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SEATTLE—Anthony “Tony” Armada is leaving Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in suburban Chicago to become CEO on Nov. 1 of Swedish Health Services, the largest health system in Seattle. Armada, 53, has been president of Advocate Health's Park Ridge, Ill., teaching hospital...
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Tri-City Medical Center says it's moving on from a losing four-year legal battle with competitor Scripps Health.
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The board of directors at Tri-City Medical Center, Oceanside, Calif., placed its chief executive, Larry Anderson, on paid administrative leave and appointed an interim CEO, a hospital spokesman confirmed Friday.
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The Scripps Translational Science Institute in San Diego has launched a six-month “Wired for Health” study to evaluate the effectiveness of using mobile health devices to reduce healthcare costs.
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Dr. Steven Steinhubl has joined Scripps Health as director of its digital medicine program.
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Modern Healthcare reporter Jonathan Block talks with Dr. Eric Topol, director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute, La Jolla, Calif.
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A growing number of hospitals are deploying robots that automate simple operational tasks or provide new ways for physicians to interact with patients beyond the bedside.
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Close your eyes and imagine a world where you could receive a liposuction, magically extract specific cells from the tumbler of excess fat and then inject them into your heart tissue to repair the muscle damage that causes your coronary artery disease.
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It might be hard to grasp how large and transformative the market for so-called medical body area networks could be in the years ahead.
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Performance improvement in healthcare often takes changing processes, launching new initiatives and installing cutting-edge technologies. But achieving long-lasting gains also requires changing the culture.
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