The following hospitals announced plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities in the last week.
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The Massachusetts Public Health Council has given the green light to a major expansion of Salem (Mass.) Hospital and the closing of Union Hospital in Lynn, Mass., The Salem News reports. Both hospitals are part of Boston-based Partners HealthCare's North Shore…
"Pokemon Go" — an augmented reality smartphone app that uses a phone's GPS and camera to allow users to hunt for virtual Pokemon characters in the real world — has exploded in popularity. More than 15 million people have downloaded…
Cleveland-based MetroHealth System celebrated the opening of its new Critical Care Pavilion ahead of the Republican National Convention, which will be held locally beginning July 18.
Kansas City, Mo.-based CarrBaierCrandall Real Estate Group plans to build a 30-bed hospital in Derby, Kan.
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Four health systems — Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, LaCrosse, Wis.-based Gundersen Health System and Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services — have helped launch Solar.Clinic, a program to facilitate health systems go solar and offer solar energy to their…
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest and BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon stand to receive large sums under the federal risk adjustment program, reports Portland Business Journal.
Wilmington, N.C.-based New Hanover Regional Medical Center plans to relocate 68 beds from the current NHRMCOrthopedicHospital to a new orthopedic and spine hospital it plans to build above its surgical pavilion on the main campus, according to WWAYTV.
The Shiloh Planning Commission unanimously approved an application Monday submitted by St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare to build a $22 million medical office building next to Memorial Hospital East in Bellville, Ill., according to the Bellville News-Democrat.
Cambridge, Mass.-based Metamark Genetics partnered with San Antonio-based Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, extending its urology diagnostics to policyholders.