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Amazon expanding health centers to 5 states
Amazon is opening health centers in five states to provide primary care to its employees. -
UPMC opens COVID-19 rehab program in Italy
UPMC is opening a rehabilitation program in Italy to treat the lingering effects of COVID-19, the Pittsburgh-based health system said March 9. -
Positioning community hospitals for success as strategies begin to change
Over the past year, community hospitals were challenged with addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, while limited resources, clinician burnout and community outreach continue to be an issue. -
Former Haven CEO Dr. Atul Gawande on what went wrong for the healthcare venture
Haven, the healthcare partnership formed by Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathway, is disbanding less than three years after forming. Atul Gawande, MD, Haven's former CEO, explained why the venture wasn't set up to succeed in a discussion Feb. 26 with Robert Wachter, MD, chair of the University of California San Francisco's department of medicine. -
'Building authentic partnerships' + other strategies to lead mass vaccination events: 3 health systems weigh in
Stadiums, racetracks and more — something health systems have become increasingly familiar with as they spearhead mass COVID-19 vaccination events. They've proved a successful model to quickly get shots in arms, but what does it take to hit the ground running with an effort of such scale? -
Oak Street Health will expand to 14th state
Oak Street Health, a Chicago-based network of primary care centers for Medicare beneficiaries, plans to expand into Georgia this summer. -
Walmart may roll back its ambitious push into healthcare
More than 150 million customers visit Walmart's stores, app and website each week, and the retail giant is looking to use its reach to expand into healthcare. However, the company may be slowing the ambitious push into the healthcare it laid out in 2018, according to Insider. -
Colorado hospital, 13 clinics to rebrand
Delta (Colo.) County Memorial Hospital and 13 clinics will rebrand to Delta Health March 1, according to the Montrose Press. -
CVS to reduce office space by 30%
CVS Health plans to reduce its office space by 30 percent as part of a cost-savings initiative, Eva Boratto, the company's CFO and executive vice president, said during a Feb. 16 earnings call. -
Top business schools skip MBA rankings this year
Harvard Business School in Boston, Columbia Business School in New York City, Stanford (Calif.) Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School in Philadelphia are among the top-ranking business schools that opted to skip annual MBA rankings by The Economist and the Financial Times, according to The Wall Street Journal. -
When vaccine acceptance emphasized, more people willing to get vaccinated, MIT study finds
Vaccine hesitancy isn't caused only by personal fears about safety and efficacy, but from an inaccurate belief that a person's peers aren't getting vaccinated, according to a working paper from researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Mass. -
HCA to advise Tennessee art centers, symphony on reopening live performances
Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Health, a part of HCA Healthcare, has entered a two-year partnership with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Nashville Symphony to help the organizations implement guidelines to safely reopen after a lengthy closure due to COVID-19. -
Competing hospitals partner to fill emergency care gap in rural South Carolina after ER closure
Bon Secours St. Francis and the Medical University of South Carolina, two healthcare providers in Greenville County, S.C., are teaming up to address the lack of emergency medical services in the northern part of the county, according to a Feb. 15 Greenville News report. -
8 ways hospitals are using text messaging to navigate the pandemic
COVID-19 has forced hospitals to pull out all the stops in the fight against the coronavirus. -
Amazon hires founders of COVID-19 testing startup
Amazon has hired several employees of Caspr Biotech, a COVID-19 testing startup, in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 among Amazon workers, according to Bloomberg. -
New York health system gets new name
Catholic Health Services, a six-hospital system based in Rockville Centre, N.Y., recently changed its name to Catholic Health. -
15 employers, hospitals rewarding workers to get COVID-19 vaccines
Throughout the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, hospitals, long-term care facilities and other employers in the U.S. have offered workers payments and other rewards to be inoculated. -
Hospital rebrands: 8 recent name changes
Below are eight hospitals that have announced name changes or other rebranding efforts since Jan. 15: -
5 Navicent Health hospitals rebrand
Macon, Ga.-based Navicent Health has a new name, the organization said Jan. 29. -
Washington health system rebuked for offering COVID-19 vaccines to 'major donors'
Overlake Medical Center & Clinics invited about 110 donors who gave more than $10,000 to the Bellevue, Wash.-based health system to receive COVID-19 vaccines, drawing criticism from the state's governor, according to The Seattle Times.
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