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September 4, 2024 Jake Fishman 0 min read
  1. Survey: Hospital CIO’s priorities shift to AI.
  2. From -8% to +15%: 31 systems ranked by operating margins.
  3. Billionaire spine surgeon donates $120M to UCLA.
  4. 12 hospitals with the shortest ED visit times.
  5. Patient fires police officer’s gun in Jefferson hospital ED.
  6. Cleveland Clinic, UnityPoint and other systems back in the black.
  7. Mayo Clinic opens $215M “forward-looking” hospital in Wisconsin.
  8. The hottest markets for hospital M&A.
  9. LRVHealth shares investing approach for systems and health plans.
  10. Which health systems are working with Amazon, Google, Microsoft.
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