The House passed a short-term spending bill Sept. 1 that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11 and temporarily block a proposed federal grant rule that drew concerns from the American Hospital Association. The continuing resolution passed 370-48 after…
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In this episode, Jeffrey P. Gold, MD, President, University of Nebraska System, discusses workforce development and retention, healthcare headwinds, precision medicine and the growing role of AI in improving care. He also shares his vision for earlier disease detection, expanding…
Fewer hospitals and health systems are conducting full board evaluations than a decade ago, even as governance demands on the industry intensify, according to an August report from Spencer Stuart. Here are five things to know: 1. Only 51% of…
Several fields common in hospital and health system leaders and employees — including pharmacy and medical technicians — rank among the 30 majors with the highest unemployment rates, according to an Aug. 29 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws…
Nurse fatigue is “not a personal failing but a predictable outcome of system failure,” the American Nurses Association said in a position statement that calls fatigue a shared responsibility but said employers must take the lead. The Silver Spring, Md.-based…
Amy Lee has served as president of Nantucket (Mass.) Cottage Hospital, part of Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham, since October 2022. She leads a hospital where dramatic seasonal shifts in population affect everything from staffing and housing to capacity and…
Joplin, Mo.-based Freeman Health System named Kory Browning market president for Northwest Arkansas. Mr. Browning, who serves as CEO of Freeman Health System–Springdale (Ark.) Medical Center, had been interim market president since June 14, according to a Sept. 1 health…
Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Health Care plans to lay off 95 employees, a spokesperson for the system said in a Sept. 1 statement shared with Becker’s. Affected employees will remain on the payroll with benefits until Nov. 2. The layoffs…
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based John Muir Health has shared plans to lay off 75 employees, or approximately 1% of the system’s workforce. The layoffs mainly affect leadership positions, administrative services employees and those that do not provide direct patient care, according…
For most of healthcare’s history, language access and patient experience have traveled on parallel tracks. One evolved into a strategic discipline with executive sponsorship, dedicated budgets, sophisticated measurement systems, and direct ties to quality and reimbursement. The other evolved primarily…