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Don't sell to HCA first, and other hot tips for health care founders
It's every health care entrepreneur's dream: Come up with a great idea, build a business around it, land HCA as a client, make millions, sell, repeat. (Okay, it might not be the dream of every single...
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Cerner will staff trade union's new on-site health clinic
Cerner Corp. is rightly known as a health IT company, but it also dabbles in the service sector as well. That was particularly evident with the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Kansas...
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PATH CEO: Businesses are the key to improving global health
At any international conference on global health, PATH's Steve Davis says there is always a different variation on the same question: What is happening in the world today that will have the greatest...
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Longtime UC Davis veterinary school executive named chief medical officer
Jane Sykes has been appointed as the chief veterinary medical officer of the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, the nation's top-ranked veterinary program. The university...
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Insurance commissioner asks Justice Department to block Anthem-Cigna deal
Dave Jones, California's insurance commissioner, is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to block the blockbuster acquisition by Anthem Inc. of Cigna Corp., the nation's second- and fourth-largest...
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Gov. Brown, Druker and Robertson don hard hats and shovels for cancer (Photos)
Oregon Health & Science University today broke ground on its new cancer research building, nearly a year after completing the $1 billion Knight Cancer Challenge. The $160 million Knight Cancer...
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Novant Health names new president for Thomasville hospital
Novant Health has named Michael Arno as interim president of Thomasville Medical Center, filling the role held for the past seven years by Kathie Johnson. Arno most recently served as CEO of Sheikh...
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Ratings agency takes another look at Moda subsidiaries
Ratings firm A.M. Best tweaked the status of two companies in the Moda Inc. family that it is selling. The firm affirmed the financial strength rating of B, or fair, and the issuer credit rating of...
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Seattle's Juno praises partnership with Celgene at shareholder's meeting
Seattle’s Juno Therapeutics is benefiting from its $1 billion relationship with Celgene, Juno’s CEO told shareholders at the company’s annual meeting. “The early part of this relationship has been...
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MultiCare to open 7 more retail clinics in competitive market
As patients increasingly prefer speed and convenience over longterm relationships with a primary care doctor, more heath care systems and pharmacies are taking advantage of the trend through retail...
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Bellevue hospital gets first-of-a-kind accreditation to treat heart condition...
Last week, Overlake Medical Center’s arrhythmia center was the first center of its kind on the West Coast to be accredited to treat atrial fibrillation — or AFib. The Bellevue-based hospital treats...
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Industries for the Blind adds health clinic to West Allis headquarters
The employees of Industries for the Blind Inc., many of whom are blind or visually impaired, can now get their health needs taken care of at an in-house health clinic. The West Allis-based industrial...
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Sacramento-based CALSTAR merges with Northern California rival
Two of Northern California’s largest air medical transport companies announced a merger this week. California Shock Trauma Air Rescue, or CALSTAR, based at McClellan Park in Sacramento, has merged with...
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Biogen manufacturing cutbacks in Boston mean more work for RTP
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical giant Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB) has disclosed it will stop manufacturing activity in the Boston area. The move means its manufacturing facilities in...
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Insurance commissioner asks Justice Department to block Anthem-Cigna deal
Dave Jones, California's insurance commissioner, is urging the U.S. Department of Justice to reject the blockbuster acquisition by Anthem Inc. of Cigna Corp., the nation's second- and fourth-largest...
View ArticleDespite losing Walgreens and ASU contracts, Theranos has growth plans (Video)
Palo Alto, California-based Theranos Inc. had its biggest footprint in Arizona, where it had laboratory agreements with 40 Walgreens drugs stores and a health clinic with Arizona State University in...
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Silicon Valley unemployment continues to tumble
Unemployment in Silicon Valley tumbled to a 10-year low in May. According to the California Employment Development Department, the unemployment rate in the San Jose metro area (Santa Clara and San...
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Appeals court allows Hawaii, Kaiser Permanente to proceed with hospitals...
A federal appeals court on Friday issued an order granting Gov. David Ige’s request to allow the transition of three state-owned Maui hospitals to private control under Kaiser Permanente to continue as...
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Third surgery center to expand in Amherst
A third Amherst surgery center is planning an expansion. This time it’s the Endoscopy Center of Western New York LLC, a freestanding ambulatory surgery center on Maple Road that provides procedures...
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Brigham nurses to meet again Monday with hospital to avert strike
The Brigham and Women's Hospital union nurses will meet again with the hospital on Monday in an effort to avert a planned strike. Representatives for the 3,300 nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital...
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