The District of Columbia has the highest rate of patients who left hospital emergency departments without being seen at 6%, CMS data showed. CMS’ “Timely and Effective Care” dataset, updated April 30, ...

More physicians are retiring, and hospital leaders are focused on how to preserve institutional knowledge for younger generations. “The idea of physicians retiring is relatively new,” Syed Raza, MD, ...

Physicians and other clinician faculty members at West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., have voted to unionize. Four notes: 1. The clinicians are ...

Time released its second annual Time100 Health list May 8, highlighting the 100 most influential individuals in health. Five things to know: 1. For the list, Time reporters and editors, with guidance ...

Amid a flurry of recent developments surrounding disruptions to federally funded biomedical research, it has been difficult to estimate the full scope of the cuts. A new analysis adds some clarity, ...

Nearly half of Generation Z workers would take a pay cut if it meant more opportunities for upward mobility, according to a May 8 LinkedIn News post. LinkedIn surveyed 4,060 U.S. professionals between ...

Hospital leaders are not only seeking nurses — they are seeking nurses for today’s workforce realities. At Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing in St. Louis, that means making significant ...

Misty Robertson, DNP, RN, was appointed CEO of Blue Mountain Hospital District, consisting of a 25-bed hospital located in John Day, Ore., and a 40-bed care center in Prairie City, Ore. Dr. Robertson ...

Final designs and plans for an estimated $400 million HealthPartners hospital in Stillwater, Minn., were approved by the Stillwater City Council on May 6. Four notes: 1. A groundbreaking for the ...

Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth has expanded its 15-year partnership with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee. The health system will serve as a national medical center for athletes who live and ...

The first week of May saw two health system mergers finalized — including one nearly a decade in the making — while another deal was called off: ...

Cameron Hernandez, MD, has been appointed president and COO of Mount Sinai Queens in New York City. Dr. Hernandez has served as the hospital’s executive director and COO since 2021, according to an ...