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Kaiser med school graduates inaugural class
Kaiser Permanente’s medical school in Pasadena, Calif., recently graduated its inaugural class of students.
Baylor Scott & White, Select Medical closing Texas rehab facility, laying off nurses
Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health and Mechanicsburg, Pa.-based-Select Medical are closing a co-owned rehabilitation clinic in Flower Mound, Texas, resulting in the termination of 78 employees.
Providence expands critical care access in Portland with $177M investment
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is upgrading its emergency care and critical cardiac care in Portland, Ore., with a $177 million investment.
FDA approves self-collection HPV screening test
The FDA approved a human papillomavirus self-collection test that can be gathered in private rooms in primary care offices, urgent care clinics and pharmacies, The Washington Post reported May 15.
Epic to add data tool for personalized medicine
Epic plans to launch a new personalized care data tool this summer, according to Wis Business News.
Corewell Health's operating income down in Q1
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Corewell Health posted an operating income of $65.7 million in the first quarter of 2024, down from $102 million posted over the same period last year, according to the system’s May 14 financial report.
Steward Louisiana hospital's CMS status restored
The Louisiana Department of Health has restored the CMS status of West Monroe, La.-based Glenwood Regional Medical Center, part of financially troubled Dallas-based Steward Health Care, and deemed it in compliance with the state DOH’s relevant requirem…
California system has trouble selling hospitals
Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health’s attempt to get out of a deal to acquire three Connecticut hospitals from Los Angeles-based Prospect Medical Holdings has Pennsylvania legislators concerned about Prospect’s ability to close a deal in their state, WHYY re…
4 cancer vaccine developments in 4 months
More centers are testing the effectiveness of vaccines on a range of cancers.
Adena Health hit with False Claims lawsuit
A recently unsealed federal lawsuit is accusing Chillicothe, Ohio-based Adena Health System of performing unnecessary heart surgeries and filing false claims.
