Many companies with large offices offer medical clinics for their employees. However, a new trend is popping up in regards to these employee-exclusive primary care medical offices: Companies are trying to operate them on their own, without contracting with third-party…
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A group of developers have interest in bringing healthcare services back to the facility that once housed Copley Memorial Hospital in Aurora, Ill., which has sat vacant since the hospital relocated in 1995, according to Crain's Chicago Business.
Rhode Island safety officials have ordered Providence-based Care New England to maintain Pawtucket-based Memorial Hospital, which it closed last year because of financial losses, according to NBC 10.
The following hospitals announced or completed plans in the last week to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.
Gainesville-based North Florida Regional Medical Center, owned by Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, will invest $110 million to expand and renovate several areas of its campus, according to The Gainesville Sun.
The shuttered Massillon, Ohio-based Affinity Medical Center could reopen under a new name and operator as early as this fall, according to a WKSU news report.
In an effort to meet rising patient demand, Mayo Clinic will invest nearly $800 million to expand its campuses in Arizona and Florida, according to the Post Bulletin.
Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare Services will open four retail-based clinics offering 24/7 emergency and urgent care.
Boston Children's Hospital recently revamped its food court to serve patients, families and staff in more ways outside of clinical care, according to Mic.
Dozens of patients' personal medical records were recently found littered across a street in Albuquerque, N.M., where they had been for at least 12 hours, according to a KRQE report.