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Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville, Mo., plans to open the Northeast Regional Heart Center July 1, according to a Heartland Connection report.

Penn State Milton S. Hershey (Pa.) Medical Center has opened the new Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute-Hanover (Pa.), according to a Gant Daily report.

The American Heart Association announced a new demonstration project to reduce the time from heart attack to treatment.

Patients taken directly to a hospital that is able to treat heart attacks with percutaneous coronary intervention (or angioplasty) received treatments 31 minutes faster on average than patients who were first taken to a hospital without PCI and then transferred,…

The American College of Cardiology announced new recommendations on operating modern cardiac catheterization labs.

Here are 11 hospital cancer center expansions from the past two months, beginning with the most recent announcement.

Mark Valentine has served as president of The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano (Texas) since 2006. As president, Mr. Valentine oversees Baylor Health Care System's second dedicated heart hospital. The $100 million facility, which opened in January 2007, is a partnership…

In an effort to highlight hospital care during National Hospital Week, the American Hospital Association is releasing a print advertisement and video honoring "champions of care" who work in hospitals, according to an AHA News Now report.

Healthcare industry leaders discuss which presidential candidate is better for healthcare: President Barack Obama or Mitt Romney.

Bertrand Chaffee Hospital in Springville, N.Y., has opened a new heart center, according to a MetroWNY report.