The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted Sept. 13 to postpone a vote on the change of ownership for 10 Advocate Aurora facilities in the state covered by the system's plan to merge with Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health. 

A southern Illinois healthcare organization is partnering with a local school district to provide services to students and educators, according to a Sept. 13 news release.

University of Chicago Medicine and AdventHealth have inked a definitive agreement to enter into an affiliation. 

The Minnesota Department of Health has approved a partnership between Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Franklin, Tenn.-based Acadia Healthcare for a new mental health hospital in St. Paul, Minn. 

Watertown, Mass.-based Firefly Health partnered with New York city-based Vori Health to provide patients with integrated care for muscle and joint pain, according to a Sept. 13 news release.

Trinity Health is the sole owner of MercyOne Health System after acquiring CommonSpirit Health's share of the Iowa-based health system.

Birmingham, Ala.-based Medical Properties Trust has renewed the lease of its Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital to Pajaro Valley Health Care District Corp. and negotiated the resale of 11 other facilities to Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare under a tenant purchase option, according to a Sept. 7 news release.

Morgantown, W.Va.-based Mon Health System and Charleston, W.Va.-based CAMC Health System have created a single new system named Vandalia Health. 

Franklin, Tenn.-based WholeHealth Living partnered with New York-based Vori Health to deliver a new pain management solution focused on musculoskeletal care, according to a Sept. 6 news release.

Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare and Irving, Texas-based Steer Health partnered to give patients a new consumer engagement experience aimed at improving access to care and increasing engagement, according to a Sept. 6 news release.

Burgaw, N.C.-based Novant Health Pender Medical Center's operating agreement with Pender County expires in 2023, and county commissioners are exploring all options before renewing the contract, according to a Sept. 6 report from Port City Daily.

Pure Health, an integrated healthcare platform based in the United Arab Emirates, signed an agreement to acquire a minority equity investment in a 30-hospital health system based in Nashville, Tenn.

MercyOne Health System is now a full member of Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health. 

The Pajaro Valley (Calif.) Health Care District finalized the purchase of the Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital, according to an Aug. 31 report in Lookout Santa Cruz.

Claremont, N.H.-based Valley Regional Hospital is set to become part of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health.

Grosse Pointe, Mich.-based Together Women's Health is entering Illinois through a partnership with Chicago-based Northwestern Specialists for Women and Wilmette, Ill.-based North Shore Associates in Gynecology and Obstetrics, according to an Aug. 30 news release. 

Brentwood, Tenn.-based LifePoint Health has agreed to acquire majority interest in Louisville, Ky.-based Springstone Health Opco based on an enterprise value of $250 million. 

Minneapolis-based Allina Health plans to acquire Presbyterian Homes & Services' interest in Interlude Restorative Services for the Plymouth, Minn., and Fridley, Minn., facilities, according to an Aug. 25 news release.

Bronson Healthcare and Constance Brown Hearing Centers announced the two institutions are joining forces to enhance the delivery of audiology services in Southwest Michigan, according to an Aug. 24 news release.

Watsonville (Calif.) Community Hospital could soon be under new management after enough funding was raised to support the Pajaro Valley Healthcare District Project's bid to purchase the facility, news channel KSBW reported Aug. 23.