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Henry Ford Health System, based in Detroit, announced the closing of its Henry Ford Macomb Hospital in Warren, Mich., effective March 31, according to a Henry Ford Health System news release.

The board of trustees at Providence Hospital Northeast in Columbia, S.C., has approved a $38.4 million expansion and renovation plan designed to enhance orthopedic and general medicine services, according to a hospital release.

Beginning Jan. 30, 2012, National Patient Account Services will be in Las Vegas for the 14th Annual Region 11 Healthcare Symposium, according to a company news report.

TeamHealth's government staffing division, Spectrum Healthcare Resources, has been directed by the Army Medical Command to proceed with a contract awarded in 2009 and again in June 2011 for providing clinical management and staffing services for two new Family Health…

While the majority of patients would consent to having an intern or resident participate in their surgery, approval rates dropped significantly when patients were faced with specific scenarios, according to a study in the Archives of Surgery.

Sutter Medical Center based in Sacramento Calif., plans to build a $284 million dollar hospital in Santa Rosa, Calif., according to a Press Democrat.com report.

Noninvasive imaging drove an increase in the number of claims and the amount of allowed charges by cardiologists from 1999-2008, according to a study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Miller Children's Hospital Long Beach (Calif.) has unveiled its Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center floor, according to a Long Beach Post report.

Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., is constructing a combination cardiovascular research and medical device training center, according to a Crain's Detroit Business report.

Brian Davidson, MD, an anesthesiologist at the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., will run as a Republican for the university's open Board of Regents at-large seat, according to a Durango Herald report.