Author: Claire Wallace

Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health has become the first system in the state to cease the use of desflurane, an anesthetic gas that is harmful to the environment, according to an Aug. 20 report from Maine Public.

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has submitted a certificate of need to construct a $25.06 million ASC, according to an Aug. 21 report from the Winston-Salem Journal. 

Columbus-based OhioHealth has become the first health system in central Ohio to eliminate desflurane, an anesthetic gas that is harmful to the environment. 

The Callahan (Fla.) Town Council has deferred a vote on a new medical office building until Sept. 3, according to an Aug. 20 report from the Jacksonville Daily Record.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Health has broken ground on an ASC in Warsaw, Ind., inside of a facility that will house Parkview Kosciusko SurgeryONE, Ortho NorthEast clinic and Parkview Physicians Group — Primary Care clinic, according to an Aug. 20…

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health is establishing a new ambulatory heart and vascular center near its Woodbridge hospital, according to an Aug. 19 report from the Washington Business Journal. 

Poway, Calif.-based Palomar Medical Group has restored its digital systems after a cyberattack hit the provider in May, according to an Aug. 19 report from the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Farmington-based MaineHealth Franklin Hospital has added anesthesiologist Kyle Curtis, MD, to its care team, according to an Aug. 19 report from the Daily Bulldog.

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Physicians Pierre Kory, MD, and Paul Ellis Marik, MD, have had their certifications revoked by The American Board of Internal Medicine for leading an organization that promotes ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19, according to an Aug. 15 report from…