Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
More Health Care Leaders Plan To Leave Jobs This Year, Survey Shows
More healthcare leaders are planning to leave聽their organizations in the next year, according to a survey from B.E. Smith, a member of staffing group AMN Healthcare, which focuses on leadership positions.聽The survey of 588 healthcare leaders, ranging from managers to C-suite executives, shows that 46% of respondents intend to leave their organizations within the next 12 months, compared with 41% in 2024.聽(DeSilva, 3/24)
Yale New Haven Health is restructuring operations and consolidating management and administrative roles. The restructure will affect inpatient and ambulatory operations. Most of the affected employees will be transitioned to new roles at Yale New Haven, but up to 38 people could be laid off from the health system, Director of Public Relations Dana Marnane said in a statement. (Hudson, 3/24)
Health systems are trying to steer clear of the Trump administration as it targets diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Some providers are removing DEI language from their annual reports, rethinking titles for leaders and updating programs. Others are still assessing their response. There may not be one right answer, particularly for healthcare, which finds itself particularly reliant on federal funding. (Hudson, 3/24)
Pointing to opportunities to conduct research and serve an aging population, Florida State University this week will seek approval to issue $413.9 million in bonds to build a hospital in Panama City Beach. The State University System鈥檚 Board of Governors will be asked Wednesday to sign off on the bonds, after the Florida State University Board of Trustees meets earlier in the day on the issue. (Saunders, 3/24)
The third Friday in March is when med school grads learn where they will start their careers as residents. Often they extend their careers in the same area, although Florida trails other large states in such retention. (Brown, 3/24)
Rising neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) capacity was not tied to lower infant mortality, a large cross-sectional study in the U.S. suggested. From 1991 to 2020, total adjusted neonatologists per 1,000 live births increased 227%, from 0.44 to 1.44, while NICU beds per 1,000 live births rose 48%, from 5.43 to 8.02, respectively, reported researchers led by Gwenyth Gasper, MS, of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, New Hampshire. (Henderson, 3/24)
