New Cerner CEO Dr. David Feinberg, who took the helm as company CEO on Oct. 1, sent an email to staff Thursday informing them about the upcoming layoffs, a Cerner spokesperson confirmed to Modern Healthcare.
OSHA officials have threatened to take over three states’ workplace safety programs because they failed to adopt emergency COVID-19 rules to protect healthcare workers.
Scientists are monitoring the delta-related variant — known as AY.4.2. — to see if it might spread more easily or be more deadly than previous versions of the coronavirus.
Kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group.
A federal judge denied a request by several employees at the largest hospital system in Massachusetts for an injunction to block the company from placing them on unpaid leave for violating the system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
As enrollment in Medicare Advantage grows, there will be hard questions about how plans are paid for their services, said Jonathan Blum, a top CMS official.
Just over 1 percent of Beaumont Health System's workforce, or 370 of its roughly 33,000 workers, were suspended this week for not receiving the COVID vaccine, the system says.
Tenet Healthcare generated about $450 million in net income to shareholders in the quarter ended Sept. 30, up from an almost $200 million net loss in the prior-year period.
