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When the Silicon Valley startup Intuitive Surgical went public 13 years ago, the company was posting $10 million in annual sales, and its little-known surgical robot had been used on just 600 patients worldwide.
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When thousands of Gulf Coast residents fled Hurricane Katrina, many of their paper-based medical records were soaked or blown to the winds. Ever since, proponents of electronic health-record systems and health...
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About four years ago, Nick Macchione, who oversees San Diego County's public health system, had an idea to expand the ACO concept in a way that would involve a much broader range of stakeholders working together to improve the health of an entire region.
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We are all coming to grips with the reality that healthcare IT staffing and recruitment is a vexing problem. The executive team at Holy Spirit Health System—particularly the human resources vice president and chief financial officer—now tacitly accepts that I cannot fill vacancies and...
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Yousuf Ahmad is set to become the market president and CEO of Mercy Health, the Cincinnati division of Cincinnati-based Catholic Health Partners, effective June 15.
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Physician discontentment and cultural differences appear to have ended the six-month merger talks between Henry Ford Health System and Beaumont Health System.
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The Veterans Affairs Department fully reopened its Manhattan hospital after flooding from superstorm Sandy last October destroyed critical equipment and forced the hospital to close.
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Just as growing diversity is shaking up the nation's politics, the increasingly multicultural populations served by U.S. healthcare providers are also driving changes in the organizations' C-suites and boardrooms. But the transformation is still a work in progress.
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The Illinois state health facilities board today approved two hospital merger deals intended to reshape the landscape of healthcare in the suburbs.
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Five clinical service chiefs at Beaumont Health System Tuesday delivered a letter to the Beaumont board of directors asking the board to reconsider its proposed merger with the Henry Ford Health System, sources told Crain's.
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