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By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
The Minnesota branch of the Mayo Clinic is closing its clinical trials unit and immediately cutting 30 jobs.Mayo officials announced they would close the 100-person Mayo Clinical Trial Servic...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 07, 2008
Fauquier Hospital in Warrenton, Va., recently opened an expanded emergency department, the last step in a $60 million project that featured renovations to 95 percent of the facility.The Richm...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Charleston Memorial Hospital in Charleston, S.C. will close in the coming months, with most of its functions being absorbed by the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital.Patrick Cawley...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Baystate Health, a healthcare network in western Massachusetts, is cutting 55 jobs and eliminating 120 vacant positions as a result of a $37 million projected budget shortfall.Baystate Health...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 06, 2008
Voters in Dallas County, Texas, overwhelmingly approved a bond measure on Tuesday that would replace 54-year-old Parkland Memorial Hospital with a larger, modern facility.The $747 million bon...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
Tenet Healthcare Corp. missed analysts' earnings estimates and shares plummeted more than 25 percent Tuesday after it reported dismal third-quarter results that were only slightly helped by the sale o...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
The University of Michigan Health System has announced a hiring freeze for non-patient care jobs in its hospitals and health centers unit.UMHS has also asked certain non-patient care departme...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 05, 2008
Louisiana's $7 billion-plus Medicaid program will need another $450 million in the next budget year just to retain the status quo, the state's health secretary said this week.Department of He...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 04, 2008
The West Penn Allegheny Health System posted an operating loss of almost $94 million for the fiscal year ending June 30, according to unaudited financial results that were released Monday.The...
By Richard Pizzi | 01:00 am | November 04, 2008
The state of Wisconsin has reached preliminary agreement with the federal government for a five-year federal waiver allowing the state to expand its BadgerCare Plus healthcare plan.Under the...