The A. L. Lee Memorial Hospital in Fulton, N.Y., will close in April, two months earlier than it had originally anticipated, according to a report by The Valley News.
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The Hawaii State Health Planning and Development Agency has approved a certificate-of-need application for a new hospital in Lahaina, Hawaii, on the island of Maui, according to a report by Pacific Business News.
The University of Chicago Hospitals has decided that it will no longer move forward with a plan to redirect emergency room patients to other facilities, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.
Here are some interesting statistics included in the NCHS data brief, Consumer-Directed Healthcare for Persons Under 65 Years of Age with Private Health Insurance: United States, 2007.
A study from the University of Maryland found that poor communication costs hospitals $12 billion annually, according to a news release from UMD's Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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SSM Healthcare's new St. Clare Health Center in Fenton, Mo., is scheduled to open on Mar. 30, according a report on GlobeSt.com.
The University of California Irvine Medical Center plans to open a new hospital, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times.
Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration has approved the construction of a 60-bed hospital in Poinciana, Fla., according to a report by the Orlando Sentinel.
McGuireWoods LLP and Sg2 present a complimentary webinar focusing on methods to accelerate collaboration among physicians and hospitals on Thursday, March 12, from noon-1 p.m. CST.
Northeast Health, St. Peter's Health Care Services and Seton Health, all located in the Albany, N.Y., region, will form an affiliation to share services between the secular and Catholic hospitals, according to a report from Fox 23 in Albany.