The new $31 million Crawford County Memorial Hospital in Denison, Iowa, has finally opened its doors this week after moving two patients from its old campus to the newly renovated site, according to a Sioux City Journal news report.
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The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board has rejected two separate plans for new hospitals in McHenry County, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
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New York Commissioner of Health Nirav Shah, MD, has called on Stephen Berger, former chair of the Commission on Health Care Facilities in the 21st Century, to head a work group that will study the financial viability of New York…
Cody, Wyo.-based West Park Hospital's $26 million modernization and construction project got a boost from the Wyoming State Loan and Investment Board this month when it awarded the hospital $1 million, according to a Billings Gazette report.
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Daytona Beach, Fla.-based Halifax Health is using a pre-screening policy for emergency department patients in an effort to cut costs, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
A trustee of University Hospitals in Cleveland has donated an extraordinary $30 million to the health system 11 months after it announced a $1.2 billion expansion plan, according to a Cleveland Plain Dealer news report.
An online directory launched by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will give patients a new avenue to find comprehensive, comparative and quality healthcare information provided on physicians and hospitals in their communities, according to a RWJF news release.
A study by Lewin Group on behalf of the Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association found that Arizona hospitals contributed $27.8 billion to the state's economy, or 10.5 percent of its GDP, in 2009.
A judge has dismissed an age discrimination suit against Battle Creek (Mich.) Health by its former CEO Patrick Garrett but awarded Mr. Garrett nine months of severance pay estimated at $321,000, according to a Battle Creek Enquirer report.