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Exclusive: UCSF, John Muir dramatically expand, rename Bay Area health network
UCSF Health and John Muir Health have dramatically expanded — and renamed — their year-old Bay Area accountable care network, adding seven new hospitals and three new medical groups to the enterprise....
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Christian Care will be hiring 120 people for its new Fellowship Square Surprise. The new facility will hire for a range of positions, including registered nurses, certified nursing assistants,...
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Walgreens to kill Bellevue-based Drugstore.com 5 years after acquisition
Five years after Walgreens bought Bellevue-based Drugstore.com for $429 million, the retail pharmacy company is shuttering the website to cut costs and focus on Walgreens.com. "Over the past year, we...
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Lions Eye Institute incubates a $50 million bioscience firm
An Atlanta company developing treatments for blinding diseases of the eye traces its roots to the research facilities at Lions Eye Institute for Transplantation & Research. Clearside Biomedical...
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Premiums are going up (and other lessons from our Health Summit)
At Albuquerque Business First’s Small Business Health Care Summit & Expo on July 21, panelists had some bad news: premiums are probably going up. Terry Linton, panel member and owner of Linton...
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Experts share insights for building a wellness plan
At the BBJ’s 2016 Health and Wellness Power Breakfast and Expo, four local Birmingham experts shared their insight on how to get employees effectively engaged in company wellness programs. Here’s a...
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Tactile Systems stock closes up 11 percent in trading debut
Tactile Systems Technology Inc.’s stock closed up almost 10.8 percent in its first day of trading Thursday as the medical device maker completed its initial public offering. Minneapolis-based Tactile...
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Billionaire doctor withdraws plans to buy TGen building in downtown Phoenix
The billionaire doctor who earlier this year had agreed to buy the TGen building in downtown Phoenix has backed out, reports The Arizona Republic. Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong withdrew plans Thursday to...
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Austin health tech firm eyes acquisitions after big funding round
Software maker ESO Solutions Inc. has some fuel in its tank for the next round of growth. The Austin maker of patient-care software recently raised a $17.6 million series C round of funding that CEO...
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Small Business of the Year: Health Care
Winner: Radiation Business Solutions Radiation Business Solutions helps provide access to radiation oncology to cancer patients in rural markets. The company also provides revenue cycle management...
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Physician discusses the fight against childhood cancer
Dr. Chatchawin Assanasen is the medical director for the South Texas Pediatric Blood & Cancer Center. One of the latest facilities under the umbrella of the Bexar County-owned University Health...
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Pediatric care in San Antonio is poised for change
There is an aligning of stars in San Antonio, as multiple organizations are collectively spending hundreds of millions of dollars on new medical facilities for the region’s youngest patients. It’s a...
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Cannabis researchers, pharma say recreational marijuana will not impact their...
Arizona voters will decide Nov. 8 if they want to legalize recreational marijuana — that’s if Arizona business leaders aren’t successful in blocking the vote through the courts. In 2010, Arizona voters...
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S.F. -based Kinsa donating tech to Olympians for Zika tracking
With next week’s Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro quickly approaching, San Francisco-based digital health startup Kinsa is offering its smartphone connected thermometer for free to Olympians in order to...
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Overlake adding new urgent care clinic, as popularity of retail clinics grows
As more and more retail medical clinics pop up around the region, Overlake Medical Center will soon add its fourth urgent care clinic, this time in the Lake Hills neighborhood of Bellevue. The clinic,...
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Patterson CEO Scott Anderson's compensation doubles
Scott Anderson, the chairman, president and CEO of Patterson Cos. Inc., saw his compensation double to $6 million in the most recently completed fiscal year. The main reason for the increase was...
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State says medical cannabis isn't #NMTrue
Ultra Health has been denied the right to use the New Mexico True certification on its products by the New Mexico Tourism Department. The certification program allows producers approved by the Tourism...
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Revenue up for parent of 4 local hospitals
Revenue is on the rise for hospital system HCA Holdings Inc., which owns four Central Florida hospitals. The Nashville, Tenn.-based company reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenue of $10.3 billion, a...
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Back to school is also busy season for hospitals
As they start getting ready to go back to school, students and their parents are hitting clothing stores, supply stores and the doctor's office. Back to school is a busy time for doctors and hospitals....
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INC Research CEO 'not leaving to play Pokemon Go' but questions remain
INC Research CEO Jamie Macdonald confirmed that he was not leaving the company to play Pokemon Go. The CEO of the Raleigh-based pharmaceutical research organization announced Thursday that he would...
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