February 2, 2019

1. Dignity Health, CHI merge into $29B system Full story

2. Partners CEO Dr. David Torchiana abruptly steps down Full story

3. Steal this idea: How Chick-fil-A inspired Baystate executives to redesign nurse hiring Full story

4. How these 4 technologies can help hospitals have a better flu season. Click here to learn more.

5. New details on Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan health venture emerge: 5 things to know Full story

6. Shriners to cease inpatient care at 5th hospital Full story

7. A proven approach for overcoming the top 6 logistical challenges facing ASCs. Click here to register for the upcoming webinar.

8. Tennessee hospital to close, lay off 146 Full story

9. Ex-CEO gets 46 months in prison for defrauding Florida hospital Full story

10. HHS seeks to end 'backdoor deals' to lower drug prices Full story

11. Improve care quality and reduce costs with learning collaboratives. Click here to download the white paper.

12. 23 Mount Carmel employees placed on leave amid patient death investigations Full story

13. 3 questions with Lloyd Dean and Kevin Lofton, CEOs of the new CommonSpirit Health Full story

14. Hospitals can suffer almost $4 million in reputational loss after a cyberattack Full story

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