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Mayo Clinic data network names 8 founding health systems
Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic has named the eight founding members of a global data-sharing network that aims to tailor medical care with artificial intelligence.
AdventHealth hospital taps CFO
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth has named Jonathan Armstrong CFO of AdventHealth DeLand (Fla.).
Shuttered Illinois hospital assets to be auctioned off
All medical and nonmedical assets from shuttered St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley (Ill.) are set to be auctioned by Centurion Service Group, a medical equipment life-cycle company.
Top 15 specialty pharmacies by 2023 revenue
Two in five accredited specialty pharmacies are owned by hospitals and other healthcare providers, but the nation’s three biggest pharmacy benefit managers accounted for 67% of specialty pharmacy revenue in 2023, according to Drug Channels.
Best, worst small cities to start a business
Cedar City, Utah, was named the best small city to start a business, while most of the worst small cities for that purpose are in California, according to a WalletHub report published April 16.
North Dakota hospital settles EEOC racial harassment suit for $45K
A critical access hospital in North Dakota will pay $45,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of illegally discharging an African American employee after she reported racial harassment.
$100M Texas children's hospital set to open
Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s is set to open its $100 million Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, on May 1.
273 injuries, 14 deaths reportedly linked to heart device
Abbott and its subsidiary Thoratec Corp. warned customers of 13,883 heart devices after receiving reports of 273 injuries and 14 deaths related to blood flow obstructions.
HHS: Vaccines targeting bird flu strain that infected Texas resident underway
Vaccines are in development that target the bird flu strain that infected a Texas resident, an HHS official told Politico in an April 12 report. Earlier this month, state and federal officials confirmed a person in Texas who had worked on a dairy farm …
Idaho group adds providers, ENT practice from shuttered Saltzer Health
Boise, Idaho-based Primary Health Medical Group has added multiple providers and acquired an ear, nose and throat practice from Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health physician group that closed March 29.
