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Mayo Clinic Health System has announced plans to build a hospital to replace its current Cannon Falls, Minn., hospital, according to a KAALTV report.

Hospitals in New York City's suburbs are opposing New York City-based Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's plans to construct a $140 million free-standing cancer treatment center in nearby Harrison, N.Y., according to a New York Times report.

Kentucky Children's Hospital, part of Lexington-based UK HealthCare, has opened the new Congenital Heart Clinic, according to a health system news release.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston is planning to create a new, approximately $20 million comprehensive cancer center in Needham, Mass., according to a hospital news release.

Gwinnett Medical Center – Lawrenceville (Ga.) has opened the Gwinnett Breast Center, according to a Weekly report. The breast center, which is designated as a Breast Center of Excellence, includes the Marion Allison Webb Center for Screening Mammography and the…

Officials at Memorial Hospital of Abilene (Kansas) expect to break ground on its $20 million expansion project on Nov. 15, according to an Abilene Reflector-Chronicle report.

Oakland Regional Hospital in Southfield, Mich., is looking to expand by opening new clinics, according to a Detroit News report.

Knoxville, Tenn.-based TeamHealth has acquired Lebanon, Tenn.-based Integrity Hospitalists Group, according to a TeamHealth news release.

The American College of Surgeons' Commission on Cancer has mandated that accredited institutions provide rehabilitation services to cancer patients and that the institution's cancer committee include a rehabilitation specialist. This requirement is part of CoC's new, patient-centered approach described in…

Mayo Clinic has entered into a new agreement with the Hormel Foundation and the University of Minnesota that would expand the Hormel Institute and establish the Mayo Clinic Hormel Institute in Austin, Minn.