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Physician Acquisition: Is It The Right Strategy For Your Health System? A dizzying number of recent acquisitions, both physician practices acquiring more physicians and hospital systems acquiring physicians, have been occurring in today’s volatile health care environment. But are acquisitions…

St. Louis-based Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine announced that it has opened a new $27.5 million outpatient facility in south St. Louis County.

Ann Errichetti, MD, MBA, has served as CEO of St. Peter's Hospital in Albany, N.Y., since September 2012. She also serves as the vice president, acute care-Albany for St. Peter's Health Partners.

The Institute of Medicine's National Cancer Policy Forum recently convened a public workshop called "Delivering Affordable Cancer Care in the 21st Century" in Washington, D.C., where participants suggested ways to improve the affordability and quality of cancer care, and discussed…

Ohio State University and OhioHealth's Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, have announced plans to construct brain and spine centers, according to a report by The Columbus Dispatch.

Valley Cancer Medical Group in Modesto, Calif., has announced the completion of the roughly $17 million Valley Cancer Center in Manteca, Calif., according to a Manteca Bulletin report.

Allen Hospital in Waterloo, Iowa, announced that Gunderson Lutheran Health System in La Crosse, Wis., and Cedar Valley Medical Specialists in Waterloo are partnering to provide enhanced cardiac services to patients at Allen Hospital.  

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem plans to close the open-heart surgery program at Skokie (Ill.) Hospital and consolidate it with the heart program at Evanston (Ill.) Hospital, creating a cardiovascular institute, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Busse Hospital Disposables, a manufacturer and distributer of disposable medical supplies based in Hauppauge, N.Y., has received certification as a Women's Business Enterprise by the Women Presidents' Educational Organization of NY.

Exeter (N.H.) Hospital has announced that it will expand its partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston, according to a New Hampshire Union Leader report.