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The Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis and Merck, a company producing medicines and other healthcare products, announced a new partnership between Merck and the Regenstrief Institute, a medical research and informatics organization closely associated with IU School of…

Philadelphia-based Keystone Mercy Health Plan, a Medicaid managed care health plan, and Cardiology Consultants of Philadelphia, a 95-physician specialty group, have entered into a pay-for-performance agreement to promote quality care and outcomes and improve efficiency of care.

Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in San Francisco and board chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges, called for a change in how academic medical centers operate at AAMC's annual meeting, according…

University of Illinois trustees approved an increase in spending from $40 million to $85 million to renovate the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago, according to a News-Gazette report.

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore is planning a $26 million expansion of its Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center after recently opening its new breast cancer center, according to a Baltimore Business Journal report.

Many hospitals are expanding and renovating their emergency departments to accommodate increased patient volume, update old facilities and facilitate a smooth patient flow. Christine Gamlen, RN, MSN, CNO of health IT vendor Vocera, shares eight trends in ED design.

Researchers from Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans have show using a comprehensive preoperative triage system directed by anesthesiologists can bring reductions in patient charges, according to News & Research Outcome Magazine.

Chino (Calif.) Valley Medical Center is a subsidiary of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare Services.

North Shore-LIJ Health System, based in Manhasset, N.Y., has established an emergency employee relief fund to assist employees affected by Hurricane Sandy.

Salem (Ore.) Hospital moved its pediatric unit adjacent to the mother-baby unit as part of a plan to sustain inpatient pediatric services, according to a Statesman Journal report.