Patients under the age of five experienced the highest volume of emergency department visits in 2009, according to statistics published by AHRQ's Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.
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Both Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, and Peninsula Cancer Center in Poulsbo, Wash., have proposed building a cancer treatment center in the central Kenai Peninsula in Alaska — an area they say needs only one such facility — but…
Appleton, Wis.-based ThedaCare is planning a new hospital to replace Shawano (Wis.) Medical Center, which integrated with ThedaCare about a year ago, according to a Shawano Leader report.
Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System has received approval to build a $60 million medical office building, according to a State Journal-Register report.
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.
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.