A Los Angeles area hospital operated by Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare is under investigation after the death of a woman in its care amid allegations of neglect, according to a March 3 report in The Guardian.
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Florida residents warned of brain-eating amoeba in tap water
Florida’s health department warned an area containing 200,000 people of Naegleria fowleri in Charlotte County’s tap water a week after a man died from infection of the brain-eating amoeba.
All theories on pandemic's origins still viable: WHO
No theory about the COVID-19 pandemic’s origins should be discounted at this stage of the global investigation, even as a new federal report suggests a laboratory leak may be the cause, the World Health Organization’s top official said March 3.
Cleveland Clinic finds first drug to treat statin-intolerant patients
Cleveland Clinic researchers discovered a treatment that can reduce cholesterol and heart attacks in statin-intolerant patients.
VillageMD acquires 30-location practice in Connecticut
VillageMD, which is majority owned by Walgreens, has acquired a 30-location medical group in Connecticut as it continues its rapid expansion around the country.
$900M Essentia hospital to open this summer
St. Mary’s Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., a $900 million Essentia Health project, is on track to open in the third quarter, according to the Duluth News Tribune.
Froedtert freezes hiring for certain positions
Milwaukee-based Froedtert Health has enacted a hiring freeze for some positions amid financial challenges, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported March 3.
Missouri hospital goes live with Epic
St. Joseph, Mo.-based Mosaic Life Care went live with its new Epic EHR system, local news outlet KQ2 reported March 5.
What's Amazon's next move in healthcare? 5 predictions
Amazon could look to home-based care or insurance for its next move into healthcare, health system digital and innovation leaders told Becker’s.
Payers may unintentionally be driving independent gastroenterologist to hospitals
Though payers have been trying to push more procedures out of hospitals, low reimbursements have the potential to cause these efforts to backfire by pushing independent physicians, including gastroenterologists, to migrate to hospital settings.
