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Missouri health system suffers financial downgrade from Fitch

Fitch Ratings has downgraded the financial outlook for Hannibal (Mo.) Regional Healthcare System amid uncertainty around the hospital group’s capital spending plans.

Union plans rally after strike by 15,000 Minnesota nurses

Members of the Minnesota Nurses Association plan to rally in downtown Minneapolis Nov. 2 to raise awareness about what they say is hospital executives’ refusal to address their concerns during contract bargaining.

UnityPoint spins off 3 Illinois hospitals to Carle Health

Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health signed a strategic affiliation agreement with Peoria, Ill.-based  UnityPoint Health – Central Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health.

Microsoft partners with healthcare software company to accelerate data analysis

Microsoft is partnering with healthcare software company Sophia Genetics to accelerate research and data analysis.

Microsoft partners with healthcare software company to accelerate data analysis

Microsoft is partnering with healthcare software company Sophia Genetics to accelerate research and data analysis.

2 ways private practices can best recruit talent

Physicians have been struggling with changes to the workforce throughout COVID-19, with recruitment becoming more difficult for practices. The American Medical Association has suggested two ways that private practices can best recruit talent: 

How Grady Memorial and the city of Atlanta are adjusting after Wellstar closure

Less than 24 hours after Wellstar Atlanta Medical Center closed its doors, making Grady Memorial Hospital Atlanta’s only level 1 trauma center, the hospital — and its city — are drafting plans to accommodate more patients. 

5 things ASC leaders should know about long COVID-19 cases

Long COVID-19 cases, defined as suffering from COVID-19 symptoms for three months or longer, are more prevalent in women than men, according to an Oct. 31 report from CNBC based on U.S. Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics data. 

Munson Healthcare names new COO, new chief of human resources

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare named Laura Glenn as COO and appointed Shelley Spencer as chief human resources officer.

Volunteer Surgery Center celebrates 1 year, plans to open medical office building

Volunteer Surgery Center in Talbott, Tenn., owned by Tennova Healthcare and the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, is celebrating one year of operation, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Citizen Tribune.