Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara (Brooke Holland photo) The Santa Barbara Cottage Health Foundation received a $50 million donation, the single largest gift in Cottage’s 135-year history, from philanthropists Mary and Richard Compton, the hospital recently announced on Aug. 22. In total, the Comptons have donated $65 million to support medical excellence and innovation at
Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara (Brooke Holland photo) About 1-in-5 healthcare workers quit their job during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. But, despite common belief, the nursing shortage is actually not a symptom of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rather, it had been a creeping phenomenon for several