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Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., has named Geoffrey Smallwood, MD, as CMO.

Researchers found use of antimicrobial ceftriaxone was linked to increased risk of vancomycin-resistant enterococci bloodstream infection, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology seeks comments for the governance of a nationwide health information network, according to a Federal Register report.

HHS has launched a new web-based tool intended to make it easier for consumers to monitor and measure the nation's healthcare system's performance.

Psychiatric patients' emergency department length of stay was 11.5 hours on average, according to a study (pdf) in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Southeast Volusia Hospital District and Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., have reached a settlement with the law firm it accused of giving faulty legal advice during a merger with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System, according…

Cleveland Clinic announced the opening of a new infusion suite at Medina (Ohio) Hospital.

Approximately 3,500 members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota voted to authorize a two- to five-day strike at eight hospitals in the Twin Cities metro area, according to a Star Tribune report.

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has partnered with The Wistar Institute, a biomedical research group in Philadelphia, to advance cancer research, according to a Morning Call report.

Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., has broken ground on a $100 million expansion of its Cooper Cancer Institute, according to a Courier Post report.