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Phoenix Children's Hospital announced the establishment of the $50 million Ronald A. Matricaria Institute of Molecular Medicine to develop targeted drug therapies for children with cancer and other diseases.

Madison (Ala.) Hospital has announced the opening of a new breast center facility, which will provide women with the option of digital mammography.

St. Louis University Hospital has announced the opening of a new 16-room outpatient bone marrow transplant center.

Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oaks, Mich., has announced the opening of the Cunnington Family Comprehensive Lung Cancer Center.

Seventy-four percent of hospitals had an increase in the number of bariatric surgeries in the past 18 months, according to the 2012 Bariatric Report by Novation, a healthcare supply chain company.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has published a request for information (pdf) regarding a survey measuring consumer and patient experiences in the emergency department.

Bakersfield (Calif.) Memorial Hospital, Comprehensive Blood and Cancer Center in Bakersfield and Mercy Hospitals of Bakersfield are partnering to develop a pediatric oncology program that will include a new inpatient unit at Mercy Hospital Downtown, also in Bakersfield, according to…

Here are three reasons why respect matters in the operating room.

Charleston (W.Va.) Area Medical Center plans to break ground on a new $39 million cancer center in Kanawha City, W.Va., in January, according to a Charleston Daily Mail report.

Group purchasing organization VHA announced it has collaborated with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to provide its advisers with advanced training.