1. Inside sources say Apple pursued talks to buy medical clinics
Apple was reportedly in talks to purchase Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based Crossover Health, a healthcare startup that works with self-insured employers to provide medical and wellness services at onsite clinics.
2. Sunrise Hospital CMO: ‘Difficult, chaotic’ experience treating those injured in Las Vegas shooting
Jeffrey Murawsky, MD, CMO of Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital & Medical Center, spoke to NPR about how the hospital operated in the 24 hours after a gunman opened fire during a country music festival Oct. 1, leaving at least 50 individuals dead and nearly 500 people injured.
3. Physician associated with secretive group accused of branding women resigns from New York hospital
A physician affiliated with a secretive group resigned from Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Hospital last week following recent reports he allegedly harmed several women as part of an “experiment.”
4. Florida physician caught on video cursing, yelling at patient issues apology
The Florida physician who was filmed yelling at a patient at Gainesville (Fla.) After-Hours Clinic issued a written apology, claiming he “overreacted” and was acting in defense of clinic staff.
5. Get ready for a DO boom: 26% of first-year medical students to become doctors of osteopathic medicine
While doctors of osteopathic medicine currently make up roughly 8.5 percent of licensed physicians, experts suggest the percentage will increase dramatically during the coming years.
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