Chicago-based Advocate Health Care is planning to spend $1 billion to improve access to primary and specialty care, as well as wellness services, by investing in a new hospital and extended outpatient programs. The investment will improve access to primary and specialty care, as well as wellness services, the health system said.

Wealth and earnings disparities between men and women are nothing new, but a new report from Medscape shows the extent to which this is true in healthcare, showing that 66% of male physicians had a family net worth of more than $1 million last year – compared to just 50% of female physicians.

Because of lack of interoperability it takes weeks between the time of referral to treatment due to documentation gathering, says Dan Torrens, CEO of eHealth Technologies.