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More than 9,000 square feet will be added to the hospital's ER, which has been sorely needed since a mental health facility in the area shut.
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network, made up of an alliance between Canvas Health, Guild Incorporated, Mental Health Resource, RESOURCE, INC. and Touchstone Mental Health, announced today it has joined with RelayHealth to establish interoperability amongst its campuses.
Montefiore Health System, an academic health system which includes the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has appointed Colleen Blye executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Kaufman Hall, a financial advisory and management consulting firm, has expanded an existing partnership with the Parkland Health and Hospital System in Dallas, Texas. Parkland recently upgraded to Kaufman Hall's enhanced financial management software, and also added some cost accounting and capital planning solutions to its repertoire.
Pharmacy giant CVS Health announced Thursday it has forged clinical partnerships with another four healthcare systems across the country: John Muir Health in California; University of Chicago Medical Center in Illinois; Novant Health, serving the Winston-Salem area in North Carolina; and University of Michigan Health System.
Perkins County Health Services, in southwestern Nebraska, is opening an expanded medical care facility that Chief Medical Officer Dr. J. Matthew Bird called "historic."
In a move that appears to go against the corporate trend, GE Healthcare has announced it is moving its global headquarters from the United Kingdom to Chicago effective early 2016.
Enthusiasm for gene therapy remains high this week at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, despite uneven clinical trials and uncertainty over pricing, according to published reports.
A group of the largest for-profit hospitals in the United States reported an average of 2 percent growth in organic patient volumes in the third quarter of 2015, but showed little ability to translate that growth into higher operating margins, according to a Fitch Ratings report.
Prime Healthcare Services has donated its Glendora Community Hospital to its nonprofit Prime Healthcare Foundation, the company announced Monday. The 128-bed acute care hospital, that was acquired by Prime in 2014, was given to the public charity free of any existing debt.