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Milwaukee-based Aurora Health Care announced the opening of a new outpatient cancer facility at Aurora Medical Center Grafton (Wis.).

St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston has announced the opening of its new oncology medical clinic.

The CMS Innovation Center has delayed the announcement of the Health Care Innovation Challenge award recipients by an indeterminate amount of time, pushing back the original date of March 30 by "several weeks."

Gastroenterologist Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, writes about ACG's recently updated guidelines for colorectal screening and the importance of routine colonoscopy screening in a Daily Progress article.

Millard Fillmore Hospital, a Kaleida Health facility in Buffalo, N.Y., will be closing tomorrow morning, according to a Buffalo News report.

Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System announced it is naming its cancer center the Lewis and Faye Manderson Cancer Center in honor of the couple's major gift.

Use of TYRX's AIGISRx Antibacterial Envelope significantly reduced infection rates in patients undergoing pacemaker and implantable defibrillator implants, who were at high risk of surgical infections, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology 61st Annual…

Marian Regional Medical Center in Santa Maria, Calif., has opened its new cancer center, according to a Santa Maria Times report.

Don Berkwick, MD, former CMS administrator, has joined the Center for American Progress, a progressive political think tank, as a senior fellow, according to a Washington Post report.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City announced a collaboration with IBM to develop a decision support tool using Watson, the computer system famous for its victory over a human on the game show Jeopardy!