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Novartis reclaims sterile products plant in Canada after sale goes south  

Call it a marriage gone bad. Novartis is expected to soon regain control of the Sandoz Boucherville sterile drug manufacturing site in Canada that it sold to Avara Pharmaceuticals last year. It turns out the relationship went bad almost as soon as it was consummated.  The plant and development center that Novartis sold to Avara was… Read More »

Medical University of South Carolina completes acquisition of 4 hospitals from Community Health Systems

MUSC School of Medicine-courtesy MUSC The Medical University of South Carolina Hospital Authority has completed its first-ever acquisition of medical facilities with the purchase of four South Carolina hospitals from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems. These hospitals include 82-bed Chester Regional Medical Center, 225-bed Springs Memorial Hospital, 396-bed Carolinas Hospital System and 124-bed Carolinas Hospital… Read More »

How providers in South Carolina and Texas are overcoming telehealth obstacles

David McSwain, Julie Hall-Barrow, will speak at HIMSS19. The use of telehealth is growing as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services continues to expand reimbursement for its use. But there are still some under-recognized challenges to telehealth adoption, according to Dr. David McSwain, chief medical information officer of the Medical University of South Carolina.… Read More »