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Shuttered Illinois hospital assets to be auctioned off

All medical and nonmedical assets from shuttered St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley (Ill.) are set to be auctioned by Centurion Service Group, a medical equipment life-cycle company.

Top 15 specialty pharmacies by 2023 revenue

Two in five accredited specialty pharmacies are owned by hospitals and other healthcare providers, but the nation’s three biggest pharmacy benefit managers accounted for 67% of specialty pharmacy revenue in 2023, according to Drug Channels. 

Best, worst small cities to start a business

Cedar City, Utah, was named the best small city to start a business, while most of the worst small cities for that purpose are in California, according to a WalletHub report published April 16.

North Dakota hospital settles EEOC racial harassment suit for $45K

A critical access hospital in North Dakota will pay $45,000 to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission lawsuit accusing it of illegally discharging an African American employee after she reported racial harassment.

$100M Texas children's hospital set to open

Corpus Christi, Texas-based Driscoll Children’s is set to open its $100 million Driscoll Children’s Hospital Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas, on May 1.

273 injuries, 14 deaths reportedly linked to heart device

Abbott and its subsidiary Thoratec Corp. warned customers of 13,883 heart devices after receiving reports of 273 injuries and 14 deaths related to blood flow obstructions. 

HHS: Vaccines targeting bird flu strain that infected Texas resident underway

Vaccines are in development that target the bird flu strain that infected a Texas resident, an HHS official told Politico in an April 12 report. Earlier this month, state and federal officials confirmed a person in Texas who had worked on a dairy farm …

Idaho group adds providers, ENT practice from shuttered Saltzer Health

Boise, Idaho-based Primary Health Medical Group has added multiple providers and acquired an ear, nose and throat practice from Nampa, Idaho-based Saltzer Health, a Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health physician group that closed March 29. 

11 hardest roles for CIOs to fill

CIOs expect to have the most trouble filling roles specializing in artificial intelligence and machine learning, CIO reported April 15.

Providence, Microsoft apply generative AI to cancer care

Renton, Wash.-based Providence and Microsoft are using artificial intelligence to scan massive amounts of patient data to improve cancer care.