The risk of reoperation for recurrence of groin hernias was significantly decreased in cases where the operating time exceeded 66 minutes, according to a study published in Archives of Surgery.
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Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) have gathered today in protest of the hospital's plan to launch a cardiac stent program over concerns of inadequate staffing and training, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
INTEGRIS Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami, Okla., has broken ground on its $1.4 million cardiac catheterization lab, according to a Joplin Globe report.
Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria, Ore., and Oregon Health & Science University have opened their new cancer center, according to a CMH news release.
Although 55 million Social Security beneficiaries will receive a 3.6 percent raise in benefits — their first since 2009 — higher Medicare premiums could wipe out part of those increases, according to a Christian Science Monitor report.
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The Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction has already received more than 175,000 recommendations on how to find more than $1 trillion in savings, according to a Politico report.
An $11 million building that will include clinic space and offices is currently under construction on Oklahoma Heart Hospital South's campus in Oklahoma City, according to an Oklahoman report.
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Radisphere, which provides radiology services to community hospitals, has announced it will implement a wide-ranging quality initiative through 2012, according to a news release.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based University of Michigan Health System has pushed back the opening of C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital from mid-November to Dec. 4, according to a health system news release.