There has been a considerable amount of dialogue recently over the cost savings associated with specialized hospital units for elderly patients, such as geriatric service lines and emergency departments.
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Several leaders in ambulatory surgery centers will gather at the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago to participate in a panel discussion on the most challenging issues facing ASC administrators and how to handle them.
Here are 15 expansions in imaging, neuroscience, pediatrics and other specialties hospitals and health systems announced in the past two months, beginning with the most recent announcement.
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital is an acute-care hospital in Houston and a member of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare.
St. Thomas More Hospital in Canon City, Colo., part of Englewood, Colo.-based Centura Health, has committed to a new mission of improving the rate of cancer screenings and decreasing tobacco use in the community, according to a Cañon City Daily…
Putnam, Conn.-based Day Kimball Healthcare announced the kick-off of construction of its $10 million new emergency department at Day Kimball Hospital in Putnam.
Barstow (Calif.) Community Hospital announced (pdf) the opening of its new hospital.
Georgia Health Sciences University in Augusta announced its GHSU Cancer Center has signed a memorandum of understanding for scientific cooperation with the Curie Institute in Paris, France.
Omaha-based University of Nebraska Medical Center announced the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust awarded a $3.5 million grant to UNMC's Eppley Cancer Center in Omaha to fund the northern Great Plains Personalized Breast Cancer Program.
Iowa City-based University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics is planning a $24.4 million renovation of its cardiovascular intensive care unit, according to a Press-Citizen report.