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HIDA announced today that its Streamlining Healthcare Expo & Business Exchange will now be held in an all-virtual format on October 12-15. “In recent weeks, a number of members’ corporate travel policies have shifted in response to the Delta variant surge. While overall business and personal travel has rebounded, traveling to a conference with hundreds …

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Several hospitals in Florida are seeing a huge surge in COVID-19 cases, prompting at least one hospital to delay and cancel some elective surgeries. Hospitals said most of the new patients are much sicker than those seen during the peak of the pandemic. The majority, health officials say, have the Delta variant. Doctors said the …

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Walgreens Boots Alliance and VillageMD announced plans to open 29 new Village Medical at Walgreens practices in Houston, Austin, and El Paso, Texas, this year. The strategic partnership is on track to meet its overall goal of opening at least 600 Village Medical at Walgreens in more than 30 U.S. markets over the next four …

Walgreens, VillageMD to open 29 full-service primary care practices this year in TexasRead More

Intermountain Healthcare plans to close its 25 retail pharmacies in Utah, affecting around 250 employees. Intermountain Healthcare earlier this month entered into an agreement with CVS Pharmacy to transfer prescriptions and inventory. CVS Pharmacy will work with all new patients to ensure that they can continue to access their medications easily and without Read More

Intermountain Healthcare to sell retail pharmacies to CVSRead More

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com, Inc. company, announced the general availability of Amazon HealthLake, a HIPAA-eligible service for healthcare and life sciences organizations to ingest, store, query, and analyze their health data at scale. Amazon HealthLake uses machine learning to understand and extract meaningful medical … Read More

AWS makes Amazon HealthLake data available to providersRead More

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) via the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Program (SHIP) has provided $398 million in funding to 1,540 small rural hospitals for COVID-19 testing and mitigation. State Offices of Rural Health, which work with small rural hospitals to … Read …

HHS gives $398M to small rural hospitals for COVID-19 testing, mitigationRead More

As a medical supplier, understanding how GPOs strategize and negotiate rates and discounts is essential to selling products and services while still making a good profit. Learning some of the top tactics for negotiation with GPOs can help you navigate agreements and contracts with more confidence and ease … Read More

From ANAE: Tactics for Negotiation with GPOsRead More

Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) Board Chair and Vizient President and Chief Operating Officer Bharat Sundaram today released the following statement regarding the hiring of supply chain veteran and former HSCA CEO Todd Ebert as the Interim President and CEO of HSCA: “HSCA and its member group purchasing organizations (GPOs) are proud to … Read …

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Ardent Health Services appointed Terika Richardson chief operating officer (COO), effective Sept. 7. In this role, Richardson will oversee the operations of Ardent’s 30 hospitals and more than 200 care sites across six states. Richardson most recently was president of Advocate Aurora Health’s Central Chicagoland Patient Service Area where she … Read More

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Honeywell and Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced a new commercial relationship dedicated to expanding the domestic production of nitrile exam gloves. Premier says the new collaboration is expected to produce at least 750 million domestically made nitrile exam gloves in the first year alone. The collaboration between Premier and Honeywell is …  Read More

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Medical equipment leasing has become a viable way for hospitals and small clinics alike to obtain the supplies they need to run a successful practice. According to GlobeNewswire, the global healthcare equipment leasing market could reach $59.8 billion by 2027 …  Read More

From Share Moving Media: Everything You Need to Know About Medical Equipment LeasingRead More

Hospital groups are responding to President Biden’s executive order last week that cracks down on hospital and health insurance consolidations, saying integration and scale can be beneficial in responding to community needs, particularly during a pandemic … (Source: Healthcare Finance News) Read More

Hospital groups criticize Biden executive order on consolidationRead More

Teladoc Health, Inc. announced a collaboration with Microsoft in which Teladoc Health’s Solo platform for hospitals and health systems will be integrated into the Microsoft Teams environment. “The combination of communications, collaboration, and workflows in Microsoft Teams with Teladoc Health’s medical-grade whole-person virtual care delivery … Read More

Microsoft to integrate Teladoc Health’s Solo platform into Microsoft TeamsRead More

Vizient, Inc. (Irving, TX) announced that member registration is now open for the 2021 Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange, which showcases the latest healthcare technology designed to improve patient outcomes and patient and caregiver safety. This year, the Exchange will feature a new area for products made in the U.S. This year’s event will be held  …

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HCA Healthcare, Inc. (Nashville, TN) announced the completion of the purchase of a majority stake in Brookdale Health Care Services (BHS) from Brookdale Senior Living Inc. HCA Healthcare purchased 80% equity of Brookdale Health Care Services for $400 million. Brookdale retained a 20% equity interest in the venture … Read More

HCA Healthcare acquires majority stake in Brookdale Health Care ServicesRead More