The South Dakota-based health system has suspended talks related to its planned merger with Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare after the sudden departure of its CEO, Kelby Krabbenhoft. Sanford and its new CEO will instead focus on organizational needs, the system said.
If the merger is approved, the combined health system would operate 70 hospitals and employ 89,000 people. Intermountain CEO Dr. Marc Harrison would lead the new system, estimated to generate about $15 billion in annual revenue.
Executives from Imagine360, Verily, BrightInsight, Lantern, and Rhapsody shared their approaches to reducing healthcare costs and facilitating digital transformation.
The combination would rank among the top 15 largest nonprofit health systems in the country and span 76 hospitals across 26 states and nine countries, employing 83,000 staffers and 2,600 physicians.
TytoCare's TytoHome product will be offered online through BestBuy.com and brick-and-mortar stores in Minnesota. Availability is also coming soon to locations in California, North Dakota and South Dakota.
The company raised a $33.5 million Series C round that included participation from rural healthcare system Sanford Health, Chinese insurer Ping An and global pharmacy chain Walgreens.
In his role at the Sioux Falls, South Dakota-based system, the former VA secretary will lead innovation efforts and serve as a director on the Sanford International Board.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Experts went into the nitty-gritty aspects of how the community oncology setting can implement precision medicine trials.
One of the largest hospital networks in the U.S., Sanford Health, has committed up to $20 million to help progress InGeneron's adipose-derived stem cell program.
Sanford Health, a 43-hospital health system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has contracted with Bellevue, Washington-based Translational Software to provide pharmacogenomics services to its hospitals and nearly 250 clinics in nine states.