Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente plans to open its $344 million Westside Medical Center in August 2013, according to a Portland Business Journal report. Construction of the 421,000-square-foot facility in the Tanasbourne neighborhood of Hillsboro, Ore., is scheduled to be completed…
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Recent research published in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests healthcare providers can do more to boost catheter-associated urinary tract infection prevention efforts.
St. Jude Medical, a medical device company, is seeking a retraction of a manuscript accepted for publication in the Heart Rhythm Journal that suggests its cardiac devices are prone to more deaths than a comparable Medtronic device.
Jim Dietsche, CFO of Bellin Health in Green Bay, Wis., discusses his organization's participation in the Quality Health Solutions collaborative, which aims to reduce healthcare costs while maintaining healthcare quality, according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a bill that will require the state's Agency for Health Care Administration to review all sales or leases of public hospitals, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.
Flint, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care plans to reopen a number of shuttered clinics that were once affiliated with the now-closed Cheboygan (Mich.) Memorial Hospital, according to a Cheboygan News report.
Somnia Anesthesia has released a resource document, "A Hospital's Guide to Evaluating Anesthesia Services," to help hospital leaders evaluate their facility's anesthesia services.
Gastroenterologist Eric Ibegbu, MD, has opened a new GI-driven surgery center in Kingston, N.C., according to a Free Press report.