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Danaher to buy Masimo in $9.9 billion deal in diagnostics push

Drug and diagnostics company Danaher will acquire Masimo, a leading vendor of blood oxygen monitoring technology, for $9.9 billion.

Workforce reduction at Baystate Health aims to drive efficiency

Baystate Health (MA) cuts 117 corporate positions and decides to outsource management of its clinical assets to TriMedX.

Pivot Point Consulting Emerges as a Unified Healthcare IT Powerhouse Following Its Acquisition by Innovative Consulting Group

Innovative Consulting Group acquires Pivot Point Consulting.

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