Registered nurses at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center and Miller Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Long Beach, Calif., and Alhambra (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center went on strike May 22, a union spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s. The one-day strike involved nearly…
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Mary Marshman, DNP, RN, will join VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Va., as chief nursing officer on July 20. Dr. Marshman has spent more than a decade in nursing leadership positions at several health systems. She currently serves as vice…
The Texas House of Representatives approved a bill on May 22 that seeks to prevent healthcare providers from changing a patient’s sex in medical records, outside of some exceptions, by levying fines of up to $25,000 per incident. If passed,…
Utah leads Medscape’s list of the top 10 telemedicine-friendly states. For the list, published May 23, Medscape analyzed six telehealth metrics across states: Medicaid reimbursement; remote patient monitoring and chronic care management; cross-state licensing; participation in state compacts; practice areas,…
As health systems adapt to shifting financial pressures and strategic imperatives, the country’s largest players are reshaping their footprints through bold mergers and portfolio overhauls. Organizations like Ascension and Community Health Systems have streamlined their operating models via strategic hospital…
In 2024, Tuscaloosa-based University of Alabama Medical Center’s radiology residency program was the most viewed radiology program on Freida, the American Medical Association’s residency and fellowship database. The database saw more than 32,000 views across 198 radiology residencies in 2024,…
An AI-powered software system has been trained to mimic radiologists’ eye movements as well as predict where a radiologist would likely look next, according to an April 21 in Scientific Reports. Here are four things to know about the technology:…
Reperio Health, the sole provider of instant-result at-home and onsite health screenings, reported on May 19 the successful closure of a $14 million funding round headed by Nashville-based Caduceus Capital Partners. This investment will accelerate the national rollout of Reperio’s…
While women’s representation in healthcare remains higher than in other industries, it has not substantially changed from 2020 to 2024, according to a May 19 report from McKinsey. The findings come from McKinsey’s “Women in the Workplace” reports in 2020…
Certified child life specialists at New York City-based Lerner Children’s Pavilion at Hospital for Special Surgery eliminated the need for sedation during almost 2,000 pediatric MRIs over an eight-year period. The achievement was presented at the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of…