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What It’s REALLY Like to Hear the Words: “You Have Cancer”

Stacy Hurt, MHA, MBA - March 20, 2022

In any word association exercise, the word cancer is most often linked with death. Maybe two percent of outliers would say “tumor” or “sick”,...

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Richard Hatzfeld - May 23, 2025

Why the American healthcare sector should oppose plans for U.S. diplomatic withdrawal from Africa. Imagine it’s the mid-1990s and the U.S. has decided to pursue...

Staff Shortages. Baptist Health Highlights a Growing Issue in Healthcare

Robert Turner, Founding Editor - May 12, 2021

Baptist Health Systems in San Antonio is adopting a new strategy to attract healthcare workers. Upfront bonuses of up to 20K indicate the extent of a staffing issue healthcare faces

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