Winfield, Ill.-based Cadence Health, formed from the merger of Central DuPage Health and Delnor Health System, has submitted a certificate of need application for a $27 million expansion, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.
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St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital announced its new 322,381-square-foot outpatient center will open in mid-March.
Cincinnati-based TriHealth and Dayton, Ohio-based Kettering Health Network are each planning to build new emergency departments this year, according to a Middletown Journal report.
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber announced that he signed a healthcare reform bill that could save the state up to $3 billion over five years.
CVS Caremark's Minute Clinic has announced Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health, operated by Hospital Corporation of America, has entered into a clinical affiliation with the retail clinic operator.
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Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City will soon open its new $17 million emergency department after about two-and-a-half years of construction, according to a Globe Gazette report.
Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del., has opened a new emergency and trauma services department, according to a hospital news release.
VA Boston Healthcare System is $163 million short in its planned spinal cord injury unit project, according to an Enterprise report.
Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital plans to build a 95,500-square-foot addition this fall, according to a report by The Hour.
Access MediQuip, a national provider of surgical implant management solutions, has issued a response to a Government Accountability Office report that identified problems in hospital spending on implantable medical devices.