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Northwest Hospital & Medical Center in Seattle will become part of UW Medicine, the two-hospital network of the University of Washington School of Medicine, according to a release from UW Medicine.

The Texas Hospital for Advanced Medicine in Farmers Branch, Texas, has announced its plans to open the Reconstructive Surgery Institute in early 2010, according to a report by the Dallas Business Journal.

The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston has received approval for several projects to repair existing facilities and construct new ones following damage caused by Hurricane Ike, according to a report by the Houston Chronicle.

Silver Cross Health will open the first building on its new hospital campus in New Lenox, Ill., on Sept. 26, according to a report by the Chicago Tribune.

Construction has begun on a new 67-bed hospital in Canton, Miss., according to a report by the Madison County Herald.

Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Bellflower, Calif., has begun its transition to a new $390 million facility in Downey, Calif., according to a report by the Press-Telegram.

The University of Virginia Health System recently opened its new MR Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery Center, one of the first facilities in the world that will exclusively perform research and provide treatments with one of today's most promising noninvasive medical…

Smithfield, N.C.-based Johnson Health is finalizing its plans to build a $60 million full-service hospital in Clayton, N.C., according to a report in the Triangle Business Journal.

Memphis, Tenn.-based Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. is building a $200 million, 250-bed replacement hospital in Jonesboro, Tenn., according to a report in the Memphis Business Journal.

Greater Peoria (Ill.) Specialty Hospital, a 50-bed long-term acute-care hospital, recently opened for business, according to a report by the Journal Star.