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Sutter Health joins Epic, Microsoft GPT-4 pilot

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health is piloting Epic and Microsoft’s generative artificial intelligence tool that automatically drafts message responses.

Memorial Healthcare reports almost 3% operating margin

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare, a six-hospital system, reported operating income of $86.4 million in fiscal year 2023 on revenue of almost $3 billion.

Orlando Health adds 54-location multispecialty group

Orlando (Fla.) Health on Aug. 1 added Florida Medical Clinic, a Tampa-based multispecialty group with 54 locations and more than 2,000 employees, including over 350 providers.

Missouri hospital to rebrand, transition to Epic

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth will be renamed and transition to an Epic EHR system as it enters into an affiliation with St. Louis-based Mercy, Southeast Missourian reported Aug. 2. 

Hospitals need more than 0% margins, AHA insists

The American Hospital Association is taking on a message that might be common sense to many but is a source of misconception to some: hospitals and health systems do not operate with a goal to incur financial losses. 

Health systems' top 13 tech-focused operational goals, per KLAS

Hospitals and health systems are increasingly looking to technology to address operational challenges. Here are the top 13 focuses of those operational goals for the near future, according to an Aug. 1 KLAS Research survey of 49 healthcare executives.

$12M gift to double nurse scholars at Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic has received more than $12 million from the Howley Foundation, a gift that will double the number of nurse scholars this fall. 

House passes $1.9B in funding for Cerner EHR install at VA

The House passed appropriations legislation that would give the VA $1.9 billion for its Cerner EHR modernization program if it is signed into law, FedScoop reported Aug. 1. 

'A win for patients': Medtech company scraps $875M acquisition after FTC investigation

CooperCompanies, a global medical device company headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., has terminated its $875 million proposed acquisition of Cook Medical Holdings’ reproductive health business. 

Mercy to acquire Missouri health system

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based SoutheastHealth has signed a definitive agreement to join St. Louis-based Mercy, a 42-hospital system.