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Lafayette (La.) General Medical Center announced the creation of the system Lafayette General Health through its addition of University Hospital and Clinics in Lafayette.

  Hometown Healthcare Isn’t Dead: Why (Most) Smart Community Hospitals Can Still Thrive Community hospitals sit on fertile ground, some experts say, because while the latest iteration of value-focused healthcare has urban tertiary systems in a tizzy, the hospitals with…

Focusing on improving both healthcare cost and quality together instead of in isolation can help leaders improve value, according to a report by the Forum on Healthcare Innovation.

A New York City hospital emergency department's diversion plus an ambulance ban at another hospital put a strain on local hospitals July 15, according to a Brooklyn Daily Eagle report.

"Eight years ago, when we developed the heart center, we were trying to do something different," says G. William Dec Jr., MD, chief of the cardiology division within the Institute for Heart, Vascular and Stroke Care and co-director of the…

The University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center will be the beneficiary of a $1 million dollar gift from philanthropists Joan and Irwin Jacobs, according to a WorldNow report. 

Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Van Andel Institute's cancer research program will move to a new location at Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, also in Grand Rapids, according to a MLive Media Group report.

Bellevue, Wash.-based Overlake Medical Center has unveiled its new heart and vascular center to the public.

Christus Santa Rosa Hospital-New Braunfels (Texas) announced that it will embark on a $4.3 million renovation of its facility.

Cleveland Clinic's Lutheran Hospital in Cleveland announced that it will begin construction on a $17.5 million expansion of its emergency department.