One Medical Group, a primary care group with offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle and other cities, has closed a $350 million investment from the Carlyle Group, a private equity group based in Washington, D.C., TechCrunch reported.
Medicare could be saving a lot of cash by switching to generic constituents for some drugs—maybe as much as a billion dollars. A recent study estimated spending in 2016 on 29 brand-name combination products would have been $925 million more than spending for generic counterparts.
Most hospital executives and directors—nearly three in every five—believe Amazon will have the biggest impact in the healthcare market, according to a survey conducted by Reaction Data.
Researchers from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, is working to develop a new type 1 diabetes therapy that may lead to the long-term reversal of the disease in humans—and man's best friend.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors, an independent nonprofit organization authorized by Congress, has approved $85 million for 16 new studies to improve care and outcomes for several conditions.
An agreement for Cerner to take over the information technology department at a Texas hospital was approved last week, according to a report by the Odessa American.
SOC Telemed, the nation’s largest national provider of telemedicine technology to healthcare providers, has acquired behavioral health telemedicine company JSA Health.