Walgreens has named Monica Reed, PharmD, as vice president of health centers strategy and operations, where she will oversee the company’s ‘Health Corners’ clinics.
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Google looks to break into virtual care with new partnership
Google is continuing its expansion into virtual care as it makes virtual care platform Pager available on Google Cloud Marketplace.
Why health systems are spending billions to expand their brands in Irvine
Irvine, Calif., could become the breeding ground for the nation’s next big healthcare brands as large health systems such as Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag are spending billions to expand in the area, The Orange County Register reported July 23.
4 employees reach 9,000: Gundersen's career center tops 1st-year expectations
The Career Development Center at La Crosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System is small: four team members working entirely online. But that tiny crew zeros in on some of healthcare’s biggest problems — talent attraction, retention and development — to…
Training from scratch: NJ hospital creates pipeline to clinical roles for employees
As hospitals continue to do everything possible to attract nurses, building critically important pipelines has become a future promise — not a right-now solution.
$400M Moffitt Cancer Center surgery hospital opening soon in Florida
A $400 million inpatient surgical hospital will open July 31 at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., according to a July 21 WUSF news release.
FDA releases strategy for Pfizer's damaged plant
There will not be immediate or significant disruptions to the U.S. hospital drug market after a tornado hit a Pfizer plant in Rocky Mount, N.C., according to the FDA.
Healthcare data breaches now average nearly $11M
The cost of a healthcare data breach is averaging nearly $11 million as hackers realize the value of the information stored by hospitals and health systems, a July 24 IBM report found.
Cross-market health system mergers to pick up steam
Some of the largest healthcare mergers and acquisitions over the last year were cross-market transactions, a trend that is expected to pick up steam despite the Federal Trade Commission taking a firmer stance on deals that could potentially violate fed…
Pay cuts continue in the C-suite
As companies endure difficult times, some are maintaining one cost-cutting measure from the pandemic’s early days: reduced pay for executives.
