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St. Jude livestream event surpasses $13M goal

Memphis, Tenn.-based St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital’s fifth annual Build Against Cancer livestream with YouTube video game content creator DrLupo reached its cumulative goal of $13 million raised with more than $1 million raised at this year’s…

How TikTok influenced health, wellness in 2022

Health and wellness trends went viral on social media platform TikTok in 2022. From hashtags causing medical supply chain malfunctions, to #Guttok teaching users how to improve their gut health, all eyes have been on the health industry’s response to i…

Carbon Health wants to enter the EHR business

Carbon Health, a primary care chain with its own telehealth platform, plans to license its EHR technology, a company spokesperson confirmed to Becker’s.

OIG's top unimplemented recommendations for 2022: 8 things to know

The HHS inspector general’s office wants to add more oversight of nursing home discharges and medical equipment payments and recover funds from upcoding. 

ProPhase Labs to acquire esophageal cancer screening tool

ProPhase Labs, a diagnostics, genomic and biotech-centered company, has entered an asset purchase agreement to acquire exclusive rights to a esophageal pre-cancer screening tool made by Stella Diagnostics, another diagnostics company. 

Sanford-Fairview merger drawing more scrutiny

Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services’ financial health and relationship with the University of Minnesota, also based in Minneapolis, are being scrutinized ahead of a proposed merger with Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health, the Star Tribune re…

9 hospitals seeking chief medical officers

Below are nine hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.

5 things to know about value-based care going into 2023

Here are five key things to know about value-based care going into 2023:

Resolute Health unveils new branding

New Braunfels, Texas-based Resolute Health Hospital has replaced its old signage with new ones to reflect the health system’s new name and its affiliation with Baptist Health System, The Herald-Zeitung reported Dec. 15.  

Cyberattacks in 2022 and what hospitals, health systems can learn going into 2023

The healthcare sector is on track to meet or exceed the more than 50.4 million patient records that were breached in 2021.