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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute board of governors approved more than $120 million to fund 34 patient-centered clinical comparative effectiveness research studies.

Activity in the global healthcare mergers and acquisitions market has doubled since 2014, according to a Reuters report.  

Over the past two years, violence in the healthcare workplace is increasing, according to a study published in Medcape.

Proxsys Rx, a leading integrated outpatient pharmacy provider, and RxPreferred Benefits launched a Pharmacy Benefit Management service to serve health systems and employers. The program aims to reduce an employer’s prescription drug benefit expense by 5 to 20 percent. More…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded the Foundation Surgical Hospital of San Antonio and Heritage Park Surgical Hospital in Sherman, Texas, five-star ratings.

A drug named TKM Ebola has proved effective in primates who had been infected, reports Time.  

New York City-based Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center will open a regional cancer center in Montvale, N.J., which will include outpatient services such as chemotherapy and radiation treatments, reports NorthJersey.com.

A new strain of avian flu, seen in 12 different states, is different from the H5N1 bird flu, according to a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official.

Orthopedic trauma surgeon Michael O'Boyle, MD, of Richmond, Va.,-based Bon Secours Medical Group, received the Lewis W. Blackman Patient Safety Champion Award in the Caregiver category at the South Carolina Transforming Health Symposium, reports Greenville Business Magazine.

ENT Specialists of Northwestern Pennsylvania in Erie, Pa., have moved their new office to the Erie (Pa.) Shriners Ambulatory Surgery Center and Outpatient Specialty Care Center, according to a Go Erie report.