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Freehold, N.J.-based CentraState Healthcare System has opened its new $10 million radiation oncology suite, according to a health system news release.

Sanford Health, based in Fargo, N.D., and Sioux Falls, S.D., is nearing completion of its $75 million heart hospital, according to an Argus Leader report.

Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, a Cleveland Clinic Hospital, has opened a $1.7 million catheterization lab, according to a Hillcrest Patch report.

Auburn (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has changed its name to Auburn Community Hospital, according to a hospital news release.

Brandywine Hospital in Coatesville, Pa., has opened a second catheterization lab, according to a Philadelphia Business Journal report.

Small hospitals are less likely to provide recommended heart failure care compared with larger hospitals, according to a study in the American Heart Journal.

Anil Potti, MD, former researcher at Duke University in Durham, N.C., has been accused of purposely falsifying data, according to a Chronicle report.

Adult hospital stays principally for cancer cost $20.1 billion, accounting for 6 percent of adult inpatient hospital costs in 2009, according to a statistical brief published by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., part of Brentwood, Tenn.-based TriStar Health System, has opened the $150 million TriStar Centennial Heart & Vascular Center, according to a Nashville Business Journal report.

Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa, is filing a certificate of need to build a cardiac catheterization laboratory, according to a hospital news release.