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Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) announced that it is branding its comprehensive technology and services platform “PINC AI,” effective immediately. The name PINC AI was selected to honor the brand’s roots within Premier, while also highlighting the company’s planned development and expansion of AI and other cutting-edge technologies across the platform …  Read More

Premier Inc. brands technology and services platform as “PINC AI”Read More

“Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting” honors Régine Honoré Villain of Ochsner Health. Thanks to all those who made the effort to nominate this year’s “Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting.” And thanks to the Ten, who share their insights and experience with The Journal of Healthcare Contracting (JHC) readers this month … Read More

JHC Notebook: Régine Honoré Villain of Ochsner HealthRead More

Aya Healthcare announced a definitive agreement to acquire Vizient Inc’s (Irving, TX) Contract Labor Management (CLM) business unit and transition it to Vaya Workforce Solutions (Vaya), a new subsidiary of Aya …  Read More

Vizient to sell Contract Labor Management business to Aya HealthcareRead More

“Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting” honors Erik Walerius of UW Medicine and Jennifer Reverendo of Cooperative Services of Florida. Thanks to all those who made the effort to nominate this year’s “Ten People to Watch in Healthcare Contracting.” And thanks to the Ten, who share their insights and experience with The Journal of Healthcare …

JHC Notebook: Erik Walerius of UW Medicine and Jennifer Reverendo of Cooperative Services of FloridaRead More

HCA Healthcare and General Catalyst, a global venture capital firm, announced the sale of HCA Healthcare’s PatientKeeper to General Catalyst’s portfolio company Commure along with an investment in Commure and the formation of a new strategic collaboration to accelerate digital transformation … Read More

HCA Healthcare to sell PatientKeeper to Commure, enter into new strategic collaborationRead More

ChristianaCare (Wilmington, DE) selected Premier Inc.’s (Charlotte, NC) supply chain solutions, to drive technology-enabled operational efficiencies, quality improvement and revenue enhancement opportunities across the system. As a new member of Premier, ChristianaCare joins an alliance of healthcare providers — gaining access to an innovative technology … Read More

ChristianaCare chooses Premier Inc. to advance supply chain innovation, operational excellenceRead More

UnityPoint Health has partnered with Premier Inc. (Charlotte, NC) to foster optimal management of its supply chain portfolio and support high-value healthcare. This new partnership will allow UnityPoint Health use Premier’s comprehensive offerings, including its supply chain services and group purchasing organization (GPO), PINC AI technology platform and a focused team of experts to strengthen …

UnityPoint Health expands strategic supply chain partnership with Premier Inc.Read More

Hospitals nationwide are facing another shortage of supplies as they grapple with a surge of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations brought on by the delta variant, reports FOX Business. This time it’s anything from trash cans to machines that monitor a patient’s vital signs and even the poles that hold IV lines, according to Cindy Juhas, chief …

COVID-19 surge leaves hospitals facing major supply shortagesRead More

Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN) announced a 110,000-square-foot, $200 million expansion to the Mayo Clinic Proton Beam Therapy Program in Rochester. The expanded facility is expected to open in 2025. It will feature two new treatment rooms, in addition to four treatment rooms currently in operation and improved access for patients requiring proton therapy … Read …

Mayo Clinic announces $200M expansion of proton beam therapy services in MinnesotaRead More

Nurses across the country, but especially in areas hard hit by the Delta variant, are suffering from compassion fatigue. Hospitals and health systems are also having a hard time filling vacant posts for nursing positions …  Read More

Compassion fatigue, staff shortages affecting frontline healthcare workersRead More

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 …

HIDA announces its Streamlining Healthcare conference will be in an all-virtual formatRead More

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 …

Florida hospitals put surgeries on hold as COVID-19 cases jumpRead More

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