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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has placed a hold on the nomination of Marilyn Tavenner as Administrator of CMS, despite widespread bipartisan support for her appointment, according to a report by…

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health announced a partnership with Ingles Markets, a supermarket chain also based in Asheville, to reduce obesity rates.

Seventy-one percent of emergency department visits are unnecessary or could have been avoided, according to a study by Truven Health Analytics.

Unity Hospital in Fridley, Minn., is an acute-care hospital serving residents of more than 25 communities in the surrounding area.  

Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Ill., has held an open house for its four new clinical facilities, according to a report by The Southern Illinoisan.

Requiring preauthorization to admit psychiatric patients to the hospital from the emergency department wastes physicians' time and puts these patients' safety at risk, according to a study reported by the American College of Emergency Physicians that will be published in…

Denville, N.J.-based Saint Clare's Health System CEO Leslie D. Hirsch has been selected to receive the American College of Healthcare Executives-New Jersey Chapter Distinguished Service award.

The Illinois Medical District in Chicago has announced a strategic plan to improve healthcare delivery in the Chicago metropolitan area.  

From May 9 to 11, hospital and health system leaders will gather at the 4th Annual Becker's Hospital Review Meeting in Chicago to participate in a panel discussion on key issues in hospital and health system consolidation and affiliation.

Holland (Mich.) Hospital announced that it has started construction on a medical office building on the hospital's main campus.