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RVUs surpass quality in physician bonuses | 51 top Magnet hospitals | Sanford buys physician group | HCA's AI-backed safety strategy | FDA taps 9 drugs for fast-track review

October 17, 2025 1. RVUs surpass quality in physician bonuses Full story 2. The only 51 hospitals to earn Magnet's top honor Full story 3. Heart, kidney + metabolic risks often overlap. Align care teams with this guide: here. 4.…

Emergent ED visits on the rise | Jefferson to lay off 650 | How Novant cut sepsis mortality in half | Va. system, university pitch new med school | CMS walks back Medicare payment pause

Emergent ED visits rise | Layoffs at Jefferson | Va. pitches new med school October 16, 2025 1. Divide grows between urgent, emergent ED visits: Vizient Full story 2. Jefferson Health to lay off nearly 700 Full story 3. CEOs…

Hospitals brace for unique virus season | Wash. hospitals halt H-1B hires | A medical 1st at VCU Health | Stanford hospital to lay off pharmacists | New Fla. AMC taps clinical chief

New virus season challenges, H-1B hiring freeze in Wash., Stanford trims workforce October 15, 2025 1. Hospitals brace for turbulent virus season Full story 2. UW Medicine, Fred Hutch pause H-1Bs, citing $100K fee Full story 3. World Stroke Day webinar:…

Joint Commission adds staffing as quality standard | How the CNO role is evolving | Ala. healthcare high school breaks ground | Kaiser adds 7,600 clinicians amid strike | Intermountain grows kidney transplant program

New Joint Commission goal, CNO role shifts & major strike news October 14, 2025 1. 'Defining moment' for nursing: Joint Commission recognizes staffing as quality component Full story 2. Nurse leaders in their own words: How the CNO role is…

What's driving physicians to the CEO role? | 338 hospitals with lowest CLABSI rates | Measles outbreaks grow across 2 states | LA hospital CNO to retire | Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed

October 13, 2025 1. What's driving physicians to the CEO role: McKinsey survey Full story 2. 338 hospitals with the lowest CLABSI rates Full story 3. Build trust, cut friction, boost performance. The 3-part model leaders are using here. 4.…

NCLEX pass rates by state | CDC's flu season forecast: 4 notes | Sentara debuts APP onboarding program | What's going on with Calif. hospitals? | States ranked by patients with no personal physician

October 10, 2025 1. Average NCLEX pass rate, by state Full story 2. CDC flu season forceast: What to know Full story 3. Sentara rolls out APP onboarding program Full story 3. Reduce bad debt from coverage churn. Revise your hospital…

Nurse career ladder saves AdventHealth $48M | Shutdown disrupts transplant network | 5 GLP-1 updates | Northwell's model to expand pediatric mental health | AMCs push to protect research

October 9, 2025 1. AdventHealth saves $47.5M with redesigned nurse career ladder Full story 2. Organ transplant network faces disruption amid shutdown Full story 3. How Cleveland Clinic is building a health system for the future — here. 4. 5 GLP-1…

Specialties with highest attrition rates | Leaders split on new quality measure | Calif. hospital at risk of closure | 8 predictors of RN burnout | New model measures nursing's ROI

October 8, 2025 1. Physicians with the highest attrition rates: Study Full story 2. 5 leaders consider new benchmark for hospital quality Full story 3. Ardent Health is all in on hospital-grade wearables. Learn why here. 4. 8 predictors of…

MGB's plan to curb ED boarding amid virus season | 7 C. auris risk factors: Study | Fla. physician group files for bankruptcy | Johns Hopkins debuts drug shortage tracker | 10 top children's hospitals: US News

October 7, 2025 1. Mass General Brigham's plan to limit ED boarding during virus season Full story 2. 7 risk factors associated with clinical C. auris infections: Study Full story 3. CEOs of Cleveland Clinic, Providence & CommonSpirit take center stage…

Physician expenses top $1M: 4 notes | CDC OKs new COVID, MMRV shot guidance | Shutdown halts Iowa system's RN union vote | Cedars-Sinai taps CMO | A medical 1st at Children's Atlanta

October 6, 2025 1. Expenses per physician top $1.1M, up 15% in 2 years: 4 notes Full story 2. Shutdown postpones UnityPoint Health nurse union vote Full story 3. Invest in patient safety and caregiver confidence. Stryker's SurgiCount+ system with…