A chair with a name card for Ralph de la Torre, MD, chairman and CEO of Dallas-based Steward Health Care, sat empty Sept. 12 after he skipped the bipartisan Senate committee hearing he had been subpoenaed to attend.
Research is mounting against the common practices of prescribing thickened liquids, conducting spine implants for back pain and suspending blood pressure medicines before surgery, The New York Times reported Sept. 14.
Suicide rates continue to rise despite national suicide prevention strategies — and a lack of policy adoption may be at the root, KFF Health News reported Sept. 16.
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, has identified parental stress as an "urgent public health issue" in a 35-page advisory released Aug. 28.
The utilization of telehealth saw an increase in the West, Northeast and South in June, according to a new report from FAIR Health's Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker.
James Ross, BSN, president and CEO of Jackson-based West Tennessee Healthcare, died Sept. 12. He had been with the system for nearly 40 years.
After laying off about 1,000 employees in August, Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital has rehired some of its rehabilitation therapists, the Houston Chronicle reported Sept. 17.
Southwestern Health Resources, a 31-hospital joint venture, conducted a mass layoff affecting 129 employees on Sept. 10.
The proportion of board directors with CHRO experience at Russell 3000 companies grew following the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Aug. 30.
Remote employment is increasingly offered at health systems as a way to support telehealth visits, in-person caregivers and administrative work.