1. Dignity Health Saint Francis Memorial Hospital opened the Saint Francis Orthopedic Institute. The center will combine services of the hospital’s Total Joint Center and the San Francisco Spine Institute.
2. The FDA approved a temporary balloon device to treat obesity. The ReShape Integrated Dual Balloon System was developed to facilitate weight loss in adult patients.
3. Modernizing Medicine signed a definitive agreement to acquire the gastroenterology EHR company gMed.
4. Birmingham Outpatient center filed a form D for $460,804 in equity financing.
5. UnitedHealthcare granted $1.2 million to nearly 40 Virginia physicians receiving the 2014 PATH Excellence in Patient Services Awards.
6. UC Healtj Longmont stated it will proceed with the construction of a new ambulatory center. The cost of the center is estimated to be $125 million.
7. The FDA approved the hepatits drug Technivie from AbbVie. The drug is used to treat adult HCV patietns with genotype 4.
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