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What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs?

Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true

Jul 03, 2023
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Clinicians Aren't Always to Blame for Medical Errors

Organizational culture plays a central role in patient safety

Jun 25, 2023
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What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health?

Panelists raise concerns about profits over patients, explore legislative solutions

Jun 20, 2023
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How Excessively Regulating Doctors Can Harm Patients

Rethinking maintenance of certification

Jun 17, 2023
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No Surprises Act Ruined 'Secret Sauce' of Envision, Expert Says

Law spurred on firm's unraveling, led to its bankruptcy, according to healthcare economist

Jun 16, 2023
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New AMA President Urges More Action on Substance Use Disorder, Mental Illness

Jesse Ehrenfeld is the association's first openly gay person in the job

Jun 14, 2023
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Opinion
A Manager's Perspective on Healthcare Unionization

Her response was not at all what I expected

Jun 11, 2023
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Residents, Fellows at Mass General Brigham Vote to Unionize

Vote comes even after a significant salary bump earlier this year

Jun 09, 2023
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Healthcare Mergers Need More Regulation and Oversight, Senators Told

Increased effort urged on anti-trust enforcement, data collection, and site-neutral payment

Jun 09, 2023
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Residency Application System Cuts Section on Hobbies and Interests

The change has prompted mixed reactions

Jun 06, 2023
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Workplace Harassment, Cyber Incivility High for Minority Groups in Academic Medicine

"Ongoing efforts to transform culture are necessary," researchers urge

Jun 06, 2023
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Opinion
Why Urgent Care Is More Urgent Than Ever

These facilities support our overburdened system

May 31, 2023
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Addressing Burnout in an Invisible Part of the Health Workforce

PH-HERO program aims to battle stresses faced by state public health departments

May 30, 2023
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Pot Harms Unborn Kids; 1.6M Excess Deaths in Black Americans; Health Worker Shortage

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by MedPage Today staff

May 17, 2023
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