Mease Dunedin Hospital in Dunedin, Fla., is planning a new surgical and critical care unit that will expand neurosciences, orthopedics and spine care at the hospital, according to a report by Tampa Bay Business Journal.
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Loma Linda University Medical Center is building a five-story, 106-bed hospital and a medical complex in Murrieta, Calif., according to a report in The Valley News.
Baptist Medical Center South in Jacksonville, Fla., opened its new ambulatory surgery center in the hospital's new 100,000 square-foot, five-story medical building, according to a report in Financial News & Daily Record.
The Medical Center of Southwest Texas is starting construction on an outpatient surgery center in Port Arthur, Texas, according to a release from Urban Constructors, the construction company working on the project.
Dennis D. Keefe, CEO of Cambridge (Mass.) Health Alliance discussed his own struggle with Type 2 diabetes and the insight it provided him about the challenges in creating true health reform, in an article he authored for WBUR.org, the Web…
Kaiser Permanente will move specialty services from its Kaiser Permanente Hospital-Zion in San Diego, Calif., to a new $53-million facility south of University Towne Center, according to a report in the San Diego Business Journal.
Beatrice (Neb.) Community Hospital and Health Center recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new facility, according to a report by the Beatrice Daily Sun.
The 192-bed Shands Cancer Hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, which opens Nov. 1, has energy-efficient features that make it "the hospital of tomorrow," according to a release from Shands Healthcare.
Children's Medical Center at Legacy in Plano, Texas, has opened its Sports Medical Center, which will focus on the treatment of pediatric and adolescent athletes, according to a report in the McKinney Courier-Gazette.
Kamal Thapar, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis., laughs at the idea that only large academic medical centers can have cutting-edge technology.