Peoria, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare has become the majority investor in Champaign, Ill.-based ASC Olympian Surgical Suites.
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10 best, worst states for mental healthcare
Seven of the 10 worst states in the U.S. for mental healthcare are in the South, while seven of the 10 best states in the U.S. for mental healthcare are in the East, according to a new Forbes Advisor study.
5 states where young people are moving: US News
Young people are on the move — but the states they’re choosing to call home aren’t urban epicenters like one might expect.
Iterative Health, Allied Digestive Health partner for clinical trial recruitment
Iterative Health, a gastroenterology medtech company, teamed up with West Long Branch, N.J. -based Allied Digestive Health to help with patient recruitment for inflammatory bowel disease clinical trials.
How the increase in Medicaid patients is affecting independent ASCs
ASCs in some areas of the country are experiencing an increase in publicly insured patients, changing the way they are able to meet margins.
Mayo Clinic goes global with data-sharing network
Mayo Clinic Platform, the data analytics and digital health arm of the Rochester, Minn.-based medical center, is going global and is expanding its reach to Brazil, Canada and Israel.
California hospital cutting length of patient stays in half using home-based care
Los Angeles General Medical Center’s home-based care program has cut patient stays by at least three days per patient, compared to the typical stay of around five days, LA Times reported May 5.
12 top healthcare companies by revenue
UnitedHealth Group is the top healthcare company by revenue, with the average revenue for the last four quarters hitting $333.5 billion.
Community Health Systems sued for data breach affecting 1 million
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is facing a lawsuit for a January data breach that compromised the protected health information of 1 million patients, Bloomberg Law reported May 4.
How Epic, Microsoft plan to use AI to answer patient inquiries
EHR vendor Epic Systems and Microsoft are training Azure OpenAI on a large collection of information so it can asynchronously draft responses to patient messages for providers, The Verona Press reported May 4.
