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Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minn., is a part of Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services.

New Milford (Conn.) Hospital, part of Danbury-based Western Connecticut Health Network, has renamed its cancer center the Diebold Family Cancer Center in recognition of the Diebold family's ongoing financial support, according to a Norwalk Plus report.

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Memorial Health System announced it is naming its planned new children's hospital Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida in honor of B. Thomas Golisano, who pledged a $20 million matching gift toward the project.

Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Ill., announced it has received a certificate of need from the state to expand its emergency department.

Houston-based HCA Gulf Coast Division announced plans for a $71 million new hospital in Pearland, Texas.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Parkview Ortho Hospital, part of Parkview Health, has been named the no. 1 hospital in Indiana for total joint replacement and spine surgery by Healthgrades.

Pure Hold's Hygiene Handle prototypes were trialed at two major acute NHS hospitals in the Hampshire, U.K., in August and September 2011 and found to prompt a significant increase in hand hygiene compliance, according to a release.

Gene Michalski, MBA, FACHE, has served as president and CEO of Beaumont Health System in Royal Oak, Mich., since June 2010. He is the fifth person to hold this role in the system's 55-year history.

Lankenau Medical Center in Wynnewood, Pa., is part of Bryn Mawr, Pa.-based Main Line Health.

Baylor Surgical Hospital, a joint venture with Baylor Health Care, United Surgical Partners International and local physicians in Fort Worth, Texas, has bought 5.3 acres to build a surgery center, according to a Star Telegram report.