Stephanie Bouchard

LifePoint Hospitals saw an increase in its continuing operations revenues for both the fourth quarter and year ending Dec. 31, 2010.

University of North Carolina Hospitals will be using Carefx Corporation's Fusionfx Physician Insight Plus performance improvement dashboard to compare performance and increase efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Orexigen Therapeutics, a San Diego-based biopharmaceutical company focused on obesity treatment, has announced the upcoming departure of Graham Cooper, its chief financial officer and treasurer.

Healthcare giant Kaiser Permanente has announced that its combined total operating revenue for 2010 was $44.2 billion, up from $42.1 billion last year. Operating income was $1.2 billion, down from $1.6 billion in 2009 and net non-operating income was $789 million, compared to $524 million last year.

Hospitalist service provider Apollo Medical Holdings has acquired the Aligned Healthcare Group, which operates 24-hour physician call centers and provides specialized care management services.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif., has contracted with MD Ranger, a Burlingame, Calif.-based benchmarks and service data company.

The California-based Integrated Healthcare Association has been awarded a three-year, $2.9 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.