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Walgreens on Wednesday  announced  plans to open up to 700 primary care clinics across the country over the next five years in partnership with medical services provider VillageMD, and “hundreds more” after that. Walgreens is the first national pharmacy chain to work toward building out a primary care infrastructure in stores across the U.S. using actual doctors, …

Walgreens invests $1B in primary care clinics with VillageMD dealRead More

Please join us July 13 at 11:00 AM ET for our ANAE Supply Chain Leader Learning Series webinar! Calvin T. Wright, AVP/Chief Procurement Officer, at MD Anderson Cancer Center, will share insights into the priorities of his IDN as well as specific ways that ANAE members can develop more successful relationships with supply chain executives. …

ANAE Supply Chain Leader Webinar with MD Anderson Cancer CenterRead More

About 1,000 procedures were postponed at the pandemic’s onset, as the only surgeries performed were related to life-threatening or critical procedures. On April 17, other surgeries and procedures resumed, such as for heart disease, cancer and spinal injuries. On May 20, all transcatheter aortic valve replacements resumed. By mid-June all elective surgeries, including bariatric and …

Henry Ford Health System resumes normal surgeries and proceduresRead More

The collaboration between New Jersey’s state university system and one of its largest private health care providers is well underway, although some of the paperwork spelling out details of the deal remains to be signed. That includes an important agreement related to RWJBarnabas’ role overseeing the clinical work and practice operations of more than 1,000 …

Partnership Between NJ’s State University System, Large Private Health Network Almost CompleteRead More

Novant Health is one step closer to sealing a $4.5-billion deal to purchase a Wilmington hospital system, beating out Charlotte rival Atrium Health for a crucial recommendation in the hospital bidding war. The recommendation comes from the Wilmington hospital system’s advisory group, in a unanimous vote Thursday to support Novant’s bid.The deal would follow other …

Novant beats out Atrium, moves closer to $4.5 billion deal to buy NC hospital systemRead More

John Shinar, strategic account director for St. Paul, Minn.-based 3M has been in the industry for 40 years. During his first 20 years with the company he was involved in many different areas – from advertising, to commercial graphics, to food safety and eventually moving fully into healthcare 2 years after moving to St. Paul …

National Account Executive John Shinar- Walking for a CauseRead More

As the number of coronavirus patients continues to rise in South Florida, the amount of Remdesivir, a drug which has been found to help COVID-19 patients, has run out at Miami’s Jackson Health System. Miami-Dade County now has more than 1,600 hospitalized coronavirus patients, double what it had two weeks ago. Of those, 331 are in intensive …

Jackson Health System Running Low On Remdesivir & ICU Beds Due To COVID-19 SpikeRead More

The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday approved the final round of provider applications for funds to furnish telehealth in their communities, exhausting the $200 million program just as COVID-19 cases surge over the 3 million mark in the U.S. Of the 539 nonprofit and public health providers that received taxpayer money from the program since …

As FCC taps out its coronavirus telehealth program, major nonprofits like Providence cash inRead More

Hoboken, N.J.-based CarePoint Health chose Achintya Moulick, MD, to become its new CEO.Dr. Moulick joined CarePoint in February of 2020 as the health system’s chief transition officer. He joined the hospital as part of a transition team led by management firm Alvarez and Marsal. He is a cardiovascular surgeon with experience in hospital management and …

CarePoint Health announces Moulick as hospital system CEORead More

About 10,000 employees at University Hospital, UHS clinics and Bexar County Jail will switch to a cloud-based electronic health record, or EHR, system developed by Epic Systems Corp. Normally, the Verona, Wisc.-based health software company would bring in around 200 expert trainers to assist hospital employees with in-person guidance during the transition. But travel restrictions …

University Health System to launch $170 million tech upgrade during coronavirus crisisRead More

Walmart will now sell health insurance policies directly to its customers, a spokesperson told Healthcare Dive. Analysts with SVB Leerlink said the move underscores the attractiveness of this market and the likelihood of increased competition over time, while Walmart’s reach across U.S. consumers — including seniors — has the potential to drive up volume for Medicare …

Walmart jumps into health insurance market, including MedicareRead More