HCA Healthcare owns 2.5 percent of the ASC market and is one of the five largest chains in the industry.
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Ex-gubernatorial press secretary to lead marketing for Michigan health system
Megan Brown has been named chief marketing and communications officer of Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare.
The cost of attending a top primary care medical school in 2023
The University of Washington in Seattle was ranked the top medical school for primary care in 2023 and 2024 by U.S. News and World Report. Attending the university’s school of medicine will cost full-time, in-state students $53,112 a year.
What a study of emergency medicine physicians' tweets uncovered
An analysis of more than 198,000 tweets from emergency medicine physicians found an increase in language around anxiety, stress and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Specialties with largest, smallest gender pay gaps
Oral and maxillofacial surgery was the specialty with the largest pay disparity between male and female physicians in 2022, according to Physicians Thrive’s annual compensation report.
Erik Miller takes over as MedHQ president
Erik Miller has been named president and general manager of medtech company MedHQ.
ChatGPT grows to almost 1 billion monthly users
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot created by OpenAI, has become the fastest growing website, nearing 1 billion users a month.
How Intermountain cut antibiotic overprescribing
Intermountain Health reduced antibiotic prescribing in urgent care clinics by 15 percent after rolling out new stewardship initiatives, according to a study published May 11 in JAMA Network Open.
OCLI Vision adds Crossroads Eye Care Associates
Ophthalmology management organization OCLI Vision has acquired McMurray, Pa.-based Crossroads Eye Care Associates.
Orthopedic Outpatient Center to open Oregon ASC
The Orthopedic Outpatient Center is opening a 30,815-square-foot ASC and physical therapy suite in Medford, Ore., according to a May 11 report from the Daily Journal of Commerce.
