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Chinese Hospital in San Francisco is proposing a new $160 million hospital, according to a San Francisco Chronicle report.
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Here is a list of the 25 states with the highest emergency room visits per 1,000 population in 2010, based on data from the 2010 American Hospital Association Survey reported by Kaiser State Health Facts.
Chairman of the House Education and Workforce Committee John Kline (R-Minn.) has asked the National Labor Relations Board for documents and communication relating to a new policy on regional office pre-election hearings, according to an AHA News Now report.
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia recently opened its new Jefferson Hepatitis C Center, one of only a few comprehensive, multidisciplinary centers dedicated to the study of hepatitis C virus and hepatic disease.