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Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Memorial Health System has released plans for its new $242 million children's hospital to be built in Fort Myers, according to a News-Press report.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has announced a partnership with the Dana-Faber Cancer Institute in Boston to create a network of sites for clinical trials for blood cancer therapies.

The California Society of Anesthesiologists recently elected new members for the 2012-2014 term, according to Tony Mira, president and chief executive officer of Anesthesia Business Consultants.

The nationwide average wait time to see a physician in an emergency department increased from 45 minutes in 1998-2000 to 55 minutes in 2008-2010, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health…

Medical City Hospital in Dallas announced plans for an extensive expansion and renovation project.

UnityPoint Health-Trinity Rock Island (Ill.) has begun construction of its $61.3 million addition, according to a Quad-City Times report.

Many children's hospitals across the country offer spaces, services and physicians focused specifically on adolescent health.

Small and rural hospitals can overcome population health management challenges by forming community partnerships, according to a report by the American Hospital Association's Health Research & Educational Trust and Hospitals in Pursuit of Excellence.

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, Idaho, is a nonprofit acute-care hospital.

Mercy Medical Center in Grand Rapids, Iowa, has announced that it has assumed ownership and operations of Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Heart Center, currently located on the Mercy campus.