A proposal to implement mandatory nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in Massachusetts failed during this year's midterm elections on Nov. 6, according to WBUR.
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Expanding Medicaid eligibility in Oregon with a lottery system improved voter turnout in 2008 by 7 percent overall, according to research from Boston-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
On the heels of a lawsuit accusing him of killing his wife, nursing executive William Gamba, DNP, RN, is no longer employed by Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton, Calif., according to multiple news reports.
The American Hospital Association urged the Trump administration to find alternatives to tariffs that will affect healthcare, particularly tariffs on medical equipment and products imported from China.
While medical and science professionals have typically avoided throwing their hats in the ring by running for political office, more than 450 candidates with backgrounds in technology, science, engineering and math are running for federal and state office during the…
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Penn Medicine and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, both in Philadelphia, are joining together to create a leadership program for healthcare executives, the organizations announced Oct. 29.
Rather than crowning one city as the next home of Amazon's second headquarters, the e-commerce giant plans to split the headquarters between two locations, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Kaiser Permanente Colorado, the state's largest insurer, is laying off about 200 employees after unveiling financial struggles, The Denver Post reported.
Nurses at Lakewood, Wash.-based Western State Hospital signed a letter indicating they have "no confidence" in the psychiatric facility's nursing administration, according to a Northwest News Network report.
Several physicians, registered nurses and other healthcare professionals are running for office at the local, state and federal levels during the midterm elections Nov. 6.