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North County Health Services in San Marcos, Calif., is converting its pediatric services facility in Carlsbad, Calif., to a family medicine health center, according to a Coast News report.

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System announced the ground breaking of its new $55 million Fruitland (Idaho) Medical Plaza.

Sixty members of Congress recently wrote a letter (pdf) to CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn Tavenner urging CMS to table the proposal expanding multiple procedure payment reductions.

Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., announced that neurologists from Chicago-based Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation created The Women's Neurology Center.

Ophthalmologist Wayne Delamater, MD, has joined Eye Associates of New Mexico, according to a news release.

The FDA issued a Class I recall for Accutron's Ultra PC% flowmeter after two complaints that the anesthesia instrument was flowing nitrous oxide gas without any oxygen gas, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

EarlySense, a patient care device maker, has received FDA clearance for its bedside system and central display with oximetry integration, according to AZ Sensors.

Madison (S.D.) Community Hospital has received a federal award of $20.5 million, which will go toward construction of a replacement hospital, according to a Brandon Info report.

BayCare Health System has broken ground for a new hospital in Hillsborough County.

Jeffrey Flaks has served as CEO of Hartford (Conn.) Hospital since 2011.