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A flurry of health system M&A deals to start 2024

Hospital and health system merger and acquisition activity increased 27% year over year in 2023, and 2024 is already off to a busy start.

5 most in-demand healthcare jobs

Healthcare support roles will continue to be in high demand throughout 2024, according to a recent analysis from Soliant Health. 

Hospital care at home: How Cleveland Clinic reimagined acute hospital care delivery

Across the United States, healthcare systems and hospitals face extraordinary pressure to provide affordable care.  As 2022 and 2023 progressed after the pandemic, hospital leaders faced an opaque climate around the sustainability of care delivery…

Where medical students will help build an Epic EHR

A Rhode Island health system is offering Brown University medical students the chance to help build its Epic EHR.

LifePoint supply chain leader moves to South Dakota system

Prairie Lakes Healthcare System named Michael Moore as its new supply chain director Jan. 12. 

Innovaccer adds 20 health system clients with Cured acquisition

Health IT company Innovaccer added 20 new health system clients with its Jan. 16 acquisition of healthcare digital marketing company Cured.

Florida's plan to import drugs: 5 things to know

On Jan. 5, Florida became the first state approved by the FDA to import cheaper medicines from Canada, but the plan is facing backlash from experts in Canada and the U.S. 

Apple to pull blood-oxygen sensor from watch

Apple is removing a blood-oxygen sensor from some of its watches, dealing a potential blow to its healthcare ambitions, The Wall Street Journal reported.

Emerging health IT vendors: KLAS

Vendors ranging from value-based care to patient engagement were highlighted by healthcare professionals as some of the most promising health IT vendors of 2024, according to a Jan. 16 KLAS report. 

ProMedica nurses authorize strike

Nurses have authorized a strike at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian, Mich., part of Toledo, Ohio-based ProMedica.