14, 2021

• UK variant now in Wis., NM | Why vaccinations are going so well in 4 states | US News: 29 best healthcare jobs | Ala. football celebration may cause superspreader event | CDC: Mich. hospital spread Legionnaires' for decade

January 13, 2021

• Ohio detects new variant | COVID-19 deaths spike in South, West | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs | Other viruses may rebound after pandemic, experts warn | What the incoming CDC director wants Americans to know

January 12, 2021

• US to call for immediate vaccination of those 65+ | 2 House Reps. test positive after riot | Japan's coronavirus variant: 6 notes | Conn. hospital faces class action for allegedly reusing insulin pens | When does smell, taste return? 5 insights

January 11, 2021

• COVID-19 variants may interfere with test results | Virus hospitalizations top 100K for 40 days | St. Peter's oncologist removed for harming patients, CEO says | Jefferson, Geisinger partner on staff safety alert system

January 8, 2021

• CDC confirms 50+ UK variant cases: What it means for the US | Patient arrested after firing shots in NYC hospital | 60% of COVID-19 spread may come from asymptomatic cases | States ranked by COVID-19 shots in arms

January 7, 2021

• 3 states have highest COVID-19 infection rates in world | DC hospitals treat 10 involved in Capitol riot | Fired physicians win $10.6M award against Tenet | Study: Patients would pay $2,607 more for hospital with extra quality star

January 6, 2021

• UK variant found in Ga. | South African strain may resist antibody drugs | Chief nursing exec takes reins at RI hospital | Kaiser hospital outbreak infects 60 staff | COVID-19 'long haulers' identify 205 virus symptoms

January 5, 2021

• UK variant hits New York: 5 updates | LA officials to paramedics: Don't transport patients with low survival chances | Houston Methodist offers $500 to staff who get vaccine | CDC: Shortened quarantine may pose transmission risk

January 4, 2021

• UK variant in 3 states; South Africa strain deemed 'even more of a problem' | Police arrest Wis. pharmacist accused of damaging COVID-19 vaccines | 44 Kaiser staff infected, 1 dead from virus | W. Va. clinic mistakenly gives 42 patients antibody cocktail

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