Bradenton-based HCA Florida Blake Hospital broke ground on a freestanding emergency department in Palmetto, Fla., the Herald-Tribune reported Nov. 1.
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UM Health appoints regional finance VP
Matt Nobis has been named regional vice president of finance for Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health.
HCA teams up with Missouri's largest medical school
HCA Midwest Health has joined forces with Kansas City (Mo.) University, the largest medical school in Missouri.
Kaiser imaging workers strike
Members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 555 began a weekslong strike Nov. 1 at five Kaiser Permanente locations in Washington and Oregon.
Waystar's 'immediate focus' on Olive AI clients
Healthcare payment technology provider Waystar is acquiring Olive AI’s clearinghouse and patient access business units following Olive’s Oct. 31 announcement that it is shutting down.
Aurora Health Care hospital names president
Aurora Health Care has named Carla LaFever president of Aurora Medical Center-Grafton (Wis.).
Memorial Sloan Kettering taps supportive care chief
New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center has named Craig Blinderman, MD, chief of the supportive care service.
'Increasingly aggressive' insurers affecting business, for-profits say
Executives at some of the big for-profit health systems were not shy about discussing “increasingly aggressive behavior” from insurers during recent financial results calls.
Life sciences company appoints new exec
Life sciences and diagnostics company Danaher appointed Christopher Riley as executive vice president for biotechnology.
Automation 'has not been kind to nursing', here's why
While automation holds the lucrative promise for many fields of removing mundane tasks from workloads, some nurse leaders are hopeful — but questioning — if emerging technology will do the same in their field.
