Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health-St. Mary’s Medical Center will move patients into its new $900 million, 18-floor medical facility July 30, the Duluth News Tribune reported July 19.
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Prisma adds remote patient monitoring tools to Epic EHR
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is expanding its partnership with virtual care company. HealthSnap.
6 questions health systems should ask themselves about 'hospital at home'
To partner or to build? That is the question health systems are asking themselves with many digital health technologies, “hospital at home” being the latest example.
FTC seeks comment on proposed merger guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice on July 19 released a draft update of the merger guidelines, which outline the agencies’ review of mergers and acquisitions to determine compliance with antitrust laws.
Cost Plus Drugs' pharmacy network swells from 80 to 2.3K
Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Co.’s pharmacy network now includes hundreds of independent and grocery chain pharmacy locations.
Cleveland Clinic names interim CIO
Cleveland Clinic named Sarah Hatchett as its new interim CIO as its current CIO is slated to join Falls Church, Va.-based Inova on Aug. 7.
Jury rules J&J must pay nearly $19M to cancer patient
A California jury has determined that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8 million to a patient who blamed the company’s talcum baby powder for causing mesothelioma, the Los Angeles Times reported July 18.
PeaceHealth workers move to unionize
About 85 nurse practitioners, midwives and physician assistants at Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth have filed a petition seeking to vote on whether to join the Union of American Physicians and Dentists.
How tech, common sense can improve ED satisfaction, operations
The emergency department is the most common point of entry for people who need care, yet long wait times often also make it the center of hospital patient dissatisfaction.
Google, Microsoft face off in AI healthcare race
Tech giants Google and Microsoft are continuing their push into the healthcare industry: integrating generative artificial intelligence into their clinician-geared products and services.
