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Noah Schwartz – Monday, November 27th, 2023 Healthcare has long been a favored target of philanthropists, and in most cases, the process is smooth; a new hospital wing is built and named in honor of the donor. However, with millions of dollars changing hands, sometimes donations aren’t as simple as signing a check. In November,

Alexis Kayser (Email For decades, hard skills have dominated the CEO search. In the post-pandemic world, recruiters are digging for something softer, Fortune reported Nov. 16. The corner office once felt impenetrable to many employees. “CEO” conjures images of Steve Jobs-like leaders: admirable for their brilliance, but famously egotistical and unapproachable, according to the publication.

Giles Bruce The shift to virtual care isn’t being enabled by technology or patient preference as much as the lack of primary care physicians, Politico reported Nov. 26. For primary care these days, most patients can expect “routine visits with a rotating cast of nurses and physician assistants with increasingly spare and online checkups with

Kelly Gooch – 2 days ago The U.S. has avoided a recession so far, in part due to a robust healthcare job market, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 26. Seven things to know: 1. Overall, the U.S. added 150,000 jobs in October, largely driven by healthcare, government, and leisure and hospitality, according to the

Alexis Kayser (Email) – Wednesday, November 15th, 2023 In recent months, multiple health systems have named executives who already lead a region or facility to a second, dual role within the enterprise. Frequently, the system stacks leadership of a second hospital atop an existing hospital president’s or CEO’s duties. Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care named Nkem

Money talks. The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation. Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and cardiologists can weigh into medical students’ decisions about which field to choose. Plus, the system that Medicare and

— Can’t we improve primary care and emergency department visits so more patients go there instead? by Fred Pelzman, MD, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today November 20, 2023 Fred Pelzman is an associate professor of medicine at Weill Cornell, and has been a practicing internist for nearly 30 years. He is medical director of Weill Cornell

— Huge amounts are spent, but it does little to help patients by Markian Hawryluk, KFF Health News November 19, 2023 The U.S. spends huge amounts of money on healthcare that does little or nothing to help patients, and may even harm them. In Colorado, a new analysis shows that the number of tests and

Publish date: November 6, 2023 By Batya Swift Yasgur, MA, LSW What’s in a day’s work? For doctors, it’s typically a mix of seeing patients and completing paperwork and follow-up. Often it extends well past the standard workday. Dennis Hursh, JD, managing partner of Physician Agreements Health Law, a Pennsylvania-based law firm that represents physicians,