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23 celebrities with Crohn's disease

Crohn’s disease, a type of inflammatory bowel disease that causes inflammation of the tissues in the digestive tract, impacts over half a million Americans every year, including a number of well-known celebrities and figureheads. 

HCA Healthcare named top workplace in Colorado

Denver-based HCA Healthcare’s Continental Division/HealthONE, a healthcare network with several ASCs, has been named one of the top workplaces in Colorado for 2023, according to a May 3 report from The Denver Post. 

Hammes breaks ground on 48,000-square-foot Arizona medical office building

Healthcare real estate developer Hammes has broken ground on a 48,000-square-foot medical office building in Buckeye, Ariz.

New U of Miami Health System medical office building to create 450 jobs

The University of Miami Health System is developing a 363,000-square-foot medical office building that plans to hire 450 physicians, nurses, technicians and support staff, according to a May 2 report from Miami Today News.

ChatGPT fails practice ophthalmology board exams: Study

Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT correctly answered less than half of practice questions from ophthalmology board certification examinations, according to a study published April 27 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

SSM Health to build orthopedic, ophthalmology ASC

Madison, Wis.-based SSM Health plans to build an ASC that would replace a standalone emergency room, the Wisconsin State Journal reported May 3.

'Still around, just different': What private practice may look like 10 years from now

Private practices continue to operate in an environment full of consolidation and economic uncertainty, but how will these conditions and more alter their future?

Surgery Partners' megadeal spree: 3 things to know

Healthcare services company Surgery Partners spent just under $250 million on ASC acquisitions in 2022, and the company has no plans on slowing its growth in 2023.

Surgery Partners acquires Kansas spine hospital

Nashville, Tenn. -based Surgery Partners has acquired Kansas Spine & Specialty Hospital in Wichita, Kan.

Conjunctivitis a symptom of new COVID-19 strain

Conjunctivitis, commonly known as pink eye, may be a symptom of the new strain of COVID-19, The Charlotte Observer reported May 2.