Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, part of Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, has broken ground on a new outpatient facility, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.
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Ripon (Wis.) Medical Center, part of Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare, announced it will break ground on a new hospital Sept. 25.
Marshall Medical Center in Placerville, Calif., will open its south wing this fall.
Highly frequent use of emergency departments in New York City is associated with mental illness and substance use, according to a United Hospital Fund report.
More than 40 percent Tennesseans living in rural areas bypass local hospitals in favor of larger, non-rural hospitals farther away, according to a study (pdf) by the BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Health Institute.
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Philadelphia-based Einstein Healthcare Network plans to open its new $350 million Einstein Medical Center Montgomery in East Norriton, Pa., Sept. 29, according to a report by The Reporter.
St. John's Pleasant Valley Hospital in Camarillo, Calif., part of San Francisco-based Dignity Health, is considering building a women's center, according to a Ventura County Star report.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has opened Mission My Care Plus, a multidisciplinary clinic in Candler, N.C.
Different strategies for improving emergency department patient flow at six hospitals cost up to 1,017 hours and $490,000, according to a Journal of Emergency Nursing study.
Operating room time management can have a significant effect on OR costs and revenue. Charles Militana, MD, director of anesthesia at Dorothy & Alvin Schwartz Ambulatory Surgery Center and director of ambulatory surgery centers with North American Partners in Anesthesia,…