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Amazon is hiring solutions architects, AI engineers, a healthcare security engineer and a sales executive to build and sell cloud and AI tools to healthcare and life sciences organizations, including medical device companies, startups and public health agencies. Here are…
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Medline plans to open an approximately 800,000-square-foot distribution center in Van Buren Township, Mich., adding capacity and operational flexibility to its distribution network. The facility is expected to begin serving customers across Michigan in late 2028, according to an Oct.…
An EHR transition is one of the most expensive projects a health system takes on, and the costs rarely stop at the purchase price. Training, temporary cuts to clinic volumes and revenue cycle disruption can drag on operating results for…
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Becker’s has reported at least five instances of multiple senior executives exiting the same hospital or health system in 2026, compared with at least two during the same period in 2025. The departures have unfolded amid financial restructuring, leadership reorganizations…