Health Management Associates, Naples, Fla., and Florida Blue, Florida's Blue Cross and Blue Shield company, will form an accountable care organization to serve patients in Brevard County, Fla. FULL STORY »
Trinity Health will look to the cloud to enhance its data processing and data analytics capabilities as well as its ability to more rapidly adapt its information technology systems to the fast-moving future. FULL STORY »
By Chuck Soder, Crain's Cleveland Business | April 26, 2013
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The Cleveland Clinic has found an interim replacement for Chris Coburn, who is leaving for Boston.Gary Fingerhut has been named interim executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the business development arm of the hospital system, according to a news release from the Clinic. FULL STORY »
UnitedHealthcare and about 50 hospitals say they will conduct research comparing some of the costliest medical devices and then use that data to inform their purchasing decisions. FULL STORY »
Though scientists remain divided over the importance of reducing dietary salt, some healthcare systems struggling to lower their readmission rates are taking public health warnings to heart. FULL STORY »
Cancer Genetics, a diagnostics firm focused on developing genomic-based oncology tests, made its initial public offering at a time of rapid growth in the diagnostic testing market. FULL STORY »
Chelation therapy, a 1950s treatment for lead poisoning that has become an increasingly popular alternative medicine treatment for conditions as diverse as autism and heart disease, received a lukewarm endorsement from a government-funded clinical trial that is drawing criticism for its methods and... FULL STORY »
Cleveland Clinic is teaming up with the Community Health Systems, the second-largest for-profit hospital operator in the U.S. Modern Healthcare went to Cleveland for this video feature exploring how and why they're doing it. FULL STORY »
The Cleveland Clinic's unlikely partnership with Community Health Systems is supposed to marry the best of both worlds: an outcomes-driven academic medical center known for handling complex medical cases and the operational discipline of a large and successful investor-owned hospital chain. FULL STORY »
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