Industry Insight

Children’s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics received a $1 million grant to help establish the world’s first genome center in a children’s hospital, the hospital said in a release on Monday.   Read More...

In what might be a first, three state health information organizations, namely Missouri Health Connection (MHC), the Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII) and the Kansas Health Information Network (KHIN), have connected to each other's networks and are able to exchange secure messages following the Direct Project protocol.    Read More...

St. Louis Children's Hospital is ranked on the U.S. News & World Report's Honor Roll of Best Children's Hospitals for the tenth consecutive year, the hospital said Tuesday.
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Washington University in St. Louis spent $696 million on research and development in all fields in fiscal year 2010, putting the university at No. 19 in research and development spending on a list of U.S. institutions compiled by the National Science Foundation, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.
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Cerner Corp. has agreed to buy Clairvia Inc., a North Carolina company whose software helps health care organizations coordinate staffing, the Kansas City Business Journal reports. Cerner, a health care technology company based in North Kansas City, said the purchase of Clairvia should close in October.   Read More...

A northern Missouri college of osteopathic medicine has approved a $26 million bond issue to build a dental school.   Read More...

Missouri’s 13 community and technical colleges have received a $20 million federal grant to train as many as 4,600 people for careers in health care.   Read More...

Missouri has received almost $21 million from the federal government to help build an online exchange through which the uninsured could buy health coverage.
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City this fall will begin offering a new degree for students who want a health career but aren’t ready for a professional program.   Read More...

For the 19th straight year, Barnes-Jewish Hospital is ranked among the top hospitals in the country according to U.S. News & World Report’s list of "America's Best Hospitals," the St. Louis Business Journal reports.   Read More...

As part of its push into health care, Nestlé said on Tuesday that it had agreed to purchase Prometheus Laboratories, an American company specializing in gastrointestinal and cancer diagnostics.   Read More...

St. Louis Children's Hospital is among four hospitals tied at No. 8 on U.S. News & World Report's honor roll for its 2011-2012 ranking of the nation's best children's hospitals.   Read More...