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Sparrow Clinton Hospital in St. Johns, Mich., opened its new emergency department, which cost more than $5.7 million, according to a WILX 10 report.
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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.) collaborated with Rehab at River's Edge, a rehabilitation center in Raritan, N.J., to implement a new approach to cardiac care that is aimed at reducing readmissions, according to a NJ BIZ report.
Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., roped off part of its emergency department and isolated a patient on Wednesday, leading rumors to circulate that the patient may have been suffering from Ebola, according to a News Observer report.