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Dr. Ted Brown wants to know if laughter can help MS patients
Dr. Ted Brown spent nine years living and working with leprosy patients in Thailand before returning to Seattle to treat patients with multiple sclerosis. While his overseas work was one of the...
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Nashville company to purchase Plano-based hospital group
Ardent Health Services, Nashville's fourth-largest private company, has announced plans to buy Plano-based LHP Hospital Group. The combined company will operate 19 hospitals across six states and bring...
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Theranos shutting down Scottsdale lab and wellness centers, 200 employees...
Theranos Inc. is closing its lab in Scottsdale and its wellness centers in the metro Phoenix area. The Palo Alto, California-based company employs 340 people in Arizona, California and Pennsylvania. In...
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Theranos to fire 340 as it closes labs and wellness centers
Theranos will fire 340 employees as it closes its clinical labs and Theranos Wellness Centers, wrote founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes in a blog post Wednesday afternoon. The closing of the labs and...
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Welltok raises significant capital, looks to expand into new markets
Welltok is growing again, fueled by a $33.7 million funding round and the increasing desire for employers and insurers to improve worker health through its eight-year-old CaféWell platform. The Denver...
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WellStar hospital among first in state to accept Hurricane Matthew evacuees
As Hurricane Matthew moves farther inland, coastal hospitals are facing the issue of evacuating patients, and WellStar Atlanta Medical Center (AMC) and its south campus are coming to their aide....
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Grady’s Marcus Trauma Center helps realize Bernie Marcus’ desire to save lives
What a difference $50 million can make. Since 2009, Billi and Bernie Marcus have donated a total of $50 million to Grady Memorial Hospital. Their donations have gone towards the creation of the Marcus...
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A look at why cannabis production energy use is so high
According to a report by EQ Research LLC, cannabis grow operations have energy needs comparable to those of data centers. And in case you’re wondering, that’s a lot of energy. According to the Natural...
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How 3 local doctors are making great strides in breast cancer research
Breast cancer is not just an Orlando problem. It’s not just a Florida problem. And it’s not just a business problem. So in order to fix it, scientists, health care providers, universities, federal...
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New initiative leverages more local buying, hiring
Local hospitals are working with schools and the Albuquerque community to hire more locals, buy from local businesses and support business growth in a program called Healthy Neighborhoods Albuquerque....
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Lynne Saxton asked for a challenge and got it
When Lynne Saxton took the helm of the Oregon Health Authority in March of 2015, she became the agency’s fourth director in 16 months. OHA was going through a period of disarray and change, with the...
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Kitz is back with big ideas
John Kitzhaber served notice last week that he’s back in the health care game. The former governor, who resigned amid an influence-peddling scandal last year, famously secured $1.9 billion from the...
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Blue Cross Blue Shield appoints Boston Public School alum as CFO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has appointed its former chief actuary to the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer, announcing that Andreana Santangelo will take on the...
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Birmingham's growing role in the battle against breast cancer
The doctor called when Mary Welden was walking out the door to her husband’s surprise birthday party. Breast cancer. The diagnosis in 2004 wasn’t Welden’s initial brush with the disease. Her mother had...
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On the Move: Phyllis Mashburn
Phyllis Mashburn, vice president of field operations with American Esoteric Laboratories, is on the move Hometown: Memphis Education: B.S., University of Memphis What you most like about your job: No...
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Five things that happened as you watched the debates
Cars for cures Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is lobbying the state Legislature to create vanity license plates that support cancer research at the nonprofit. The plates would have the Fred...
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Here are the 5 largest assisted living facilities in Greater Baltimore
This week we bring you the top five assisted living facilities in the Baltimore area, ranked by number of assisted living beds. Harmony Hall Retirement Community in Columbia remains the No. 1 largest...
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Central Plains Health Care Partnership executive director to retire
Anne Nelson will retire in 2017 after 17 years with the Central Plains Health Care Partnership. She plans to work with her successor for a short time before retiring next March. Nelson’s retirement was...
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Centerville dental insurance firm names new CEO
A Centerville-based dental insurance provider has named a new CEO to succeed its founder. Traci Harrell was promoted from within Superior Dental Care to replace founding CEO Rebecca York, according to...
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UAB moves 650 employees to new Avondale facility
The UAB Health System has moved 650 employees into a newly renovated Avondale facility, freeing up downtown office space for clinical operations. Health Systems chief operating officer Reid Jones said...
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