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By Jeff Lagasse | 10:46 am | February 11, 2016
The Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children at Sky Ridge Medical Center in Lone Tree, Colorado will open its new pediatric emergency department on Monday, the first dedicated pediatric ER of its kind on the hospital's campus, Sky Ridge Medical Center announced Wednesday.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:21 pm | February 10, 2016
Construction of a new patient tower at Jewish Hospital in Kenwood, Ohio -- part of an $80 million expansion -- is close to being completed, with hospital officials claiming it's about 75 percent finished.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:26 am | February 10, 2016
McKesson Health Solutions and Health QX on Wednesday announced an alliance designed to help insurers quickly design and scale complex bundled payment models.
By Jeff Lagasse | 04:07 pm | February 09, 2016
While the medical importance of vaccines is largely known, a pair of researchers is looking to define just what economic value vaccines play in the realm of global healthcare.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:54 am | February 09, 2016
Nueterra, a privately held company formerly specializing in developing equity partnerships and healthcare facilities, has split into a pair of new companies -- NueHealth and Nueterra Capital.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:34 pm | February 08, 2016
For six months now, Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Wyoming has puttered along without a chief financial officer. Now that's changed, with longtime hospital pro Jim Bands selected to help steer the facility into the future.
By Jeff Lagasse | 11:05 am | February 08, 2016
The Department of Health and Human Services is looking at ways to improve the quality of care at facilities operated by the Indian Health Service, focusing especially on the Great Plains area.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:42 am | February 08, 2016
In its annual Community Benefit Report, the Minnesota Hospital Association announced that the state's nonprofit hospitals and health systems chipped in more than $4.3 billion in programs and services in 2014 to benefit community health. That's an uptick of 4.6 percent compared to the previous year.
By Jeff Lagasse | 09:45 am | February 05, 2016
Northwell Health, which until January was known as the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, will air its first-ever Super Bowl ads during Sunday's game -- a 30-second spot in the second quarter, and two 30-second ads that will run during pre-game coverage.
By Jeff Lagasse | 08:20 am | February 05, 2016
The project, announced on Sunday, will tack on 54,000 square feet to the current 119,000 square-foot structure and will encompass a new outpatient center on the first floor, a surgery suite on the second floor and private inpatient rooms on the third.