Morning Headlines 10/17/18
Influential Leapfrog Group Jumps In To Rate 5,600 Surgery Centers
Hospital grading organization Leapfrog Group will launch safety and quality surveys of the country’s 5,600 outpatient surgery centers after an investigation revealed poor oversight and substandard clinical practices.
M.I.T. Plans College for Artificial Intelligence, Backed by $1 Billion
MIT will spend $1 billion to create an artificial intelligence college spanning all five of its schools that will begin instruction in the fall of 2019.
This company, led by veteran athenahealth execs, just raised $300m
Medicare Advantage insurer Devoted Health raises $300 million in a Series B round, increasing its total to $362 million.
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