Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare has handed over a $250,000 grant to a clinic in Denver that has historically served that city’s Latino community.
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Oracle wants to create ‘global’ healthcare database, co-founder says
Larry Ellison, the co-founder and chief technology officer of Oracle, said he wants the company to create a global healthcare database, Diginomica reported.
Blood pressure drug recalled over cancer risk
For the fourth time this year, another drugmaker has recalled some of its products because of nitrosamines, which have been linked to cancer in animal trials.
New AI precision medicine tool adopted by UCLA, Rush, other health systems
Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, and Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network are among the health systems participating in a precision oncology research platform created by tech company Tempus.
GI pharmacy Sebela enters exclusive licensing agreement for new medication
Sebela Pharmaceuticals, a pharma company that focuses on GI health, has entered an exclusive partnership to license GI medication tegoprazan in the U.S. and Canada.
Keystone Health faces lawsuit for data breach that affected 235,237 patients
Chambersburg, Pa.-based Keystone Health, a primary care provider, is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly failing to prevent a data breach that compromised the protected health information of 235,237 patients.
Texas attorney general investigates Memorial Hermann for children’s medical record accessibility
Houston-based Memorial Hermann is facing an investigation from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over a policy that allegedly prevents parents from accessing their children’s medical records once they become teenagers.
Employer cost for average family premiums more than $22K, study says
Premiums for employer-sponsored family health insurance in the U.S. average $22,463, according to an Oct. 27 report from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Healthcare remains ‘lucrative target’ for cyberattackers, study says
Sixty-one percent of healthcare organizations say they’ve suffered a cyberattack on their cloud infrastructure in the past year, and the vast majority say these IT incidents hurt them financially, according to a study by cybersecurity vendor Netwrix.
UC Davis Health breaks ground on 267,000-square-foot ASC
University of California Davis Health has broken ground on its 267,000-square-foot Sacramento-based ASC, the 48X Complex.
