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Google’s healthcare ambitions: 6 recent moves

From inking a partnership with EHR vendor Epic to piloting its clinical search tool at two health systems, Google is continuing its push into the healthcare industry. Here are six recent healthcare moves from the company as reported by Becker’s.

75% of cardiology awards given to white individuals: 5 notes

Researchers found that professional societies in cardiology are more likely to award men and white individuals than women and minority groups, tctMD reported Nov. 15.

Physicians: Tolerating bullying is not part of the job — here are 3 ways to stop it

Harassment and bullying are not new to medicine, but they have been on the rise the last few years — especially among female and minority physicians, according to a Nov. 16 American Medical Association article.

CommonSpirit reports $227M quarterly loss: 6 details

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health reported a multimillion-dollar operating loss and tightening margins for the first quarter of the 2023 fiscal year, ending Sept. 30.

Michigan hospital adds wide MRI equipment to ease patient anxiety

Sparrow Clinton Hospital in St. Johns, Mich., has added wide bore MRI equipment to give patients more room and ease anxiety about undergoing a scan. 

PeaceHealth reports $82M loss amid expense increase, lower investment return

Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth reported an increased quarterly loss totaling $82.2 million as expenses rose and investment returns dwindled. That figure, which covers the three months leading up to Sept. 30, marks another sharp downturn for the com…

Patients struggling to find diabetes drug popularized on TikTok, Baptist Health South Florida says

A prescription drug intended to help people with diabetes and help with long-term weight management is experiencing shortages because of its popularization as a weight loss drug on TikTok. 

Tower Health cuts staff amid hospital sale, closures

West Reading, Pa.-based Tower Health on Nov. 16 laid off 52 corporate employees as the health system shrinks from six hospitals to four, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.

6 things to know about USPI, the largest ambulatory network in the U.S.

United Surgical Partners International, the largest ambulatory network in the U.S, currently has partner clinics in 35 states across the U.S. Here are six things to know about USPI: 

12 gastroenterology updates

From an acquisition to expanded CMS coverage, here are 12 gastroenterology updates Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 2: