Getting ready for OR Manager Conference 2025: Dan Weberg on innovation, user-centered design
Editor’s Note: This page is a companion piece to the main article, How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference. Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, will be attending this year’s OR Manager Conference for the first time. OR Manager talked to him about…
How nurse leaders can drive healthcare innovation: Countdown to the 2025 OR Manager Conference
Much like the Blockbuster video store chain had a choice to innovate before the rise of streaming, Dan Weberg, PhD, MHI, RN, FAAN, thinks healthcare is at a similar crossroads. As an ER nurse turned educator, executive, and innovation expert, Dr Weberg sees the 4 million nurses nationwide as being…
CVS, Amazon make billion-dollar healthcare acquisition bids
Editor's Note CVS Health announced on Monday, September 5, that it entered into a definitive agreement with Signify Health, under which CVS will acquire Signify Health for approximately $8 billion (at $30.50 per share). The news comes on the heels of Amazon’s announcement on July 21 that it plans to…
Amazon shutting down its healthcare service
Editor's Note Amazon is shutting down Amazon Care by the end of the year, the August 24 Washington Post reports. Amazon Care was initially started as an internal healthcare offering for Amazon employees, but currently, it is available to employees of half a dozen corporate customers. Workers were told their healthcare…
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