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Nurses attempting to return to work Sept. 14 were met by Troy Branstetter, the hospital’s vice president of general services, and told they could not return because of the lockout.

“Instead of addressing the staffing needs … HPH/Kapi’olani have chosen to make the problems worse by locking out local nurses and bringing in underqualified replacement workers from the mainland,”

Whether interacting with patients or colleagues, healthcare providers should strive to demonstrate empathy, respect, and professionalism from the outset.

“You could definitely roll out a program like this and have a lot of resistance and reluctance because it’s not clearly understood what the intention behind it is.”

Jakob Emerson – Becker’s Hospital Review A federal lawmaker investigating pharmacy benefit managers is accusing top executives from CVS Health, Cigna Group and UnitedHealth Group of making false statements during a committee hearing in July. On Aug. 28, Rep. James Comer, chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, called on three PBM executives

Kelly Gooch – Becker’s Hospital Review Financial challenges were the second-most pressing concern for hospital CEOs in 2023, according to the American College of Healthcare Executives’ annual survey of top issues confronting hospitals. The latest survey, published in January, marked the second consecutive year that hospital CEOs have ranked workforce challenges, financial challenges, and behavioral

Laura Dyrda (Twitter) Becker’s Health IT The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alongside the FDA and Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center released a new warning Aug. 28 about Iran-based ransomware attacks against U.S.-based entities, including healthcare organizations. The warning details cyber actors from Iran, including Pioneer Kitten, UNC757, Parasite, Rubidium and Lemon Sandstorm, using

— To compete with big health systems, small providers have to get bigger, expert says by Joyce Frieden , Washington Editor, MedPage Today WASHINGTON — What is driving consolidation in healthcare? The answer is: consolidation, Erin Fuse Brown, JD, MPH, said Tuesday. “If all of the other competitors in the market are getting bigger, then

Alexandra Frost – MDedge Pediatrics Fevers? Vomiting? Fussiness? How to manage the first night home from the hospital? These are just a few of the hundreds of questions from parents that Atlanta, Georgia–based pediatric nurses Jennifer Walker and Laura Hunter answered well into the night. It was the mid-1990s, and theirs was the only practice