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Pfizer invests $35M in biotech company

Pfizer has made a $35 million investment — through its Pfizer “Breakthrough Growth Initiative” — in autoimmune disease treatment biotechnology company Anokion.

Chicago hospital resumes ambulance services after 11 years

Provident Hospital on Chicago’s South Side is set to begin accepting ambulance patients again on Oct. 19 after pausing the service back in 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. 

Lifepoint Health rebrands

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Lifepoint Health has launched a new heart-shaped logo and renamed its behavioral health and rehabilitation sectors to Lifepoint Rehabilitation and Lifepoint Behavioral Health. The health system is also going with a lowercase “p” …

Mayo Clinic tops off 11-story research tower in $5.6B innovation hub

Mayo Clinic topped off a $120-million, 11-story research tower in downtown Rochester, Minn., that aims to make scientific breakthroughs for diseases such as cancer.

Viewpoint: Investments beyond travel staff needed to fix nursing shortage

Travel nursing is not a sustainable solution to the nursing shortage, Bloomberg editors argue in an Oct. 18 editorial. They propose the U.S. instead invest in education programs for foreign and domestic talent. 

Indiana health system names human resources, supply chain directors

Gary, Ind.-based Methodist Hospitals has appointed new directors of human resources and supply chain. 

Texas hospital names CEO

Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Abilene (Texas) has named Boyd Davis III its CEO. 

10 recent hospital, health system CEO moves

The following hospital and health system CEO moves have been reported by Becker’s since Oct. 11: 

IBM begins installing healthcare quantum computer at Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic and IBM are deploying a healthcare quantum computer at the hospital’s main campus. 

Amazon releases healthcare compliance accelerator

Amazon Web Services launched a new healthcare-specific accelerator aimed at reducing the effort and complexity involved in supporting healthcare compliance efforts.