Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System and Michigan State University in East Lansing have unveiled a unified brand of their partnership: Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences. 

For most of 2020, COVID-19 disrupted and significantly altered the infrastructure of the world’s industries, including health care delivery and services. But at what level can we expect health care to return to pre-pandemic levels? What are the long-term effects of the pandemic even as the virus generally abates while the new delta variant threatens? And what other drivers will factor into change?

DuPage Medical Group, the Downers Grove, Ill.-based independent multispecialty group with more than 900 physicians, is now Duly Health and Care. 

Amazon is looking to hire more than 165,000 employees as the company continues to grow and rapidly expands its healthcare initiatives.

Walmart Health is reorganizing its top leadership as the retail giant focuses on its healthcare push, according to a Sept. 13 Insider report.

Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos said the retail giant has more than 10,000 stores in health deserts as he gives glimpses into its healthcare strategy, according to a Sept. 8 CNBC report.

Walmart Health is opening primary care clinics throughout Northeast Florida, according to a Sept. 7 Jax Daily Record report.

Shreveport, La.-based Willis-Knighton Pierremont Health Center issued a statement about gun violence after being damaged in the crossfire of a deadly Sept. 4 shooting, according to a Sept. 6 ArkLatex Homepage report.

Since 2005, Sutter Health, a nonprofit, integrated delivery system headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., has been on a journey to become a world-class provider of robotic surgery. 

Amazon has plans to bring in-person healthcare to 20 major cities by the end of 2022, Insider reported Sept. 7.

Having played leadership roles in a number of software and tech-enabled organizations, symplr CEO BJ Schaknowski has seen firsthand how connected, integrated technologies that centralize data and turn it into insights can fundamentally transform companies and industries. As health system leaders begin to embrace technology, BJ is seeing an evolution taking place that is dramatically streamlining operations, improving outcomes, and lowering costs.

The pandemic has heightened individuals' interest in protecting their health.

Cost balancing and creating on-site clinics are some of the healthcare imperatives large employers are prioritizing this year, according to a survey from the Business Group on Health. 

HHS is creating an office tasked with addressing climate change with respect to the healthcare sector, according to an Aug. 30 news release.

For many, Theranos serves as a reminder of how healthcare startups need to be closely vetted by investors. But in the wake of Theranos' downfall, investment and entrepreneurial interest in the biotechnology space is only accelerating, according to The Wall Street Journal. 

Healthcare providers want to break free of the broken throughput model of healthcare delivery they inherited and instead embrace a more relationship-based, patient-centered model of care. 

Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos gave a glimpse Aug. 26 into what the discount store chain's healthcare strategy is for its 17,000 U.S. stores.

Walmart has hired Brian Setzer as its new senior vice president and CFO of Walmart Health and Wellness, a company spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Aug. 27. 

Interdisciplinary collaboration is the hallmark of the robotic surgery program at Inova, a leading five-hospital health system based in Falls Church, Va. John Moynihan, MD, President of Inova Surgery Service Line — which includes robotic surgery — attributed the success of Inova's robust robotic surgery program to "working together in a disciplined fashion, with all members of the team at the table."

Redundancy, duplication, and waste.