Daily Briefing

Early-tenure nurses—particularly those under age 35—can be hard to hold onto, but a program launched by UnityPoint Health-Methodist | Proctor demonstrates how you can reduce turnover and strengthen your workforce in three steps, Advisory Board's Marisa Deline told Daily Briefing. More

Amazon has been meeting with AARP since 2015 to discuss a potential collaboration to develop health care technology for elderly people, though it's unclear exactly what could result, CNBC reports. More

President Trump on Friday signed into law a $1.3 trillion fiscal year (FY) 2018 omnibus spending bill that includes funding bumps for HHS and several of its agencies. More

NIH is in the midst of a large-scale precision medicine program to compile and analyze millions of people's genetic data—but some industry experts are raising concerns about the program's viability, and two health systems have returned money they were granted to participate in the initiative. More

There's an ongoing shortage of clinical injectable opioids, and providers say it's limiting them from treating severe, acute pain to the best of their ability. More

A new accounting standard significantly restricts what hospitals may report as bad debt—a change that Advisory Board's Robin Brand says will not only bring added complexity to health system accounting and financial reporting, but could also impact patient collection practices and revenue cycle performance measurement. More

Diners are saying auf wiedersehen to German food, there's a new(ish) stinkbug in town, and more. More

Phil Thrush, a pediatric cardiologist at Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, dressed as the "Star Wars" character to tell his patient—and "Star Wars" fan—that a transplant had become available, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Illinois, New York, and Rhode Island. More