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Moses Taylor Hospital CEO Justin Davis assumes leadership of second hospital as expansions across the system continue.

Latest round of negotiations between nurses and Allina Health ended on Tuesday with no agreement. The strike is set to start on Labor Day.

Ten out of the 14 positions studied saw salary increases over the past year, but some were more sizeable than others, and key positions such as nursing actually saw a drop.

Criminally indicted or convicted providers and physicians filed an estimated $600 million in liens against injured employees' claims for workers' compensation benefits between 2011 and 2015, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations and its Division of Workers' Compensation.

Nurses said health plan would have put too much burden for cost increases on nurses.

State officials claim that hiring new nurses is a crucial workforce concern for California, yet at least 2,000 recent nursing graduates like Russo remain in licensing limbo, with their applications taking as long as 24 weeks for the Board of Registered Nursing to process.

Karen DeSalvo, MD, revealed on Thursday that she is resigning as head of the National Coordinator for Health IT.

For the first time, most employers consider specialty pharmacy as the highest driver of healthcare costs.

Only medical and diagnostic laboratories, which lost 300 jobs, and residential mental health facilities, which lost 200 jobs, saw employment shrink in the month.

Comprehensive board orientation, planned retreats and an annual self-assessment are important to fostering a good relationship, execs say.