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Basic steps to protect a practice against employee embezzlement

Jul 20 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Medical practices can make it harder for employees to embezzle money with these basic steps

With the median annual loss of nearly $450,000 due to theft many practices have plenty of room for…

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Jul 20 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Here's a look at where clinicians are flocking to new jobs and what practice settings they prefer

With metropolitan areas still popular regions for doctors and nurses, rural hospitals face…

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Hospitals set to buy more medical transcription tools

Jul 17 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals gearing up to deploy more medical transcription tools

Growing digital transformation, as well as increasing adoption of web-based services over conventional analog devices, is…

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Racial, gender disparities in Boston hospital leadership echo national trends

Jul 16 | Beth Jones Sanborn

Racial, gender disparities in Boston hospital executives echo national trends in diversity and wage gap

New research found that 80 percent of the 103 clinical department heads at six major…

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Burnout less likely at smaller practices

Jul 09 | Jeff Lagasse

Physician burnout at small practices dramatically lower than the national average

The authors say it's the first research of its kind that examines the prevalence of burnout in…

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New executives galore at hospitals in June

Jul 09 | Jeff Lagasse

Hospitals, health systems add to C-suites in June; several new CEOs hired

Along with CEOs, many chief operating officers and chief nursing officers were also hired, making for a busy month.

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73 percent of health leaders report burnout

Jul 03 | Jeff Lagasse

Almost three-quarters of healthcare leaders feel some degree of burnout, survey finds

Of 1,750 healthcare leaders, 45 percent said they felt "burned out," while 28 percent said…

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St. Louis children’s hospital to give nurses summers off

Jul 02 | Jeff Lagasse

Nursing shortage prompts St. Louis children's hospital to offer summers off

The lax summer months affords the facility an opportunity to experiment with the staffing option, and it hopes to…

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Jun 29 | Jeff Lagasse

How disparate EHR systems, lack of interoperability contribute to physician stress, burnout

The evolution of the patchwork EHR landscape has been complex, and one expert traces the problem…

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Jun 29 | Susan Morse

Harvard Pilgrim CEO Eric Schultz resigns, citing behavior inconsistent with core values

The insurer is releasing little information as it names a new president.

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