St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia announced the opening of the first pediatric urgent care center in the Greater Philadelphia Region.
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Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine, announced it may begin constructing a new women's health center in January 2013.
Cleveland Clinic will open a new emergency department at the Richard E. Jacobs Health Center in Avon, Ohio, Sept. 5, according to a Morning Journal report.
Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare announced the ground breaking of a $32 million multi-specialty pediatric clinic adjacent to McLane Children's Hospital Scott & White, also in Temple.
Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health is creating a new brand for a family care facility that it will open in Candler, N.C., in the coming months, according to a Mountain Xpress report.
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Borgess Health, based in Kalamazoo, Mich., has broken ground for an ambulatory facility in Battle Creek, Mich., according to a WKZO report.
Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Ill., plans to expand its facility in order to bring all of its inpatient services under one roof, according to a Quincy Journal report.
Recent research published in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety suggests volumes are the strongest predictor of poor performance in emergency departments.
Johnston County Medical Center in Smithfield, N.C., is planning to remodel its emergency department to better manage increased patient volume, according to a Smithfield Herald report.
Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health announced its Bryn Mawr (Pa.) Hospital has joined the Jefferson Neuroscience Network.