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Dave Underriner, COO of Providence Health and Services, has been promoted to CEO of its Oregon region.
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RENTON, Wash.—Providence Health & Services will have another physician as its president and CEO. Dr. Rod Hochman was promoted to lead the 26-hospital Catholic healthcare system. Hochman, 57, is one of two Providence group presidents. He will succeed Dr. John Koster starting July 1. In...
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Providence Health & Services will have another physician as its president and CEO, as officials have promoted Dr. Rod Hochman to lead the 29-hospital Catholic healthcare system.
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Epidemiologist David Van Sickle spent years studying asthma, but like many researchers of the chronic disease, he was frustrated by the obstacles to determining precise triggers of an individual attack. That frustration gave him an idea for a rescue inhaler topped with a GPS sensor. The invention...
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In a unanimous, decision the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed hospitals' and health systems' hopes of recouping millions in Medicare underpayments made between 1987 and 1994.
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Audax Health, a Washington-based health IT company that offers social-media applications to help consumers manage their health, has named four new members to its executive team.
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The Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, has announced that a password-protected but unencrypted laptop computer was reported stolen from a physician at a healthcare conference in Argentina. The laptop held the records of about 1,100 surgery patients.
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Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has the authority to establish and manage a health insurance exchange, according to a legal opinion released late Tuesday by the state attorney general's office.
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The state of Illinois has informed new and transferring doctors to expect lengthy delays in issuing their medical licenses.
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Providence Health Care, Colville, Wash., has acquired 26-physician Northeast Washington Medical Group, according to a news release.
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