Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, has become the first in the region to perform a robotic gastric sleeve bariatric procedure using the Da Vinci X robot.
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Covenant High Plains Surgery Center performs region's 1st robotic gastric sleeve procedure
Covenant High Plains Surgery Center in Lubbock, Texas, has become the first in the region to perform a robotic gastric sleeve bariatric procedure using the Da Vinci X robot.
88% of medical professionals have had a violent patient interaction in the last year: survey
About 88 percent of working medical professionals have had a violent interaction with a patient in the last year, according to a recent survey from Medscape of 247 employed medical workers, including physicians, specialists, administrators and nurses.&…
34 health systems on Forbes' list of best large employers
Forbes named 34 hospitals and health systems among America’s best large employers for 2023.
Quest to acquire nonhospital-based labs from NewYork-Presbyterian
Quest Diagnostics has agreed to acquire some laboratory services assets from New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian.
HCA veteran takes CEO job at TriStar hospital
TriStar Horizon Medical Center in Dickson, Tenn., has appointed Cindy Bergmeier CEO, effective Feb. 6, according to the Dickson Post.
Advent Health settles data breach suit for $500K
Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Advent Health has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle a data breach lawsuit alleging that the health system failed to protect patients’ confidential information after its September 2021 data breach, Top Class Actions reported…
Physicians at Allina Health hospital seek union representation election
Physicians at Minneapolis-based Allina Health’s Mercy Hospital have filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board for a union representation election.
Community Health Systems' patient data compromised in third-party data breach
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is notifying patients that some of their confidential information was compromised when its cybersecurity firm Fortra experienced a data breach.
Virginia invests $67M in biotech
Virginia announced $66.7 million in grants for three projects within the life sciences, biotech and pharmaceutical industries, nrvnews.com reported Feb. 15.
