More than 23,000 cheerleaders may have been exposed to mumps at a national cheerleading competition that took place in Dallas last month, as one of the participants has reportedly come down with the virus, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia.
Hundreds of Canadian doctors and medical students have signed a petition to protest their planned pay raises, saying the money should instead go toward improving working conditions and helping patients.
Health care organizations are trying to increase the diversity of their C-suite, but minorities are still significantly underrepresented—and one minority physician argues that speaking out about discrimination "can be a killer professionally," Shelby Livingston writes for Modern Healthcare.
Walt Disney last week announced a $100 million, five-year initiative to "transform the patient experience" at children's hospitals worldwide—beginning with Texas Children's Hospital.
Some hospitals and health systems will see significant savings under the lower corporate tax rate in the recently enacted tax reform law, but other hospitals and health systems could be at a disadvantage—depending on whether they are for-profit or nonprofit, their debt load, and several other factors.
Intermountain launches a new hospital—'without a building or walls'; the top 5 health care systems, according to nearly 300 health executives, and more.
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