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Patients with pacemakers now may have a chance to undergo certain types of MRI scans, according to a Worcester Telegram & Gazette report.

A recent study published in the American Heart Journal found that almost 70,000 Americans die every year because they do not receive recommended, evidence-based therapies for heart failure.

St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University's departments of cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery and vascular surgery have joined together to form a new Heart & Vascular Center, according to a hospital news release.

The American Medical Association has named James L. Madara, MD, its new executive vice president and CEO, effective July 1, according to an association news release.

Beaumont Hospitals, parent company of Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., and two other major hospitals, has announced it will be changing its name to Beaumont Health System, according to a Detroit News report.

Johns Hopkins Medicine has received a $10 million gift to establish the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.

Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting 2011

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has combined the operations of its cardiac surgery, vascular surgery and cardiology departments to create the Heart and Vascular Institute, according to a hospital news release.

Mark Schickendantz, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Cleveland Clinic, was named the director of the Center for Sports Health, according to a hospital news release.

Sanford Health, based in Sioux Falls, S.D., is the first in the region to offer robotic surgery to treat tongue and tonsil cancer, according to a hospital news release.