Here are the developments that marked the last week in healthcare, handpicked by Becker's editors. To receive curated articles like this in your inbox daily, sign up for the Hospital Review newsletter here.
- When AtlantiCare's decision to adjust on-call pay met resistance, CEO Michael Charlton spent time on the night shift: "It's 1:35 [a.m.]. I'm thinking, 'This is terrible. I usually get up at 4 a.m. or 4:30 a.m. and get ready for work.' Then it hits me: If I really got called in, I'd be doing a case right now. ... I got to understand those big giant buildings. It takes a lot to keep them running 24/7."
- A federal judge denied the Federal Trade Commission's request to bar Novant Health from acquiring two North Carolina hospitals from Community Health Systems until its appeal is resolved.?
- There has been an uptick in aggressive, late-stage and rare cancers since the pandemic, and some point to COVID-19 as a possible link to the increase.
- These health systems are doubling down on value-based care. Learn how — and why — here.
- Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University told staff it plans to lay off at least 500 employees, citing financial issues.?
- Sister Diane Marie McGrew, president of OSF HealthCare in Peoria, Ill., died after a five-year battle with ovarian and uterine cancers. She was 57.
- Health system tech leaders get real about AI. Watch the discussion — here.
- Members of the Oregon Nurses Association are set to begin a three-day strike June 18 at six Providence facilities in what the union deems the largest nurses' strike in the state's history.
- Dozens of health system executives traveled to the White House to discuss public health and hospital-based strategies to address gun violence in the U.S.?
- Nonprofit hospital margins hit 4.3% in April, up 33% year over year, according to analysis by Kaufman Hall. The top-performing hospitals had a margin of 28.9%.
- Few health systems harness their clinical teams' full potential. Learn how to change that here.
