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Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa in Mason City will soon open its new $17 million emergency department after about two-and-a-half years of construction, according to a Globe Gazette report.
Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital in Dover, Del., has opened a new emergency and trauma services department, according to a hospital news release.
Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System has opened its new $10 million radiation oncology suite, according to a health system news release.
The non-profit organization Cost of Care has launched a new project designed to teach medical students and physicians about medical necessity, according to a news release.
Parkland Memorial Hospital's interim CEO Thomas Royer, MD, has urged hospital employees to stay engaged following the leak of a patient safety report hospital board members have refused to make public, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.
Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson, part of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, has established the Center to Eliminate Cancer Disparities, according to a hospital news release.
ECRI Institute has released a white paper designed to give hospital leaders an at-a-glance overview of the current landscape of computed tomography, from the most popular makes and models to average pricing and dose safety, according to a news release.
The following hospital executive moves occurred within the past week, beginning with the most recent.
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers report shares problems associated with hospital mergers and acquisitions, saying consolidation doesn't make good business sense for everyone and that the healthcare industry is "littered with deals gone bad."