Erica Carbajal

Chicago

Editor @beckershr At-large SPJ board member. Former President @spjonadepaul. Former broadcast reporter at Good Day DePaul. Retweets ≠ endorsements

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FDA layoffs stall new drug development: 5 notes

6 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Erica Carbajal

Arkansas has become the first state to ban pharmacy benefit managers from owning pharmacies after Gov.
Cleveland Clinic to build new hospital in Vietnam: 5 notes

6 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Erica Carbajal

Cleveland Clinic has partnered with Vinmec Healthcare System in Vietnam to build a new hospital in the country. The two organizations plan to break ground on the Vinmec Can Gio International General Hospital in August. Vinmec is a nonprofit healthcare system operating nine hospitals and four clinics in Vietnam. It is owned by Vingroup, one of the country’s largest private conglomerates.
Healthcare advocacy takes on newfound prominence - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

6 days ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Erica Carbajal

Leaders in healthcare sit in a unique space, with a keen understanding of the complex funding mechanisms that support healthcare delivery and education. At a time of heightened economic and political uncertainty, hospital and health system leaders are leveling up advocacy efforts to make clear to elected officials the repercussions cuts to Medicaid, research funding and rising tariffs could have on healthcare operations and patient access.
Penn State hospital names chief medical officer - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Erica Carbajal

Joseph MacDonald, DO, became chief medical officer of Penn State Health Lancaster (Pa.) Medical Center April 7. Dr. MacDonald joins the Hershey, Pa.-based health system from UPMC, where he most recently served as chair of the department of medicine at UPMC Harrisburg. Over the course of his career, he has also served as president of the medical staff at UPMC Lititz and co-led hospitalist services across seven UPMC hospitals in Central Pennsylvania.
40% of nurses eye exit by 2029: 5 findings from NCSBN's new workforce report - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Erica Carbajal |Mariah (Handy) Taylor |Laura Dyrda |Kristin Kuchno

While the post-pandemic nursing workforce is showing signs of stabilizing, high levels of burnout, stress and dissatisfaction continue to threaten long-term workforce stability, according to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing’s biennial 2024 National Workforce Study. The report surveyed more than 800,000 nurses in the U.S. and is considered the largest, most comprehensive report on the state of the nursing workforce. Five key findings from the latest report:1.
2 health systems, Epic named in patient privacy lawsuit

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Naomi Diaz |Andrew Cass |Erica Carbajal

The University of Kansas Health System, Lawrence (Kan.) Memorial Hospital and Epic Systems are facing a class-action lawsuit after a physical therapist allegedly accessed the private medical records of more than 400 patients without authorization, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported April 16.
Eli Lilly 1st oral small-molecule GLP-1 caps late-stage trial

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alexandra Murphy |Paige Twenter |Erica Carbajal

Eli Lilly completed a phase 3 trial for its weight loss drug, orforglipron, which showed promising results in evaluating its safety and efficacy for adults with Type 2 diabetes and inadequate glycemic control. The once-daily oral GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly reduced blood sugar and body weight in adults with Type 2 diabetes and had a safety profile consistent with injectable therapies, according to an April 17 news release from the drugmaker.
Hospital leaders divided over 340B changes

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Alan Condon |Erica Carbajal |Kelly Gooch |Kristin Kuchno

Two leading voices in the hospital sector are offering sharply different perspectives on the implications of an April 15 executive order issued by President Donald Trump aimed at reducing drug prices, particularly through changes to the 340B drug pricing program. The 340B program is a cornerstone for many community-based hospitals and health systems, enabling them to stretch limited resources and provide essential care to uninsured and underinsured patients.
Tenet CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2024

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Andrew Cass |Erica Carbajal |Laura Dyrda

Dallas-based Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, was paid 406 times more than the health system’s median employee in 2024, according to a proxy statement filed April 11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 2024 annual total compensation of Tenet’s median-competed employee was $60,698. Dr. Sutaria’s total compensation was $24,661,553. Tenet identified the median compensated employee using total gross wages earned during calendar year 2024 for all employees who were employed for all of the year.
90% of sepsis patients may be overtreated: Study

1 week ago | beckershospitalreview.com | Mariah (Handy) Taylor |Mackenzie Bean |Erica Carbajal |Alexandra Murphy

A recent study found that up to 90% of sepsis patients may be overtreated. The study, published April 15 in Clinical Infectious Diseases and led by researchers from Brigham’s Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston, analyzed medical records of 600 randomly selected adults that were treated for suspected sepsis in seven emergency departments between 2019 and 2022. Here are four findings:1.