Private equity buys EHR company for $1.1B | BMC pays patients’ electric bills | Class I FDA recall on incubators

Private equity investor Francisco Partners is purchasing AdvancedMD, a Utah-based EHR vendor that specializes in servicing small provider practices.

A program dubbed the Clean Power Prescription sends half the energy generated by 519 solar panels on the hospital's roof back to patients, in the form of energy credits. 

A loose screw on the Giraffe OmniBed is to blame. With updated use instructions and repairs, the incubators are safe to use. 

Three years ago Anthony Hoover was declared brain dead—until he woke up on the operating room table, moments before his organs were removed. His story has spurred a criminal investigation by Kentucky's attorney general.

An unexpected nickel coating on the breathing circuits of Percussionaire Phasitron 5 ventilators is being blamed for the recall. The FDA is asking providers to stop using them immediately. 

The physician group, once part of Steward Health Care, has been rebranded as Revere Medical.

Federal Data Solutions allegedly failed to encrypt screenshots of patient data, stored on a server being paid for with Medicare funds.

In a letter, the undersigned asked Congress to halt cuts to Medicare reimbursement and enact a permanent system to adjust rates to inflation. 

Multiple late-breaking presentations at VIVA 2024 in Las Vegas focused on the benefits of treating peripheral artery disease with the company's intravascular lithotripsy portfolio.

Experts are hopeful that the portable scanner could improve access to neuroimaging used in the diagnosis and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease.