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The California Department of Public Health has fined Seton Medical Center in Daly City $100,000 after a patient in its long-term nursing unit suffocated and died from a medical error, according to a Mercury News report.

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will begin reporting hospitals' central line associated-bloodstream infection rates on its Hospital Compare website, according to a Consumers Union news release.

Loyola University Medical Center and Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, both in Maywood, Ill., have opened a new Gottlieb Center for Immediate Care in River Forest, Ill., according to a Loyola and Gottlieb news release.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that physicians can be sued for emotional distress — even if physical negligence was not involved, according to a Legal Newsline report.

Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America has acquired Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kan., according to an HCA news release.

Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio, has broken ground on a $7.5 million expansion of its surgical department, according to a hospital news release.

Montclair (N.J.) Health System has filed a certificate of need application to operate Mountainside Hospital in Montclair, according to an MHS news release.

UC San Diego Health System has received approval to acquire the Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas as an affiliate healthcare provider, according to a health system news release.

The University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center in Madison is partnering with Adams County Health and Human Services Department, Moundview Memorial Hospital and Clinics in Friendship, Wis., and Adams County UW-Extension to educate the community about cancer, according to a…

MissionPoint Health Partners, a pilot program of Nashville, Tenn.-based Saint Thomas Health, officially went into effect on Jan. 1 with the participation of more than 1,000 area physicians, according to a system news release.