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​Providence, St. Joseph hospitals in talks to merge

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Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health, two Catholic health systems with Southern California locations, are in talks to combine into a single organization that would span from Washington state into Texas.

Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health, two Catholic health systems with Southern California locations, are in talks to combine into a single organization that would span from Washington state into Texas.

IBM to acquire Merge Healthcare in $1B deal

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http://www.fiercehealthit.com/story/ibm-watson-to-acquire-merge-healthcare-1b-deal/2015-08-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Big-data

Purchase gives Watson ‘eyes’ on medical images

Price of Addiction: Oregon AG outlines drug-maker’s use of aggressive tactics to win over doctors

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Oregon entered into a $1.1 million settlement with drugmaker Insys Therapeutics in connection with its marketing of Subsys, an opioid drug.

Behind the $1.1 million settlement between Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum and a drug manufacturer lies a tale of “unconscionable, false and deceptive sales tactics,” including wining and dining, and even flirting with, Oregon doctors.