Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) has opened a new heart valve clinic, according to a hospital news release.
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Take a moment to reflect on clinical documentation practice over the past decade. A tremendous amount of progress has been made advancing the capture, analysis and distribution of information, and while room exists for improvement, we've come a long way…
Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, Okla., has been ordered to pay $1 million to country singer Garth Brooks after a jury ruled the hospital breached its contract with the singer regarding a donation, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
A North Carolina legislative committee began hearings to consider whether the state, through public University of North Carolina Health Care, based in Chapel Hill, should continue to own Raleigh, N.C.-based Rex Healthcare, according to an News & Observer report.
Eighty-six hospital and health system transactions took place in 2011, up 12 percent from 2010, according to a report by Irving Levin Associates.
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The Texas County Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation has launched a $3.2 million capital campaign to build a new surgical department and tornado safe room at the Houston, Mo.-based hospital, according to a TCMH news release.
The CDC's National Healthcare Safety Network has released its 2010 data summary on device-related safety.
Researchers in Israel have developed a method of restoring antibiotic sensitivity, which could help fight hospital superbugs, according to research published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology.
Memorial Health Care System, based in Chattanooga, Tenn., has launched a support group catered toward women with breast cancer.