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Durham, N.C.-based Duke Medicine and Duke University will launch the Duke Institute for Health Innovation in early September, according to a News-Medical report.

Two small community hospitals in northwest Washington state — Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon and Cascade Valley Hospital and Clinics in Arlington — have voted to begin affiliation negotiations with Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth.

The concept of physician-hospital alignment, also referred to as integration, has captured the healthcare industry's attention for nearly 25 years, since the earliest initiatives were launched in the early 1990s. Many transactions have occurred since then, mostly to accomplish market…

More than 200 members of Congress have expressed concern about a recently proposed Medicare reimbursement cut for end-stage renal disease treatment, saying it could have a negative effect on beneficiaries.

When smaller hospitals are rebranded under a large health system, there may be concerns that the hospitals will lose their personal touch and become more corporate or distant. For Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care and its 10 Michigan hospitals, however,…

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