Geisinger Health System of Danville, Pa., has acquired Community Medical Center in Scranton, Penn., and its affiliates, according to a CMC news release.
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Since 2009, there have been 385 healthcare data breaches affecting 19 million individuals, according to a Government Info Security report.
Milford (Mass.) Regional Medical Center released plans for a $40 million hospital expansion, according to The Milford Daily News.
Kaiser Permanente will soon renegotiate contracts with Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, Calif., Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., and John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital in Indio, Calif., according to The Desert Sun.
Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D. and Sioux Falls, S.D., signed a definitive agreement to purchase Clearwater Health Services in Bagley, Minn., according to a Sanford Health news release.
Researchers discovered overuse of healthcare services persists and more research must be done to more fully understand the extent and prevention of inappropriate care in the United States, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Johnson Memorial Medical Center in Stafford Springs, Conn., and St. Francis Hospital in Hartford, Conn., have finalized an affiliation agreement, according to a Hartford Business report.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute has released for public comment a first draft of its National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda, which will be used to guide funding announcements for comparative clinical effectiveness research.
The board of managers at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas met on Tuesday to go over a patient safety action plan designed to address patient care deficiencies, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.
Memorial Hospital, an HCA facility in Jacksonville, Fla., will pay a man and his family approximately $178 million after the hospital and one of its physicians was accused of medical negligence, according to a Tennessean report.