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Women narrow the breadwinner gap

Women earn the same or more than their husbands in nearly half of U.S. marriages, shattering households’ reliance on male “breadwinners,” Bloomberg reported April 13. 

AdventHealth building 4th full-service hospital in Kansas

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is building a $247 million, 98-bed hospital in Lenexa, Kan.

Where 20 health systems focus their digital health efforts

While health systems have adopted digital tools en masse, they use them in different ways.

Grocery chain giant Albertsons partners with Apple on new digital health platform

Grocery giant Albertsons is partnering with Apple to use data from the iPhone and Apple Watch on their recently launched Sincerely Health platform.

Avera St. Anthony's drops interim from CEO's title

Kayleen Lee will continue to serve as the CEO of Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill, Neb., according to an April 13 news release shared with Becker’s. 

Echo Real Estate acquires Illinois medical office building leased to Advocate

Echo Real Estate Capital has acquired a 7,550-square-foot medical office building in Morton Grove, Ill., according to an April 13 report from REJournals.

Former physician acquitted of patient deaths sues Trinity 

A former physician acquitted in the death of 14 patients is suing Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health for malicious prosecution, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s.

4 Stanford hospitals affected by third-party data breach

The protected health information of patients at four Stanford hospitals was compromised because of a data breach that affected the hospital’s behavioral and mental health service provider Brightline. 

Medtronic to lay off 59 employees

Medtronic is laying off 59 employees as the device maker closes a facility in California, MassDevice reported.

UNC affiliate to transfer ownership of long-term care, outpatient hospice units

Lumberton, N.C.-based UNC Health Southeastern is transitioning two of its business areas, seeking to sell a long-term care facility and transferring its current outpatient hospice program.