Behold, the future of snacking is at a hospital market in Georgia.

Staff, visitors, and the under-caffeinated at St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital in Savannah can now pop into the facility’s 500-square-foot market and take whatever they want—with just a swipe of their badge.

Candler is the first hospital in the nation to implement Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology, which allows consumers to swipe their employee ID (or credit card) upon entry and have computer sensors monitor what they grab. Shoppers then get charged after leaving the store, forgoing the checkout process while they shop 24/7—a service that wasn’t offered before Candler’s implementation last December, when the market closed at 2:30pm to nonemployees.

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In a new case study, Siemens Healthineers follows one doctor’s efforts to expand healthcare access to underserved patients in Georgia.

Dr. Takia Oglesby’s strategy led him to establish his practice with multiple locations and a multispecialty focus to meet the growing demand for medical care in his community. This in turn helped position his biz for sustainable growth.

Siemens Healthineers sat down with Dr. Oglesby to discuss expanding services, staffing with intention, and negotiating reimbursements. Learn how he worked with Siemens Healthineers to bring his vision to value.

Though the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is typically known as the place where big tech companies like Microsoft and Apple show off their latest innovations, digital health is becoming an increasingly important part of the annual conference.

Leaders from across the healthcare industry—including Elevance Health CEO Gail Boudreaux and FDA Commissioner Robert Califf—met at the 2024 CES conference to discuss the latest trends in health technology and check out the tech in action. With the conference now in the rearview mirror, Healthcare Brew asked attendees for their biggest takeaways.

Drew Schiller, CEO at digital health company Validic and executive board member of the Consumer Technology Association, which hosts CES, told Healthcare Brew one of his main takeaways was a change in attendee demographics.

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UCLA Health is one step closer to buying its fifth hospital after a governing body approved its request to acquire West Hills Hospital and Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, from Tennessee-based HCA Healthcare.

The University of California Board of Regents greenlit UCLA Health’s plans to absorb the 260-bed San Fernando Valley hospital, Phil Hampton, a UCLA Health spokesperson, told Healthcare Brew in a statement.

“This effort will help UCLA Health to immediately address the significant inpatient, emergency department, and operating room capacity constraints in our health system,” Hampton said.

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Today’s top healthcare reads.

Stat: Black Americans get fewer than six hours of sleep in the six months following police-involved killings of Black people in the US, according to a sleep study of more than 2 million individuals. (the Associated Press)

Quote: “Studies show that about 75% of students who are struggling with depression or anxiety are reluctant to get help. We hope this app makes it easier for students to take the first step.”—James Hallmark, Texas A&M’s vice chancellor of academic affairs, on more than 150,000 students in the system getting access to free mental health services (NBCDFW)

Read: Mental health clinicians shared which songs and artists come up the most during therapy sessions. (the New York Times)

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