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Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System has requested state approval to relocate its cancer radiation therapy services from Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., to Harbour View Health Center in Suffolk, Va., according to a Virginian-Pilot report.

Banner Boswell Medical Center in Sun City, Ariz., has gone live with a new central monitor station designed to help hospital technicians more closely monitor cardiac patients, according to an Arizona Republic report.

Gulf Coast Medical Center in Panama City, Fla., has formed an affiliation with the UAB Cancer Care Network in Birmingham, Ala., to improve local access to cancer treatment, according to a News Herald report.

Yakima (Wash.) Regional Medical and Cardiac Center will open its new cardiac floor next week, according to a kapptv.com report.

Newman Regional Health in Emporia, Kan., is planning an all-inclusive Women's Breast Center, according to an Emporia Gazette report.

Florida Hospital in Orlando will open its new $33 million neurosurgery center, which is part of its Neuroscience Institute, next month, according to an Orlando Sentinel report.

Limiting the use of drug-eluting stents for reducing restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention saves costs without affecting the rate of death within a year, according to a study published in Circulation.

Community and hospital leaders recently broke ground on an addition to the cancer center at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va., part of Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System, according to a health system news release.

Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku, Hawaii, has begun its cardiology program, according to a Maui News report.

Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island in Pawtucket is partnering with Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston instead of nearby Miriam Hospital or Rhode Island Hospital, both in Providence, for cardiac care, according to a Providence Journal report.