BJC HealthCare and Saint Luke’s Health System have merged, forming a $10 billion integrated health system. This collaboration joins 24 hospitals and 44,000 employees under the BJC Health System umbrella. The merger aims to…
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Hospital M&A activity is expected to increase this year — and the sector has already begun 2024 with a bang.
On New Year’s Day, two Missouri health systems — St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare and Kansas…
Tower Health’s persistent rejections of acquisition offers from StoneBridge Healthcare amid staggering financial woes highlight a tense standoff. StoneBridge’s repeated bids, totaling $706 million, were rebuffed, adding to the four rejections since 2021. Tower…
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Mass General Brigham foresees a groundbreaking AI revolution in healthcare. Experts anticipate AI’s impact across specialties: refining neurosurgery precision, boosting radiology diagnostics, deploying patient chatbots, and smarter AI-driven care. Driven by leaders like Dr….
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Concerns about private equity-owned hospitals are intensifying — from leaders both within and outside of the healthcare industry. With the infamously secretive world of PE gaining such a strong presence in healthcare, people are…
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Gary Hamilton, CEO, InteliChart
Seldom do people receive as much important information as quickly as they do during doctor’s visits and hospital stays. Stressful settings, unfamiliar terms, too-brief conversations, and the heightened emotions surrounding health…
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Hospitals and health systems have experienced extreme financial pressure in the past couple years — and the issue is being reflected in the sector’s M&A activity.
There have been dozens of M&A deals in the…
As we expected, coming out of the Thanksgiving holiday and moving towards Christmas, emergency department and hospital visits for respiratory viruses were on the rise. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control…
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President Biden’s decision upholds the US International Trade Commission’s ban on Apple’s latest smartwatches due to alleged patent infringement. Masimo’s claims of trade secret theft involving blood oxygen level measurement technology have ignited a…
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The New York State Attorney General on Wednesday announced a major new settlement around one health system’s use of privacy-violating online pixel technology.WHY IT MATTERSNewYork-Presbyterian Hospital will pay $300,000 for its use of third-party…
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