Following Hurricane Sandy, Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth providers traveled to New Jersey to offer emergency medical care to displaced residents.
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Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care has received the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center's Governors' Sustainability award, one of 21 Illinois companies recognized for their commitment to sustainability practices.
Several New York City hospitals remain closed a week and a half after Hurricane Sandy hit the area, raising concerns about other hospitals' surge capacity, according to an NBC News report.
Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente announced it has signed a commitment with the Partnership for a Healthier America to improve food offerings in its 37 hospitals.
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The Center for Health Care Strategies announced a project reduced the rate of mental health hospitalizations by an estimated 12 percent over two years in Pennsylvania.
The Immune Disease Institute in Boston has officially merged with Boston Children's Hospital, according to a Boston Business Journal report.
American adults made roughly 18.8 percent fewer medical visits in 2010 compared with their visits in 2001, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report (pdf).
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is taking heat for comments in which he suggested those who lack insurance can find their care in a hospital emergency department.
Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma University Medicine announced OU Children's Physicians has opened a new clinic promoting childhood fitness and healthy eating habits.