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Othello (Wash.) Community Hospital and Othello-based Columbia Basin Health Association, an organization offering family medicine and other medical services, have begun discussing a new strategic plan to collaborate on cutting costs, according to a Columbia Basin Herald report.  

Certified registered nurse anesthetist Donald Bell has been elected chairman of the Tennessee Board of Nursing, the first CRNA to be named to chair the state organization.

The Democrats have agreed to their official party platform at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. Noticeably, the Democrats' platform does not devote as much verbiage to healthcare compared with that of the GOP, which vowed to repeal…

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., is a safety net hospital and is part of the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System.

Paul Kronenberg, MD, has served as the president and CEO of Crouse Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., since 2004. Before he became CEO, Dr. Kronenberg served as the CMO at Crouse for 20 years.

Atlantic Gastroenterology in Greenville, N.C., has opened a new genetic colon testing clinic, according a Daily Reflector report.

Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital is a full-service, acute-care hospital that is a part of Memorial Hermann Healthcare System in Houston.

Billings (Mont.) Clinic announced it will open the new $16 million Stillwater Billings Clinic in Columbus, Mont., Sept. 10.

Upper Chesapeake Health in Havre de Grace, Md., will present plans for a new medical campus to the Havre de Grace Planning Commission Sept. 24, according to a Baltimore Sun report.

Temple, Texas-based Scott & White Healthcare announced the ground breaking of a new $19.5 million cancer center on the Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center campus in Waco, Texas.