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Judge limits scope of CarePoint Health ambulance service lawsuit

A New Jersey judge restricted the amount of damages Bayonne-based CarePoint Health can receive in a lawsuit over ambulance services, The Jersey Journal reported Aug. 3. 

Labcorp to acquire Tufts lab assets

Boston-based Tufts Medicine is selling its outreach laboratory business for an undisclosed amount to Labcorp as the first step to a broader partnership, Boston Business Journals reported Aug. 3.

How Tampa General is getting the most out of at-home monitoring

Tampa General Hospital is seeing a payoff from its remote home care monitoring program through a partnership with Signallamp Health. 

'We are alike in many ways': Logan Health, Billings Clinic to merge Sept. 1

Kalispell, Mont.-based Logan Health, a six-hospital system, and Billings Clinic will merge Sept. 1 after receiving regulatory approval, according to an Aug. 3 news release. 

Ransomware shuts down facilities at Connecticut health system

A cyberattack at Manchester-based Eastern Connecticut Health Network is causing closures and emergency room diversions, NBC Connecticut reported Aug. 3.

Kaiser Permanente taps chief compliance, privacy officer

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has named Jacqueline Carberry Baratian senior vice president and chief compliance and privacy officer for Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and Hospitals, effective Sept. 11. 

Ohio's Memorial Health joins Mayo Clinic Care Network

Marietta, Ohio-based Memorial Health System is taking its clinical expertise to a new level by joining the Mayo Clinic Care Network.

Why health systems are moving away from Oracle Cerner

Health system CIOs told Becker’s that Oracle Cerner has lost thousands of hospital beds in recent years because of hospital consolidation and the continued dominance of its top competitor, Epic.

IU Health reports Q2 operating income of $150M

Indianapolis-based IU Health transformed a $21.3 million operating income in the second quarter of last year into $150.5 million for the same period of 2023.

NYC Health + Hospitals practice Marburg virus training

NYC Health + Hospitals led clinicians through a Marburg virus training Aug. 2 to test the health system’s “ability to identify and isolate ‘patients’ with simulated Marburg virus symptoms and safely transport them,” using hazmat suits and proper infect…