Shands Jacksonville (Fla.) is moving ahead with construction of a new medical complex, including a 100-bed hospital and an outpatient facility, despite opposition from Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, according to a Florida Times-Union report.
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The Detroit Medical Center, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based Vanguard Health Systems, is planning a $50 million outpatient facility, according to a Detroit News report.
Here are the top 20 states with the greatest number of Medicare beneficiaries who received outpatient services in 2010, according to the latest statistics from Kaiser State Health Facts.
Requiring emergency departments to see or discharge 85 percent of patients within four hours of presentation decreased overcrowding in three hospital EDs in Australia, according to a study in the Medical Journal of Australia.
Randall Children's Hospital, part of Portland, Ore.-based Legacy Health, is moving into a new $226 million hospital in Portland, according to an OregonLive.com report.
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Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has submitted a certificate of need application to build a $308 million hospital, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.
Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem has announced neurologist Felise S. Zollman, MD, is joining the system to lead its memory disorders program.
Emergency departments are often viewed as stressful, chaotic environments where for clinicians, there never seems to be enough time, and for patients, time seems to drag on. Many hospitals are attempting to change this perception by streamlining patient flow. Swedish…
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health is planning to build a children's hospital at a new location — the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, according to a WIVB report.
Rush University Medical Center in Chicago is planning a $46 million renovation project in an effort to remain competitive in the area, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.