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$20M gift to support health tech innovation at Cornell

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech have received a $20 million gift to collaborate on health tech innovation.

VillageMD, CareCentrix leader departs Walgreens board after tiff over independence

Steven Shulman, a healthcare executive with ties to VillageMD and CareCentrix, has resigned from Walgreens’ board after a spat with other members over whether he was an independent voice, according to a securities filing.

How private equity dug deeper into the ASC industry in 2022

Private equity has made a name for itself in the ASC industry in recent years, and ASC leaders expect to see the trend continue.

5 states cracking down on physician-patient sexual abuse

California has passed a law that will go into effect next month barring any physician who has engaged in sexual misconduct with a patient from practicing in the state, according to a Dec. 9 report from Medscape. 

4 Vision Innovation Partners acquisitions in 2022

Private equity-backed ophthalmology services provider Vision Innovation Partners has completed four practice acquisitions in 2022, bringing its total number of practices to 24.

Top 10 negative, positive words in patient EHR messages

Patients sending negative words in EHR messages isn’t associated with provider burnout, a study in JAMA Network Open found, but natural language processing may identify ways to filter them out and otherwise improve the patient experience.

Trinity Health issues $50M in bonds to finance new and existing projects

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, one of the largest nonprofit hospital groups in the country, is issuing $50 million of new bonds both to finance new projects and to help refinance existing ones.

Long COVID's toll on retirement planning

Americans living with long COVID-19 have not only experienced the health effects related to the condition, but also significant effects to their finances, medical expenses and jobs, CNBC reported Dec. 8.

Texas Heart Medical Group rebrands, relocates

The Houston-based Texas Heart Medical Group has changed its name to the Texas Heart Institute Center for Cardiovascular Care and moved to a newly renovated location. 

White House unveils dashboard to track opioid overdoses

The White House on Dec. 8 launched a dashboard to track nonfatal opioid overdoses at the state and county level, offering those on the front line of the opioid epidemic a better look at the hardest-hit areas and where to target lifesaving resources.&nb…