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Walgreens rolls out gene, cell therapy services

Walgreens is expanding its specialty pharmacy offerings, including gene and cell therapy services, the company said April 25. 

Indiana Hospital Association president to step down

Brian Tabor plans to step down from his role as president of the Indiana Hospital Association.

OU Health cancer center expands across state

Oklahoma City-based OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is expanding to the northeastern part of the state.

Why Americans skip primary care visits: 6 new findings

The majority of U.S. adults say they’ve had a recent annual physical exam, but among those who haven’t, scheduling issues were the most common barrier, according to new survey findings from U.S. News and World Report. 

Advocate to sell remote monitoring company it bought for $290M

Advocate Aurora Health, now part of Advocate Health, plans to sell a remote patient monitoring company it acquired for $290.7 million.

Nurses respond to noncompete ban

Contract provisions that stick nurses with the cost of training programs if they leave or are terminated before their contracts are up will largely be prohibited under the Federal Trade Commission’s April 23 ruling to ban noncompete agreements — a deci…

Mass General Brigham: Generative AI not 'best of both worlds' yet

More than half of patient portal messages written by artificial intelligence did not require any further editing, but the messages that did posed a risk to patients, according to Mass General Brigham researchers.

Tenet Healthcare must face Facebook lawsuit

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare has to face a class-action lawsuit claiming its patient portal shared data with Facebook and other third-party companies, Bloomberg Law reported.

NYU Langone performs 1st-ever heart pump, pig kidney transplant surgery

New York City-based NYU Langone Health performed the first combined mechanical heart pump and organ transplant surgery and implanted the second gene-edited pig kidney in the world.

Epic says it rarely loses customers

EHR vendor Epic Systems broke ground on its newest campus and is continuing to grow its workforce and customers, The Cap Times reported April 25.