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Torrance (Calif.) Memorial Medical Center is well on its way to constructing a new seven-story medical tower, according to a Daily Breeze report.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Hospital is two to three months ahead of schedule on its $42.3 million, fifth floor expansion, according to a Journal-Gazette report.

The heart failure program at UCSF Medical Center has helped reduce readmissions by 30 percent, according to a New York Times report.

Herbert Pardes, MD, president and CEO of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Peter Fine, President and CEO of Banner Health and Nick Turkal, MD President and CEO of Aurora Health Care, penned an op-ed in The Hill arguing that deep cuts to federal…

Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital's certificate of need application, filed to move an endoscopy unit to an outpatient center, has been denied by state officials, according to an Asheville Citizen-Times report.

Quorum Health Resource's Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash., was recently awarded the "2011 Top Leadership Team in Healthcare for Community and Mid-Sized Hospitals" recognition by HealthLeaders Media, according to a QHR news release.

A study published in Annals of Neurology found that ischemic stroke hospitalization rates in adolescents and young adults aged 15-44 increased 37 percent from 1995-2008, according to a press release.

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Stanford Hospital and Clinics has partnered with Henderson, Nev.-based St. Rose Dominican Hospitals to expand the neurosurgery center in Henderson, according to a Las Vegas Review-Journal report.