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  • CNOs, Here’s How to Prepare for ICE Agents in Hospitals

    Currently, health systems are required to allow ICE agents into general areas that are open to the public, such as lobbies, waiting areas, and other public areas. ICE agents can be barred from entering clearly distinguished and enforced private areas, such as treatment rooms, inpatient units, offices, and any space closed to the public.

  • New Rural Rotation Program Exposes Medical Residents to Rural Medicine

    Minneapolis-based Hennepin Healthcare, which includes a 484-bed academic medical center, is sending emergency medicine and psychiatry residents on a month-long rotation to Sanford Health Bemidji in northern Minnesota. The rural rotation is designed to give residents experience in living and working in a rural setting.

  • Doctors Train AI on Preventing Heart Attacks

    An AI tool that can detect inflammation in the coronary artery could help clinicians diagnose heart disease much earlier, even decades before the patient shows any outward signs of distress.

  • Survey: Physician Appointment Wait Times Surge 19% since 2022

    On average, AMN’s 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times found that it takes 31 days to schedule doctors’ appointments in 15 of the nation’s largest cities. That’s an increase of 19% (26 days) since 2022, and 48% (21 days) since 2004 in cities with the nation’s highest per capita concentrations of doctors.

  • Get a Handle on Patient Flow at Your Hospitals

    Like many health systems across the country, Carilion Clinic is grappling with patient volumes that stretch bed capacity. Under these circumstances, managing patient flow and patient transfers into and out of the health system are crucial.