The number of joint MD/MBA degree programs at universities has ballooned from just five or six in the late 1990s to 65 in present times, according to a New York Times report.
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Natalie Demers, a technician, has filed a state lawsuit against UNC Hospitals and UNC Health Care, alleging that the Durham, N.C.-based system paid a male counterpart 16 percent more for performing the same job, according to a Herald Sun report.…
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Hospitals and Clinics and Anthem Blue Cross of California were unable to agree to a new contract, forcing the academic medical center out of the health insurer's network as of Sept. 1, according to a Palo…
Stanford (Calif.) Hospital & Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have reached a new three-year contract agreement with its employees represented by the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union, according to a Stanford Hospital & Clinics…
Healthcare reform has drawn a great deal of attention toward bending the cost curve in healthcare, and the Affordable Care Act introduces a number of new programs and initiatives that aim to achieve this. Value-based purchasing, accountable care organizations, bundled…
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A preliminary settlement to resolve a federal lawsuit against N.C. Baptist Hospital would provide each of the primary plaintiffs with $4,000 in compensation, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report. The five plaintiffs who would receive $4,000 were those who introduced…
Amidst mass state budget cuts affecting numerous hospitals in New Hampshire, St. Joseph Hospital laid off 44 people and eliminated several vacant positions, according to a Nashua Telegraph report.
Due to drug shortages, 52 percent of hospital supply chain employees and pharmacists have been forced to buy drugs from the "gray market," according to ISMP research.
Voluntary overtime and the degree of "sprains and strains," such as back injuries, could affect nurse turnover as the country grapples with a nursing shortage, according to a study published in Journal of Advanced Nursing.
Baptist Hospital East in St. Matthews, Ky., will perform tubal ligations and other reproductive services that University Hospital in Louisville, Ky., will no longer be able to offer once it merges with Catholic health systems, according to a Courier Journal…