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Top Story Health Systems Will Seek More Cross-Market Mergers, But Many Will Fail Last week, New Mexico-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services and Midwest-based UnityPoint Health signed a letter of intent to merge. One consultant thinks these kinds of announcements will continue in the coming years, but a significant chunk of these intended mergers will end up being called off due to health systems realizing they're not ready to make the sacrifices needed to reap the benefits of a megamerger. Sponsored Content How to Leverage Diagnostic Development to Guard Against RSV, Flu and Covid-19 Presented by BD and MedCity News Watch this on-demand presentation as we explore the state of play of the Covid-19 virus coming together with other viruses in the current landscape. Is this a perfect storm of contagions? What role can diagnostics play to accurately ascertain and diagnose infected members of the population? View it now!

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