Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC School of Medicine was awarded up to $35 million to lead a research initiative with Atlanta-based Emory University to build a data resource for AI-driven rare disease diagnosis. The four-and-a-half-year project is funded through the Advanced…
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Medtronic and its subsidiary Given Imaging have recalled certain Bravo CF capsule delivery devices after Medtronic reported 184 serious injuries associated with the issue as of Aug. 10. Medtronic said the Bravo CF capsule may fail to attach to a…
United Therapeutics Corp. opened its $110 million xenograft production facility, which will raise gene-edited pigs to provide transplant organs to humans, the Post Bulletin reported Sept. 1. Here is what to know. 1. The 65,000-square-foot, “designated pathogen-free” facility will be…
Christine Markowitz has been named CFO of Frye Regional Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., according to an Aug. 31 news release. In her new role, Ms. Markowitz will oversee the hospital’s financial operations and work with hospital leaders on strategic planning,…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has finalized its partnership with Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health, creating a 60-hospital nonprofit health system with plans to invest more than $600 million across Minnesota. North Memorial is now part of Sanford Health and…
Here are 19 health systems that have had their credit ratings upgraded by Fitch Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service in 2026: Broward Health’s credit rating was upgraded to “A2” from “A3” by Moody’s. The upgrade reflects the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based…
Health systems process enormous volumes of protected health information every day, which makes every facility a high-value target. Most IT teams already treat encryption as a baseline defense. Fewer can prove the encryption they rely on actually works as promised.…
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Indiana became the third state in the nation to end hospital diversions due to overcrowding in the emergency department and hospital. “Ending diversion practices was a joint decision among those who work in emergency care,” Indiana State Health Commissioner Lindsay…
Advance practice provider workforces have grown dramatically in size, complexity and strategic importance. Yet many health systems still manage them through antiquated departmental structures. Typically, these structures lack components crucial to a true enterprise utilization of the APP workforce. Lack…
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and Little Rock, Ark.-based CHI St. Vincent, under Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, failed to reach an agreement ahead of their Sept. 1 contracting deadline. CHI St. Vincent — including its four hospitals, 80 medical clinics…