Tenet Healthcare's Park Plaza Hospital and Medical Center in Houston has opened a Senior Emergency Department, a specialized emergency unit to service older adults, according to a Cypress Times report.
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Methodist West Houston Hospital is expected to open later this fall, according to a Katy Sun report.
UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Calif., has opened a $32 million, 40,000-square-foot expanded emergency department, according to a UC Davis news release.
Poplar Bluff (Mo.) Regional Medical Center is seeking state approval to construct a $270 million, 300-bed hospital at a new location in Poplar Bluff, according to a Southeast Missourian report.
The use of CT scans in hospital emergency rooms tripled between 1998 and 2007, according to a study from Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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DeKalb Memorial Hospital in Auburn, Ind., announced an $8.7 million expansion project for 2011, according to a news release.
UnitedHealth Group will add Mayo Clinic physicians and hospitals to its commercial plan, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.
After a record numbers of medical helicopter crashes that have killed 57 people since late 2007, the Federal Aviation Administration said it will require new safety devices, greater restrictions on flying in bad weather and heightened standards for pilots, according…
In the first ruling on a bevy of lawsuits against the healthcare reform law's mandating the purchase of health insurance, a federal judge in Michigan ruled the provision is constitutional, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal Law…
The American Hospital Association wrote a letter of support yesterday for a bill allowing general supervision by a physician for many outpatient therapy services, according to an AHANews Now report.