The following hospital mergers, acquisitions and general transactions took place within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, NBA Hall-of-Famer, is among the keynote speakers at the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + The Business of Spine.
In a Power Your Practice report, Xavier E. Martinez discusses the symptoms and causes of physician burnout in medical practices as well as steps to take to prevent burnout.
Independent physician practice ownership has dropped significantly over the past decade, and healthcare reform's focus on consolidation and integration of care will likely accelerate this trend.
California had the highest number of pediatricians in the nation, as of November 2012, according to State Health Facts, a project of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Charles L. Branch, MD, has been asked to join the editorial board of Spine Surgery Today to be launched in March 2014, according to a Winston-Salem Journal report.
National appraisal firm Principle Valuation recently launched a new website to educate visitors on the company.
Medtronic, Boston Scientific and St. Jude Medical came under attack from hackers in 2013, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
Columbia, Md.-based ACell has launched its MatriStem Multilayer Wound Matrix for deep, hard-to-heal wounds.
In a Small Business Trends report, Anita Campbell, founder, CEO and publisher of Small Business Trends, discusses strategies to follow for hiring an effective team.