Apple's plan to invest $2.5 billion in affordable housing, like those of Google and Facebook before it, will do little to address California's housing crisis until city and state governments make pledges of their own, The New York Times reports.
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The plurality (41 percent) of healthcare executives said buying or merging with a business is their preferred growth strategy for next year, according to a survey from Capital One.
Beaver Dam (Wis.) Community Hospital has changed its name after becoming part of Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic, according to the Daily Citizen.
Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine is in the early stages of developing a medical center in Shanghai with a Chinese real estate development company, the health system announced Nov. 4.
ChristianaCare is rebranding its care management program Carelink CareNow to "CareVio" as the Wilmington, Del.-based health system further commits to addressing social determinants of health.
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Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health further centralized its leadership team by eliminating its two regional president roles, according to The Post and Courier.
Indianapolis-based Riley Hospital for Children inked an agreement Oct. 14 with American University of Beirut Medical Center in Lebanon to formally collaborate in pediatrics, adolescent medicine, pediatric surgery and pediatric cardiac surgery.
The University of Louisville (Ky.) will rename Jewish Hospital and KentuckyOne Health's other Louisville assets after their sale to U of Louisville, according to the Courier Journal.
High-cost claims and specialty pharmacy costs are the top health trends large employers are prioritizing for the next five years, according to an annual health benefits survey from human resources consultant Mercer.
Mastercard launched new products aimed at helping healthcare providers and insurers with billing processes and data protection, the company said Oct. 27.