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When the emergency department is overcrowded, emergency medicine residents see fewer patients and perform fewer procedures but do not perceive a lower educational value than when the ED is not overcrowded, according to a study in the Journal of Emergency…

Neuromedicine services have launched at Highland Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., with the opening of a new unit that also expands the hospital's joint center, according to a hospital news release.

Patients at Community Hospital in New Port Richey, Fla., part of HCA West Florida, will relocate to the new Medical Center of Trinity (Fla.) Feb. 7, according to a hospital news release.

Dr. Walter O. Moss Regional Medical Center in Lake Charles, La., will close its pediatric and psychiatric clinics March 1 due to a $2.3 million budget cut, according to a KPLC report.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed coverage of transcatheter aortic valve replacement under coverage with evidence development when certain conditions are met.

Franciscan St. Anthony Health-Crown Point (Ind.) has opened the new Burrell Cancer Radiation Oncology Center, according to a health system news release.

Houston-based University General Health System announced it has acquired Sybaris Group, a luxury hospitality and facilities management company, also based in Houston, according to a UGHS news release.

Maxis Health System, the parent of Marian Community Hospital in Carbondale, Pa., has announced it will not open an outpatient facility on the Marian campus after the hospital closes at the end of the month, according to a Wayne Independent…