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A recent study by Jackson & Cooker found that 77 percent of physicians surveyed disagreed with the statement "The AMA's stance and actions represents my views."

The Senate committee on health, education, labor and pensions has approved legislation that would reauthorize current-level funding for the Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for five years, according to an AHA News Now report.

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.