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Mercy has unveiled plans for $4.6 billion in healthcare investments the system will make across Missouri over the next eight years, according to a health system news release.

Marietta, Ga.-based WellStar Health System plans to finalize a $16 million-$20 million acquisition of physician group Solaris Heart & Vascular on Nov. 1, according to a Cherokee Tribune report.

Shenandoah Memorial Hospital in Woodstock, Va., is nearing completion of the Shenandoah Diagnostic Center after roughly two years of design and construction, according to a Northern Virginia Daily report.

Kingman (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center has joined the newly-created Mayo Clinic Care Network, making it the second health system following Grand Forks, N.D.-based Altru Health System to become a member of the network, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.

Initial results from a nationwide stroke prevention trial suggest aggressive medical management alone may be better for stroke prevention than stenting, according to a Rush University Medical Center news release.

UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has laid the foundation for its new $800 million University Hospital, which is slated to open in 2015, according to a hospital news release.

Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., will begin construction on an emergency department expansion that will cost the hospital $18.6 million, according to a hospital news release.

White County Medical Center in Searcy, Ark., has opened its Cancer Center of Excellence, according to a Today's THV report.

The $20 million Elbowoods Memorial Health Center in New Town, N.D., is officially open to the public, according to a Minot Daily News report.

Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health System and Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville, Ill., are considering plans to build a physician office building, according to a State Journal-Register report.