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Public health system says layoffs meant to eliminate "redundancies."
The incoming board includes a new chair, Ronald W. Holder Jr., and five new board members comprised of healthcare business executives from around the country.
In addition to the new hospital, the North Druid Hills campus will be home to the Center for Advanced Pediatrics, which broke ground last month.
The group said hot dogs shouldn't be served to patients because they are the top choking risk for children and are also linked to high risk of colon cancer.
University Hospitals' entrance comes a little more than a year after they opened a new level-one trauma center.
Meanwhile, the Altarum Institute's preliminary estimates show that national health spending in 2016 grew by 5.4 percent.
Researchers found that black patients in New York were two to three times less likely than whites to be discharged from academic medical centers.
Operating profit for the fourth quarter was $255 million, compared to $112 million the year before.
On Jan. 23, a federal court ruled against Aetna's proposed $37 billion merger with Humana.
Estimate tools, system-wide access to balance information and patient portals all serve to boost collections and patient convenience.