A study at Stanford Medicine has found that nurse practitioners prescribe as safely as primary care physicians while caring for seniors. By Beth Duff-Brown Elderly patients are more likely to suffer adverse effects from inappropriate prescribing. A Stanford Medicine study has found that nurse practitioners and primary care physicians prescribe equally well for the senior […]
Mackenzie Bean (Twitter) – Becker’s Clinical Leadership On average, registered nurses’ workweeks were 84 minutes longer in 2022 than in 2018, federal data shows. The data comes from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, an annual poll conducted by the Health Resources and Services Administration and U.S. Census Bureau. The latest version of the
Molly Gamble (Twitter) Becker’s Hospital CFO Report Rural hospital closures picked up in 2023 and nearly 700 rural hospitals face continued risk of closing due to serious financial challenges, with some states facing critical conditions in the short term. The finding comes from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform’s latest report, “Rural Hospitals
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Erica Carbajal – Becker’s Hospital Review Accelerated biological aging may be a factor in rising cancer rates among younger adults, new findings from researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest. National data shows cancer diagnosis rates in people younger than 50 are rising. From 2000 to 2019, the rate among
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