Dignity Health news and information

Not-for-profit healthcare borrowers are enjoying more options to borrow and at better rates.
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After two decades away, Jack Ivie is returning to Glendale (Calif.) Memorial Hospital and Health Center as president, according to a news release.
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ASHLAND, Ore.—Dignity Health broke off talks with Ashland Community Hospital, the first hospital Dignity announced it was negotiating to acquire after rebranding itself in early 2012 and setting its sights on expanding nationwide. Neither side said why the deal fell apart, citing a...
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Dignity Health, San Francisco, has made two appointments, naming Dr. Karl Ulrich as chief physician executive for the Greater Sacramento–San Joaquin service area, and naming Edmundo Castaneda as president of Mercy General Hospital in Sacramento, Calif.
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Dignity Health has broken off negotiations to acquire Ashland (Ore.) Community Hospital, the first hospital Dignity courted after rebranding itself and setting its sights on expanding nationwide.
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An environment where hospitals are under pressure to purchase medical and surgical supplies that promise the best clinical outcomes at the lowest price is here to stay, according to comments made by group purchasing executives at an industry conference this week.
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The drive to get big and get integrated is the defining dynamic in healthcare as providers and payers adjust to their fast-changing world.
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Dignity Health has formed a group purchasing organization and a for-profit joint venture with UnitedHealthcare that aims to address the costs of physician preference items, often among a hospital's most expensive needs.
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Dignity Health has formed its own group-purchasing organization, months after Ascension Health and Highmark also announced initiatives to establish GPOs as they seek to better control supply costs.
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Dignity Health became the latest not-for-profit health system to announce it would venture for the first time into taxable public markets.
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