Minneapolis-based Children's Minnesota Health System will provide neonatal care delivered via telemedicine technology to six hospitals across Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to a Feb. 20 news release.

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3M filed a notice on Feb. 18 to voluntarily dismiss its lawsuit alleging that IBM Watson Health had used 3M's healthcare software "in unauthorized ways," according to documents filed in federal court in New York.

Investing time and energy to promote a culture of nursing excellence can help hospitals increase patient loyalty, improve care quality and boost physician engagement, according to Press Ganey's 2020 Nursing Special Report released Feb. 20.

Employees who will be affected by the closure of Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, Ky., have new assistance available via a local career training center.

Dan Peterson has been named the new CEO of Sutter Santa Rosa (Calif.) Regional Hospital.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has pledged $32 million toward affordable housing and homelessness solutions in the Sacramento area, it announced Feb. 20.

An Iowa children's hospital is still waiting to receive Anheuser-Busch's $1 million matching gift pledged last year in response to a college football fan's viral beer money fundraiser, according to The Gazette.

S&P Global Ratings is forecasting a negative outlook for the pharmaceutical industry in 2020, citing higher leverage from mergers and acquisitions and the likelihood of a global opioid lawsuit settlement.

Board members from East Jefferson General Hospital voted this week to sell the financially distressed facility in Metairie, La., to New Orleans-based LCMC Health, according to NOLA.com.

A group of 46 Congress members sent a letter to the Trump administration Feb. 20 urging the government not to give exclusive licenses to any drugmaker that develops a coronavirus vaccine using U.S. taxpayer funds. 

Byron Center, Mich.-based Mercy Health Physician Partners Southwest began notifying 2,487 patients Feb. 10 that their information may have been exposed in a mailing error.

Wichita Falls, Texas-based United Regional Health Care System has alerted an undisclosed number of patients about a phishing attack that may have exposed their information.

An artificial intelligence approach developed by Mayo Clinic researchers and physicians could enable earlier detection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an often-asymptomatic heart condition that is among the leading causes of sudden death in young athletes.

IntelyCare, the creator of data-driven workforce management software for post-acute care providers, announced on Feb. 20 the close of a $45 million funding round that was joined by Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente's investment arm.

Compared to new and disruptive competitors such as digital health apps, insurance startups and retail health hubs, traditional health systems are underperforming in terms of consumer-facing digital experience, a new report finds.

A treatment using broad-spectrum antibiotics on pneumonia patients with antibiotic-resistant infections may end up increasing their risk of death, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found.

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CoverMyMeds, a health tech company that helps patients gain access to their medications, integrated with Epic's MyChart patient portal, according to a Feb. 20 news release.

Pew Charitable Trusts announced Feb. 18 it is partnering with nonprofit research institute RTI International to study the use of biometric technology to improve patient medical record matching.