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Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review are now accepting nominations for "100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare."

The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality at Johns Hopkins Medicine is collaborating with Lockheed Martin Corporation, a global security and technology company, to build "a safer and more efficient" hospital intensive care unit model.

Most heart specialists support angioplasty at hospitals without backup heart surgery if the hospitals meet the necessary criteria, according to a report by U.S. News & World Report.

Slidell (La.) Memorial Hospital Regional Cancer Center has partnered with Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans to offer head and neck cancer surgery and reconstructive services, according to a Slidell Sentry report.

Cadence Health System, the new name for the merger of Winfield, Ill.-based Central DuPage Health and Geneva, Ill.-based Delnor Health System, has proposed a new cancer treatment center, according to a Crain's Chicago Business report.

Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix is breaking ground on a $182 million proton beam cancer therapy facility, according to a hospital news release.

A partnership between The Villages, an adult retirement community, Central Florida Health Alliance and the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has opened the Moffitt Cancer Center at The Villages, according to a Daily Sun report.

Regional Medical Center in Anniston, Ala., is joining the University of Alabama at Birmingham Cancer Care Network, according to an Anniston Star report.

At the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's annual conference yesterday, Don Berwick, MD, former head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, reflected on the state of healthcare, personal regrets and the healthcare reform law two weeks after announcing his…

University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center in Chardon, Ohio, is planning a $5.5 million cancer care addition, according to a hospital news release.