01/Jul 2008 | 1 Million Subsidised GP appointments a year | 11. July marks the sixth anniversary of Primary Health Organisations in New Zealand, and over four million New Zealanders are benefiting. Latest Ministry of Health figures show that at the end of 2007... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Oregon: REGENCE HIKES HEALTH INSURANCE RATES 26 | Health Care & Prescription Drugs Health Care & Prescription Drugs News Health Care & Prescription Drugs . Consumer and business groups gathered outside the corporate offices of Regence Blue Cross B... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | FOOTBALL: Davis Becomes Latest Linebacker In Trouble | HARRY KING Sports Columnist for The Morning News GRANT HALL Sports Columnist for The Morning News JERRY L. REED Sports Columnist for The Morning News ROBBIE NEISWANGER Sports Columnist for The Morn... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Family Values for 2008 | The U. (See Kristin Bateman's post on a new article by Eric Nguyen examining parents in bankruptcy.) But it's not just Europhile liberals who are saying this anymore. Although, in recent years, "famil... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Obama Goes After Religious Voters | Politics Blog Entry Obama Goes After Religious Voters Posted by Ashish on 07. We saw in 2000 and 2004 that Al Gore and John Kerry more or less let George W. Bush have the strongly religious voters, ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Gators win second straight Swampland title | BERWICK For the second consecutive season, the South Terrebonne-based Swampland Baseball League team took home the league title. The South Louisiana Bank Gators did so by downing Thibodaux Regional ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rockwell A Stealthy Commodity Play (ROK) | Rockwell Automation (NYSE: ROK ) is a $5 billion-per-year leader in the field of control systems and process engineering for industrial manufactures. Rockwell's monitoring systems minimize energy loss... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Less Plastic Surgery Might Make You Look Happier, New Study Shows | ADHD and ADD (64). Will Courtenay : Thank you very much for this important article, and for bringing attention to this too often. And all I hear is that if we had national health care, the quality of ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health: Patients and dentists let down by NHS reforms, say MPs | England has failed patients and the profession, MPs on the Commons health select committee said last night.An investigation of changes made two years ago showed fewer . Leading article: Open wide F... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CMS promises better Medicare services under MPFS | Cardiology. While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has pushed back the proposed 10.6 percent Medicare payment cuts to physicians until mid July, the agency has proposed new efforts to pr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Robber throws chemical in clerk's face | Police are looking for two men who robbed Tee Pee's Smoke Shop, 913 E. The men drove up in a silver compact car, police Sgt. The driver stayed in the car while the passenger went in and asked for ciga... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Planned Parenthood cuts ties with 5 clinics | Planned Parenthood officially severed its ties Monday from five local clinics -- four in Broward and one in Boca Raton -- whose top administrator has acknowledged a history of ``terrible mismanagement... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health Minister Ara Darzi has unveiled the government s plans to raise the quality of healthcare for patients right across the NHS | Health Minister Ara Darzi has unveiled the government s plans to raise the quality of healthcare for patients right across the NHS. By putting patients' wishes first and giving doctors & nurses the fr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation Signs Milestone Agreement With University of Missouri for Production of a Compact Device to Produce Radioisotopes | Analyst Comments: Merge Healthcare, Canon, Medicines Company, U. Cellular, Comstock, Agnico-Eagle, Newmont, Lincoln Electric, Amag Pharma . Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation Signs Milestone Agreeme... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Top 6 | Now that Steve Ballmer has officially become top dog at Microsoft, it's time to take a look at the man's worst video moments. How he appears on camera may give some hints about how he'll steer the com... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health Officials Release Final Report On Great Wolf Lodge Illnesses | MASON, Ohio -- Federal health officials have released a final report on a local indoor water park after hundreds of people got sick there. The bulk of the complaints at Great Wolf Lodge in Mason were ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Consumer Reports: Overly aggressive hospital care | KUSA - It's well known that people who do not have adequate insurance don't get the health care they need. But for people with good health-insurance coverage, Consumer Reports finds overly aggressive ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 'Hancock' will open big | Article Template. Which is fortunate, considering the Will Smith starrer cost Sony upward of $150 million to produce and perhaps another $70 million to market. Reviews have been mixed, but the topline... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Merkley pays visits to South Coast | COOS BAY - Marking his first bid for a seat in the U. Senate, Oregon Democratic candidate Jeff Merkley makes a campaign stop in Coos Bay on Tuesday. It's part of his 100 town tour for change, where he... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State physician groups, AMA target GOP senators over Medicare votes | Physician groups around the country are angry with Republicans who did not support Medicare legislation, and are gearing up to go after them this election cycle. Medical societies in Texas, Mississipp... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Murder suspect stopped in Q-C during flight, police say | Nicholas Sheley Case: Federal Affidavit. The FBI has launched a manhunt for an armed and dangerous ex-con suspected of killing eight people in two states including a 93-year-old man, a child, and a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | McCain's $360 Mil Handout to Criminals | Iraq conservatives House election DreamTicket politics Elections2008 polls ViralVideo HillaryClinton BushAdministration evangelicals Senate ReligiousRight MoveOn.McCain's Crime-Fighting Strategy today... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Choose The Right Health Insurance Plan For Your Family | If you have to find an individual health insurance plan, or if your job lets you pick from multiple choices, you already know how confusing it can be. You probably already know that health insurance i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Conn. tries hybrid universal health care program | HARTFORD , Conn. (July 1, 2008) Restaurant employees are expected to be among the participants in a new health insurance program that Connecticut is launching this week in hopes of extending coverage ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Building Strength in Seattle | Elaine Sanchez Highlights and trends from the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting. With a focus on hands-on interaction and direct communication between vendors and customers, the ann... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Drug chains, benefit mgrs team on e-prescriptions | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chain drug stores including Walgreens and pharmacy benefits managers like Medco Health Solutions are combining their electronic networks to speed adoption of computerized prescr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medical facility inaugurated at FMC, Owo | Yinka Oladoyinbo, Akuregos - 02.2008 The telemedicine facility meant to take health care delivery to the rural communities in the country was on Tuesday inaugurated at the Federal Medical Centre (FMC)... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Software companies back online health records privacy framework | With the dawn of new information-oriented and software services on the web, many Americans are interested in using web based tools for processing their personal health information and also obtaining h... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The Score: Physicians 355; Insurers 59: Blood on the Senate Floor | 3:16PMToday was the day that Medicare was supposed to take an axe to physicians' fees, slashing them by an average of 10. But last week, in a stunning turn-around, the House voted 355 to 59 to block a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Blaze levels Sweetwater Casino in Mullica | MULLICA A popular restaurant on the banks of the Mullica River was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. Fire broke out at The Sweetwater Casino on Seventh Avenue around 4:17 a. Members of Frankli... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Teen is rescued from Danby cave | DANBY - Rescue and law enforcement personnel worked late Monday and into Tuesday morning to free a young camper stuck in a narrow cave crevice. The site is about two miles off Quarry Road in Danby. Ve... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Denmark Is The Happiest Nation On Earth | Despite the anxieties of these times, happiness has been on the rise around the world in recent years, a new survey finds. The upbeat outlook is attributed to economic growth in previously poor countr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | HCA Partnership Won't Ease Residents' Woes | Local. Officials from Hospital Corporation of America and Children's National Medical Center announced Monday they would collaborate on staffing, training and equipment for pediatric care at a propos... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Smoking Banned At Central Fla. Hospitals | CELEBRATION, Fla. -- Smoking is now banned on 15 hospital campuses in Central Florida. The hospitals run by Florida Hospital, Orlando Health, Health Central and Central Florida Regional have made a B... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | AdCare Health Systems, Inc. Announces the Refinancing of Three Assisted Living Properties in Ohio | AdCare Health Systems, Inc. (Amex: ADK), an Ohio based long term care, home care and management company, today announced the refinancing of three assisted living properties in Ohio. Community's Hearth... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | We reported | John Cornyn's vote to cut Medicare funding for physicians by 10 percent seems to have some consequences, the Statesman's Jason Embry reports. The political action committee of the Texas Medical Associ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | $89 million for Tarzana hospital | TARZANA - A nationwide nonprofit health company will pay $89 million to purchase Tarzana Regional Medical Center, officials announced today. Providence Health & Services officials said Monday they had... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medical workers cheating patients on time study | Ever heard of time cheating? Research in four western Uganda districts has found that patients can only be attended to depending on the time they visit a health centre. Conducted by the Kabarole Resea... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Better healthcare IT will empower patients, says Purdue expert | WEST LAFAYETTE, IN - Better information technology will put patients in a better position to make decisions about their healthcare, says Jeffrey S. Vitter, dean of the College of Science at Purdue Uni... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Barbra Streisand backs Obama | Tags: Fan Fare , Barack Obama , Barbra Streisand , Democrat , Hillary Clinton , Obama , Presidential campaign. Barack Obama to a political trailblazer, singer Barbra Streisand has become the latest ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Ocala man named to veterans board | OCALA -- Michael Coker of Ocala was named to the board of the new Florida Veterans Foundation Inc., the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs announced Tuesday. The foundation, established by Florid... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Severe thunderstorm warning issued for eastern Orange County | Central Florida can expect a heavy downpour as severe storms move into the area. The National Weather Service in Melbourne issued a severe thunderstorm warning for eastern Orange County at 4:46 p. The... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Prescott police officer injured arresting man with knife | A police officer was injured as she and other officers tried to arrest a man outside a Prescott grocery store Monday. Somerlik was accused of shoplifting at a Fry's Food Store on Fair Street and offic... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Riverside to Subsidize I.T. for Docs | Stuart Cardiology Group: Conversion to the Philips Digital Pocket Memo 9610 digital dictation system grants providers timely access., is testing integrated practice management/electronic health record... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Pedestrian Hit By Car | ORLANDO -- Florida Highway Patrol Troopers said the man who hit and critically injured a pedestrian in Orange County will not be charged. Troopers said Frank Noriega, 25, was hit while trying to flag ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The American College to offer FA 20 | The American College, the nation's leading educator of financial services professionals, announced today that it will offer FA 200, Techniques for Prospecting: Prospect or Perish, a course from the in... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically | Death rates for HIV-infected people lucky enough to get their hands on antiretroviral medications have decreased dramatically since the introduction of these drugs in 1996, new British research shows.... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Notebook: Economic Effects | 0:15 ]. More Americans are going without health insurance nearly sixteen million people or 20% of the population. Delayed or skipped medical care last year largely because of cost. Even more 100 milli... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Our Infantile Search for Heroic Leaders | Our Infantile Search for Heroic Leaders. Germain: Declaration of Independence Revised for July 4, 2008. Gathering of Mustangs & Legends - Flag Jump (video) . Do you find yourself staring at the telev... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | World Bank: India s healthcare system suffers from absenteeism | One of the findings of the World Bank s Global Monitoring Report 2008 is that the rate of absenteeism among primary healthcare workers in India is the highest in the world, at 40%. Moreover, the repor... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Pedestrian struck by car, airlifted to Phoenix hospital | A male pedestrian was severely injured Monday evening after being struck by a car in the vicinity of 8th Street and 13th Avenue. Yuma police and the Yuma Fire Department responded to a report of an in... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Let's not personalize too much | In Sickness and In Health. Mike Lux writing at Open Left I was really delighted to hear his answer to a question at the National Association of Latino Elected Officials the other day on health care. H... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Craneware Signs Contract with Catholic Healthcare West | Craneware, a recognized leader of solutions that improve the financial performance of healthcare organizations, today announced a contract with San Francisco-based Catholic Healthcare West for the del... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Opportunists grow fat on human misery | Doctor files suit against hospital (610). Editor: I found myself shocked when I read the June 14 Casper Star-Tribune article, "Wyo senators detail finances," and saw that Sen. If he has that much on ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Los Angeles Daily News Examines Connection Between High Number Of Minority Children In Foster Care System, Drug Tests Given To Minority Mothers | Los Angeles Daily News Examines Connection Between High Number Of Minority Children In Foster Care System, Drug Tests Given To Minority Mothers . Some health care officials maintain that the high pop... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | New York Times Letters To The Editor Discuss Editorial Supporting Nationwide Adoption Of Electronic Health Records | New York Times Letters To The Editor Discuss Editorial Supporting Nationwide Adoption Of Electronic Health Records . The New York Times on Monday published several letters to the editor responding to... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Thinking of NOT Voting? | From Market Watch 25 reasons to vote in 2008. dollar meltdown Clues: Foreign currencies replacing dollar as reserve currency. Housing-credit meltdown Clues: Subprimes triggered $400 billion in write-o... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | California Health Insurance Cheap Rates | California Health Insurance Quotes | California Health Insurance and California Life Insurance - Apply Online !. Just enter your contact information and ZIP code and you're ready to go. View the rates... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | HealthPort Appoints New President and Chief Executive Officer | 03:40 PM. Form 4 EXELON CORP For: Jun 30 Filed by: PALMS JOHN M (10K) Jul 01, 2008 03:40 PM. Form 3 Wine Kevin For: Jun 30 (10K) Jul 01, 2008 03:40 PM. Form 4 COLEMAN JAY W For: Jun 30 (10K) Jul 01, 2... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Aetna Endorses Markle Foundation Efforts to Ensure Privacy and Security of Consumers' Health Information Online | Aetna Endorses Markle Foundation Efforts to Ensure Privacy and Security of Consumers' Health Information Online Jul 01, 2008 03:18 PM. Aetna to Announce Second-Quarter 2008 Results Jun 30, 2008 03:59... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | McCalla suspects face extradition Wednesday | Huntington Junior College gets $1 million grant (07/01/08) . Land on Ohio River Road up for Auction (07/01/08) . Boston Beanery restaurants for sale in Huntington, Ashland (07/01/08). Huntington Mall ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Foundation Radiology Group Signs Multi-Year Contracts for Diagnostic Services with Pineville Community and Knox County Hospitals | Foundation Radiology Group Signs Multi-Year Contracts for Diagnostic Services with Pineville Community and Knox County Hospitals . Pittsburgh-based Foundation Radiology Group (FRG) has signed multi-ye... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Chain drug stores, benefits manager | Chain drug stores including Walgreens have teamed with pharmacy benefits managers to combine their electronic networks in order to streamline computerized prescriptions. The three largest pharmacy ben... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | It's a Start, But Small Businesses Need to Hear More | When Senator John McCain delivered the keynote address at the National Federation of Independent Business 2008 National Small Business Summit last month, he did much more than speak to several hundred... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Forget Biscuits (made with Crisco) and Gravy - NYC Trans-Fat Ban In Effect Today | NYC Trans Fat Help Center.American Heart Association History of trans fats. IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Crisco in WalMart/ author : Charles Sporn Big Brother is watching you in your local New Y... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Please, ABC, Tell Us What This Story Is About | A Dart to ABCNews.com for a muddled mess of a story that may be interesting to Beltway health cognoscenti, but is confusing as the devil to the man (or woman) on the street. The story, entitled Obama... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Beef Recall | Looking for ways to reduce health care costs? Start saving in just six minutes! Fast, Free, Secure Quotes. coli outbreak in Ohio and Michigan to Nebraska Beef Ltd. and are recalling almost 532,000 pou... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | WEB EXCLUSIVE: How councils can improve their financial management | The London Borough of Hillingdon has just completed an ambitious transformation programme to improve the efficiency of its financial management processes. But there is an art to introducing computeris... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hospital Overwhelmed by Dead Rapper's Fans | Police quelled a disturbance at a Pontiac hospital when more than 100 people there to see a slain local rapper clashed with officers who tried to get them to leave. The Oakland Press reports Tuesday t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | SureScripts, RxHub Merge To Expand E-Prescribing Network | Browsers. The combination will form a single secure national network for the exchange of prescription related data between physicians, pharmacies, and prescription benefit management organizations, or... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Novo Innovations Announces Agreement With Palomar Pomerado Health | Novo software agents will enable Palomar Pomerado Health to provide electronic delivery of hospital data to affiliated physician practices . Novo Innovations, the leading healthcare provider of softw... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Noriega back in West Texas | HOUSTON Rick Noriega, candidate for U. Senate, will visit Loving County today, as part of his West Texas tour, continuing his 254-county "campaign for Texas families." Loving County is one of the leas... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Auntie Anne's(R) Honors 20 Families Who Give Back | Auntie Anne's(R) Honors 20 Families Who Give Back Pretzel Chain Awards Grants Up to $20K to Celebrate 20th Birthday July 01, 2008 // Franchising. - After conducting a nationwide search for deserving f... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | QoF to be re-focused on health promotion | Lord Darzi s NHS review outlines plans to overhaul the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) to place a greater emphasis on health promotion activity. Higher Quality Care for All: The NHS Next Stage Re... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Deltona driver won't be charged for hitting pedestrian | No charges gainst Deltona man who struck pedestrian in Orange County By PATRICIO G. BALONA STAFF WRITER A Deltona man who drove the car that struck and critically injured a pedestrian in Orange Count... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Availability Of Guns In Homes Linked To Higher Suicide Rate | 12:29 CDT Suicides were linked to 55 percent of the nation s nearly 31,000 firearm deaths in 2005, according to new research. Traditionally, gun-related suicides have outnumbered firearm homicides and... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Throat cut; man arrested | A Diamond City man was arrested Saturday night on suspicion of cutting another man s throat after an altercation that night, Boone County Sheriff s Capt. A Diamond City man was arrested Saturday night... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Baby first in tower | From Times Sources A new baby boom of sorts has begun at North Arkansas Regional Medical Center s new patient tower. Special to the Times Greg and Erin Jones welcomed the arrival of their son, Clayt... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cut IT Spending by virtualizing the desktop and reduce Power consumption | Technology, Media & Telecom. Analysis: If only we could make IT organizations pay for their power usage. I did a little research and found that a Wyse head unit uses about one tenth of the power of a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Boomers numbers and demands point to increased demand for medical real estate | Accounting & Financial Analysis. Analysis of: Aging Baby Boomers Will Drive Demand for Healthcare Properties Over Next Decade, Grubb & Ellis Report Reveals | www. According to Census Bureau by 2010 th... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State Senate Committee Passes Paid Sick Days | Nick Hardeman Jun. 26 2008 AB 2716 two votes away from becoming first state law to guarantee paid sick days in the nation. SACRAMENTO-Two days after Senator Barack Obama unveiled a national push for... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Yuma pedestrian hit, seriously injured; identity unknown | Police are looking for the public's help identifying a person injured when they were hit by a car on a north Yuma street Monday night., a passenger car hit the pedestrian on 8th Street near 13th Avenu... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Can Privacy Standards Push Electronic Health Records? | Are Privacy Standards Enough to Push Electronic Health Records?. Are Privacy Standards Enough to Push Electronic Health Records? ( Page 1 of 4 ) Many attribute slow uptake of electronic health record... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Large Employers to Provide Online Personal Health Records | Each employer is donating about $1 million or more for the initiative; the program is expected to be controlled by a neutral nonprofit entity. A group of large employers, including Intel and Wal-Mart,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Banks to Deliver Personal Health Records Online | Health insurance companies and large employers are creating online personal health records for their employers or members. The Medical Banking Project plans to announce a program later this year that ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Securing, Digitizing Medical Records Remain Priorities in Healthcare IT | Security and electronic health records top the priorities in IT for the healthcare industry according to a new study. Healthcare technology professionals are scrambling to secure their systems with on... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Summertime is sweet for diabetics too | With summer upon us, barbecues, beaches and sunshine are front and center in our minds. We try to spend carefree days with friends and family, enjoying the weather and company of loved ones. Along wit... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | AMA Foundation Names Healthy Communities/Healthy America Recipients | CHICAGO, July 01, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an effort to address the growing problem of the uninsured and to recognize physician volunteerism, the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundatio... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cheyenne man stabbed to death | Cheyenne man stabbed to death. Police say they have taken the man's wife into custody. Venable died Monday after he was taken to the Cheyenne Regional Medical Center for treatment. Upon arrival, poli... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Press Release: AEMRN 2008 Successful programme in Kenya | It was another realisation of the key objectives of AEMRN- joining hands with Local and International Organisations for the benefit of people in low-income setting. We extend special thanks and appre... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | South FL emergency depts cited for denying care | Corporate Social Responsibility PM/SME Upp Business Systems, LLC - Downers Grove, IL. Baylor Health Care System PSA III-Medication Management-Dallas Baylor Health Care System - Dallas, TEXAS. specia... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | CO laws let physicians contest health plan rating systems, establish system reforms | Applications Analyst II Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties - San Diego, CA . LTAC CEO's & CNO's BMR & Associates, LLC - Richardson, TX . RN's and LPN'S Immediate Shifts & Contracts... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Persons of interest ID'd, not yet linked to jogger's death | Two men considered "persons of interest" in the killing of jogger Nicole Ganguzza have been identified, but detectives have found nothing "as of yet" linking them to the case, an Orange County Sheriff... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | ThirdSector | NHS under proposals unveiled yesterday by health minister Lord Darzi. His long-awaited report, High Quality Care for All, gives staff the 'right to request' transfer from the . NHS to a social ente... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Darzi report opens way to a social enterprise model | NHS under proposals unveiled yesterday by health minister Lord Darzi.His long-awaited report, High Quality Care for All, gives staff the 'right to request' . Allyson Pollock: Lord Darzi's report pave... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Researcher Receives $4 Million Grant To Study Health Quality Reform | Researcher Receives $4 Million Grant To Study Health Quality Reform Tuesday, July 1, 2008. Dennis Scanlon, associate professor of health policy and administration in Penn State's College of Health and... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Real Stories of Real Results from Real Physicians | The increasing demands that the healthcare industry places on its physicians is driving change. The pressures to increase efficiency and grow revenue while at the same time maintaining patient satisfa... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Caring for the Chronically Ill | Compliance. A Layered Approach to Computer Security for Healthcare Organizations . July 1, 2008 Patients with chronic illnesses account for 75% of U. health care spending, and that percentage will g... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Using A Standard EHR Approach | Because Oregon Health and Science University has 59 clinics, two hospitals and 800 salaried faculty physicians, implementing an enterprisewide electronic health records system was a daunting task. To ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Keeping Young Patients Safe | Children s hospitals face some special challenges in keeping their young patients safe. Some children may be victims of child abuse and need to be protected from certain family members. Others may be ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Revamping Apps For Payers | MEDecision Inc. hopes its introduction of next-generation applications will give it a boost in the competitive health insurance software market.-based company is seeking to rebound from tough times in... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Taking A Team Approach | The old saying goes, There is no I in team, and this has never been more accurate than in today s health care information services departments. I ve had the opportunity to serve in an information ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rep. Browne to run for re-election in House District 58 | VASSALBORO -- Rep. William Browne, R-Vassalboro, announced he is running for re-election in House District 58, which includes Vassalboro, Windsor and part of Augusta. Through six years in the House, B... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | European Union to overhaul health care rules | BRUSSELS, Belgium - European Union citizens will be able to shop for medical care around the 27-nation bloc without prior authorization from their insurer, under new rules to be unveiled by the EU exe... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Current trends in ER imaging | As new imaging practices emerge, computed tomography (CT) remains a vital tool in the evaluation of patients in the emergency department (ED) with symptoms of chest pain and those involved with trauma... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Toshiba Medical Systems announces new President and CEO | Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation ('TMSC'), a member of the Toshiba group of companies, announced that Dr. Kenichi Komatsu has been appointed President and CEO of the company at the annual sharehold... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Verona based electronic | From the Wisconsin State Journal: "Epic Systems Corp., the Verona-based electronic medical records company, is threatening to pull its business from local vendors who support the state's largest busin... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Flaws in the barcoded technology used to reduce medication administration errors identified | In the first study of its kind, researchers led by The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine's Ross Koppel, Ph. studied how hospital nurses actually use bar-coded technology that matches the r... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Gene Editing Promises HIV Immunity For All? | Science , Technology Some exciting news about making it much harder for HIV to grab ahold of your immune system. From Wired : Viruses enter cells and take them over, but to get inside, they need a han... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Project REECH - Reducing the Divide between Researchers and the Community | Home. Thoughts and opinions expressed in this blog are those of the contributor and are not necessarily those of Case Western Reserve University or the Case Center for Reducing Health Disparities. Inf... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Providence Signs Agreement to Acquire Tarzana Hospital | Tenet Healthcare Corporation to acquire the Tarzana campus of Encino Tarzana Regional Medical Center for $89 million. The acquisition, which is scheduled to be finalized in the next 60 days, will enab... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Drug chains, benefits managers team on prescriptions | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chain drug stores including Walgreens and pharmacy benefits managers like Medco Health Solutions are combining their electronic networks to speed adoption of computerized pres... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier's Healthcare Alliance Agreements for Advanced Wound Care | Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Premier's Healthcare Alliance Agreements for Advanced Wound Care . portfolio of agreements for advanced wound care with 3M Co.; Ferris Manufacturing (a vet... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bainbridge's Smile Partner's reaches out to low income families seeking dental care | Kate Mills of Washington State Smile Partners checks the teeth of patient Mary Joan Zakovy, at the weekly dental clinic at the Bainbridge Commons Monday. The clinic provides dental examinations for lo... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Real Estate / Land Use | Real Estate / Land Use new Affordability is debated and defined as the city gives deveopers a break. Starbucks new The new Pike Place Roast attracts new customers but alienates some existing ones.... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Police Blotter: Man Shoots Own Hand and Another Sleeps at Bar | Computer Jobs). Deputies responded to a loud music complaint in Hungry Horse. Thirty-seven minutes later deputies returned to Hungry Horse and asked the same party to keep it down. In Bigfork, when a ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | GlobalSCAPE offering free Web-based file transfer service | GlobalSCAPE Inc. a developer of file centric software for the Internet, has released a new Web-based file transfer service that is free to anyone with an Internet connection. There is no software to i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Taking action against hospital acquired infection | Patients enter hospitals every day for a variety of reasons but usually without the thought of developing a new health problem. Yet every year thousands of hospitalized Americans acquire infections du... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston Builder Services Selected To Represent The Peninsula At Amberly | Coldwell Banker Howard Perry And Walston Builder Services Selected To Represent The Peninsula At Amberly 07-01-2008 RALEIGH, N. Debbie Houston, president of Coldwell Banker Howard Perry and Walston... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | NC Prevention Partners Names Three To Board | NC Prevention Partners Names Three To Board 07-01-2008 CHAPEL HILL, NC - NC Prevention Partners (NCPP) has named three health policy experts to its Board of Directors. Boerner, Medical Director of Un... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Quality of care for diabetes, vascular disease relates to success of | Quality of care for diabetes, vascular disease relates to success of medical clinic groups, statewide ranking finds . The brand name on the clinic door appears to matter when it comes to the quality ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bus price hike headed to committee | WillCo Wired: Krusee to appear in court July 9 | Comments (0) . City Beat: Chief testifies at commander's appeal hearing | Comments (9). Hays County commissioners reject plan to put treated sewage in ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Adverse Reaction | Despite advances in modern medicine, when you go to a doctor's office, it's likely that the physician updates your file with a pen and gives you a prescription written on paper. Efforts to move those ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | N13m council workers' salaries gone in robbery operation | 01 Jul : 10:34. [html] Akadiri showered the praises at the signing of this year s Programme Implementation Agreement (PIA) for the state and endorsement of the International Year of Sanitation (IYS) S... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Bartow man killed in early morning crash | BARTOW - One person was killed early this morning in a two-vehicle collision on U. Highway 98, between Bartow and Lakeland, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. The victim was identified as Joshua Lee... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Democrats appeal decision on Hoffman s senate candidacy | 11:17 AMOGUNQUIT The Maine Democratic Party has continued its challenge of Ogunquit resident Herb Hoffman s independent candidacy for U. The party Monday appealed Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunla... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Public Comment Invited on Modeling of Options for Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage for New Yorkers | Public Comment Invited on Modeling of Options for Expansion of Health Insurance Coverage for New Yorkers., today invited public comments on instructions that will guide the modeling of proposals to ex... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Elderly Woman Crashes Car Into Beauty Salon | SANDY TOWNSHIP, CLEARFIELD COUNTY - An elderly woman loses control of her car and crashes into a beauty salon. It happened right around 12:45 Monday afternoon on Maple Street in Sandy Township. Offici... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Americans Not Getting the Health Care They Need | Child Health. How to Prevent Colon Cancer (and Never Need a Colostomy) . Surviving Summer: I Scream, You Scream (Let s Hope it s for Ice Cream). A Check-Up You Have Missed: Colonoscopy For a Long Life... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cape Coral welcomes all to a Wednesday Sunset Celebration | Sunset Celebration on the Pier is from 5 p. to sunset Wednesday at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, 5819 Driftwood Parkway. There will be music by Tommy Tunes and more than 40 vendors selling arts and craf... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Columbia Falls teacher dies in ATV accident | KALISPELL - A seventh-grade teacher at Columbia Falls Junior High School has died after suffering a head injury in a four-wheeler crash outside Columbia Falls. Sunday when his four-wheeler jerked sudd... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | The Principal Financial Group Fights Rising Healthcare Costs | DES MOINES, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 1, 2008 - The Principal Financial Group(R) renews its pharmacy benefits contract with CVS Caremark. Through the agreement, CVS Caremark will implement new progra... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Sunday liquor, Hannah Montana law and others go into effect | DENVER Tuesday marks the halfway point of 2008, which means several new laws take effect in Colorado. One law that went into effect on July 1, but won't be exercised until July 6, is the legalizati... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Ranhill eyes jobs in Mideast, SE Asia | ENGINEERING group Ranhill Bhd is eyeing hospital jobs in the Middle East and Southeast Asia that are similar in nature to its Women and Children's Hospital project in Kuala Lumpur. "The Ranhill group ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Union encamps at Historic Cold Spring Village | Inspiration for sale at Cape May s Designer Show House. An encampment of Civil War Union soldiers will make history come alive at Historic Cold Spring Village the weekend of July 12-13. The reenactor... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | China Improves Safety Management on Imported Foods in Preparation for Olympic Games | China Improves Safety Management on Imported Foods in Preparation for Olympic Games 22:00 Xinhua PR Newswire . BEIJING, July 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The first batch of imported food ( .) to arrive in... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Art studio to feature "Early Settlers of Sanibel" | Rising Stars Art Studio will have an exhibit beginning Friday featuring photos and artifacts from the early settlers of Sanibel. The exhibit will be presented by Circle of Community Leadership Inc. w... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Can your company force you to be healthy? | Story Highlights. Opponents bristle at lifestyle choices dictated by an employer . Medical school threatens to fire workers for smoking on campus . More firms offer wellness programs including anti-sm... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Retail Pharmacies and Largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers Announce Merger of E-prescribing Networks Improving Safety, Accuracy, Efficiency of P | Retail Pharmacies and Largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers Announce Merger of E-prescribing Networks Improving Safety, Accuracy, Efficiency of Prescription Medicines for Patients Nationwide . CVS Care... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Immigration bans former Barton woman from U.S | Immigration bans former Barton woman from U. Sawyers Cumberland Times-News BARTON - A former Barton couple who voluntarily moved to Canada in February rather than deal with deportation by the United S... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Florida man saves bear from drowning | TALLAHASSEE, FL -- It was a site you don't see everyday in the Panhandle in Florida. It all started after residents spotted a 375-pound black bear roaming through a neighborhood 40 miles south of Tall... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Lehigh Regional Medical Center general surgeon sent to Afghanistan | General surgeon Capt. Pat McGraw is used to operating in the sterile atmosphere of Lehigh Regional Medical Center. But for now the next three to four months the Army has assigned him to Farah, Af... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Doctors vs Toynbee on NHS privatisation | With cancer treatment, for instance, many leading drugs are far more expensive in Britain than in continental Europe, because the absence of any commercial competition here means that the big companie... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State officially launches the ECMC-Kaleida consolidation | How a group of doctors helped save the ECMC-Kaleida consolidation plan . The Kaleida-ECMC merger: Some questions and some answers . ECMC and Kaleida reach historic agreement to combine. Campus, fulfil... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Another Delay In Willis Trial | Nicki Mayo TriCities.com Content Coordinator Published: July 1, 2008 Another delay in the trial of accused double-murderer Howard Hawk Willis. Your Tri-Cities News Source learned Monday, the Tennes... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Obama s Patriot Speech Illustrates All His Faults | I am going to fisk Obama today - he has had it coming for a long time. I am going to challenge the empty suit s soaring and vacuous rhetoric on Patriotism to demonstrate why fancy words woven togeth... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Expanding Medicaid A Less Costly Way To Cover More Low-Income Uninsured Than Expanding Private Insurance | Protecting Social Security Benefits from Predatory Lending and Other Harmful Financial Institution Practices . Expanding Medicaid A Less Costly Way To Cover More Low-Income Uninsured Than Expanding... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | E-health allows medics to soldier on | Features. The US Army s computerised Medical Communications for Combat Casualty Care system is now being used in its military medical facilities in 14 countries. A US military e-health programme bein... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | J.B. Jake Adams | J. Jake Adams, age 90, of Early, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at the First Baptist Church in Early with the Rev, Eddie Ailshie and Calvin ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | PPH and Fen-Phen: One Plaintiff s Lawsuit | Anaheim, CA: I found an attorney to help obtain my medical record that shows I was diagnosed with PPH [Primary Pulmonary Hypertension or Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)], says Carolyn, and he... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Legislators unhappy about Boseman's call for center's audit | Reps. Carolyn Justice (left) and Danny McComas (right), both Republicans, say they were surprised by Democratic Sen. Julia Boseman's call for a state audit of Southeastern Center of Mental Health. Dan... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Gun owners more often kill selves than others | In the high court's ruling on gun ownership, the dissenting opinion cited suicides as a reason to uphold a firearms ban. ATLANTA The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focus... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Burgess(TM) Announces New Client Contract With The Regence Group | Burgess(TM) a leading Medicare-based data and information technology solutions firm, announced today the signing of a three-year contract with Regence, a Portland, Oregon-based not-for-profit health i... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State's clinics vary in quality of diabetes care, report says | But critics say the scorecard ignores differences in patients' health and access to resources. By MAURA LERNER , Star Tribune Last update: June 30, 2008 - 9:40 PM. A new "health report card" has found... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | "Obama flip-flops, exaggerates" | Obama, the candidate who pretends to offer something for everyone, who preaches hope but practices despair, who is the shining dream of the muddled masses, promises change you can believe in. I ask,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | HITRUST Confirms Release Date for First-Ever Common Security Framework for Electronic Health Information | HITRUST Confirms Release Date for First-Ever Common Security Framework for Electronic Health Information . Leaders From Healthcare, Professional Services, Information Security and Liability Insurers C... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Puget Sound-area commuters are getting creative to avoid rising gas prices | Weary of his hourlong bus commute, Eric Odegard, who doesn't own a car, tried to start a van pool at his T-Mobile office in Bellevue a year and a half ago. But when he tried again about five weeks ago... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Eastern Ky. man shot in the back | An Eastern Kentucky man says he was shot in the back while walking along a Floyd County road Monday afternoon, Kentucky State Police said. Highlands Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg contacted s... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | IMG and Ping An P&C Insurance launch international healthcare plan | International Medical Group, a distributor and administer of global healthcare benefits, has launched Ping An GlobalSelect International Healthcare, an international healthcare plan that is modeled af... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Cigna deploys a Second Life island for health education | Hoping to make healthcare education hip, Cigna Healthcare is announcing today it has created a virtual environment in the Second Life virtual world to educate people on how to improve their health. Th... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Reports on Difficult Operating Trends | July 1, 2008 TULSA, Okla., July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (NYSE: DTG) today commented on recent operating trends. "Our second quarter was below our expectations... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Guled Abdirahman joins UCare as marketing representative for UCare s disability Special Needs Plans | MINNEAPOLIS UCare has hired Guled Abdirahman as its marketing representative for the health plan s disability Special Needs Plans (SNPs). Abdirahman is responsible for supporting sales goals by enro... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Retire Smart: Insurance costly for folks in 50s, 60s | I often hear from readers in their 50s or early 60s who have lost their jobs to layoffs or involuntary "early retirement." Finding health insurance is one of their biggest challenges. Coverage from fo... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medco Health Solutions: RxHub and SureScripts Collaboration Provides Catalyst for Electronic Prescribing Growth | Medco Health Solutions: RxHub and SureScripts Collaboration Provides Catalyst for Electronic Prescribing Growth Jul 01, 2008 08:01 AM. Coventry Health Care Awards Medicare Pharmacy Services Contract ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Floyd County Shooting | PRESTONSBURG, Ky (WSAZ) -- A man was shot in the back while walking down Kentucky Route 1101 in Floyd County. Police say the victim was James Isaacs, 30, of Prestonsburg. Police say Isaacs came in to ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Mother of three killed in collision | Monday morning along U. 50 west of the Village of Bainbridge killed a 22-year-old Chillicothe woman and left three children in the vehicle without their mother. 50 with her three children, ages, one, ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Teen taken into custody in Sugar Street shooting | A 16-year-old girl was taken into custody following a Monday afternoon shooting on Chillicothe's east side. The girl's name is not being released by police because charges will be filed through juven... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 07/01 Embolization a Nonsurgical Way to Treat Fibroids | Uterine artery embolization is an effective, non-surgical therapy for fibroids, even after a woman has had other treatments such as focused ultrasound surgery, a new study says. But another team of re... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Brazil's Medical Industry Grows 21% and Generates US$ 3.74 Billion | Authorized Use of Leishmaniasis Vaccine Made in Brazil. Brazil Has a Chance to Show Its Health Care Goods in the Middle East . Brazil Expecting 80,000 from Around the World to Hospital Fair. Br... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | UPDATE 1-US Medicare proposes changes for imaging, dialysis | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U. government proposed payment changes in the Medicare health insurance program on Monday that could impact reimbursement of medical imaging, diagnostic testing and dialysis... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Benefits firms worry about 2 insurers' merger | Like all merging companies, health insurers Highmark Inc. and Independence Blue Cross talk a lot about synergy - combining elements of their businesses to create a stronger whole. Kovar says he thinks... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | With $62M deficit, hospitals to cut jobs | Derrick DePledge Advertiser Government Writer The Hawai'i Health Systems Corp. announced yesterday that it is facing a $62 million deficit this fiscal year and will lay off workers, curtail the recrui... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Providence Health to buy Tarza | Providence Health to buy Tarzana Regional Medical Center from TenetLos Angeles Times - 9 hours agoBy Daniel Costello, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Providence Health & Services has agreed to buy Tarz... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health system needs attitude change | I commend The Eagle for its article on the shortage of primary care doctors, particularly in the Berkshires. The root of the problem is the comparatively low reimbursement for the time spent with the ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Suicides account for 55% of gun deaths | The Supreme Court s landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners u... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Embattled Mugabe | NYT: He's engaged in an intensive effort to reach out to conservative, born-again Christians. Aide to president dismisses calls for a grand coalition government to resolve the election crisis, saying... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Teen parents get United Way help | Deputies name 2 charged in Oneida Lake party On try No. 14, Howie Hawkins eyes Congress She saved my life in a diner! . Michelle Gabel Eric Beasley, 20 months, of Skaneateles Falls, reacts after C... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | IRIS Hospital Network Chooses dbMotion to Improve Patient Care with Enterprise-wide Interoperability Platform | IRIS Hospital Network Chooses dbMotion to Improve Patient Care with Enterprise-wide Interoperability Platform . IRIS, the organizational network of Brussels' 5 public hospitals, and dbMotion today ann... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health agency shutdown is feared | An agency that monitors the cost and quality of Pennsylvania s health care system may be forced to close its doors as a casualty of a wider political battle over covering the uninsured. The Pennsylvan... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | FHP Investigates Crash Involving Pedestrian | One person was transported to Orlando Regional Medical Center on Tuesday after being hit by a car. Authorities said the pedestrian was trying to flag down cars around 3 a. along University Boulevard n... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Pharma Times | David Nicholson promising that by 2010 hospitals will be able to increase their income by up to 3% on the basis of achieving quality thresholds. From 2010, the national tariff for payment will change... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Man who killed 11-year-old boy faces execution today | Florida is preparing to execute its first person in nearly two years tonight. Barring any last-minute legal moves, Mark Dean Schwab, 39, is to be executed by lethal injection at 6 p. Schwab was condem... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Providence Health buys 245-bed Tarzana hospital | LOS ANGELES Providence Health & Services has agreed to buy 245-bed Tarzana Medical Center from Tenet Healthcare Corp. Financials terms of Monday's deal were not disclosed. Providence is the San Fernan... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | State Launches Health Plan For Uninsured | ROCKY HILL - Andrea Bryant, a 57-year old waitress from Manchester, became the first person in the state to apply for Connecticut's new, affordable health care plan. Bryant filled out an application... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Nurses get say in staffing | A new Ohio law requires that nurses have a say on how they're staffed at hospitals, but labor unions say the measure doesn't go far enough to protect patients. The law, which takes effect in September... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Aspirus expands to Michigan hospital | Aspirus has become a co-owner of a small hospital on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, leaders of both organizations announced Monday. Aspirus officials signed an affiliation agreement Monday with Kewee... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Ghana announces free maternal health care | Government hospitals across the country will from Tuesday roll out a Nation wide policy of free maternal health care. The policy was already in operation in 4 districts- Upper East, Upper West, Northe... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Coverage possible for volunteers | Coverage possible for volunteers By Denise Richardson Staff Writer Volunteer firefighters and EMTs could buy health-care coverage through municipalities under a bill awaiting the governor's signature,... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Happy birthday to the NHS | Just five days after my 60th birthday, today we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the creation of the . NHS is one of the defining features of our welfare state and the proudest achievement of Labou... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Aspirus expands to Mich. hospital | Aspirus has become a co-owner of a small hospital on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, leaders of both organizations announced Monday. Aspirus officials signed an affiliation agreement Monday with Kewee... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health advisory council commencing in Neillsville | NEILLSVILLE -- An advisory committee is forming to provide feedback about Neillsville Memorial Medical Center to its board of directors, administration, medical staff and employees. "We need to get a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Millville Authority employee hospitalized after fall from ladder | MILLVILLE -- A Millville Housing Authority maintenance employee broke five vertebrae and suffered additional internal injuries after falling from a ladder last week. Edwin Weaver, 58, was trimming tr... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Blaze levels Sweetwater Casino | MULLICA -- A popular restaurant on the banks of the Mullica River was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. Fire broke out at The Sweetwater Casino on Seventh Avenue around 4:17 a. Members of Frank... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 150m to save Central Library | Business. Exclusive: David Ottewell 1/ 7/2008 MANCHESTER'S Central Library is set to shut for YEARS under emergency plans to save three of the city's most important buildings. show it could cost 150... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | InvestSource Inc.: China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals Signs Exclusive Franchise Agreement with Multi-Billion Dollar Drug Chain | China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals Signs Exclusive Franchise Agreement with Multi-Billion Dollar Drug Chain. (OTCBB: CYXN), World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd (NYSE: AWH), Darwin Professional Underwrite... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | 33 militants reportedly killed in Afghanistan | NYT: His campaign engaged in the most intensive effort yet by a Democratic candidate to reach out to conservative, born-again Christians. For second straight month, more coalition troops die in Afgha... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medicare Hits Physicians with New Regulations, Cuts $3 Billion From Fee Schedule | Books Entertainment Features Grandparents Senior Statistics Senior Stars . Medicare actually pays 80% of the fee schedule rate, while the beneficiary is responsible for the ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rapides Regional Medical Center changing phone numbers beginning today | Every hospital phone or fax located on the hospital campus will now use the prefix 769. The phone company has previously only been able to offer us 1,000 numbers under each prefix, explained Bo Bole... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Our view: Alexandria's stakeholders share a goal | Two related developments happened in Alexandria over the weekend -- one big, one small and both significant: The mayor released new details about plans for progress, and a hundred residents hit the st... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Card collector show set for Saturday | The Central Louisiana Sportscard Collector's Show will be from 10 a. Saturday at the Kees Park Community Center, 2450 La. Collectors are encouraged to buy, sell or trade your baseball, football, bask... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Your mail: Who are hospitals for? | To the Rapides Regional Medical Center staff and others: May I suggest that the next time you expend thousands of dollars to "improve" your establishment, instead of beautifully appointed waiting room... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Review of Rapides Parish pupil progression plan set for 5 p.m. today | A review of the Rapides Parish pupil progression plan is set for 5 p. today, July 1, at the Rapides Parish School Board Central Office, 505 Sixth St. This plan is required by the Louisiana State Depa... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hard to afford, hard to be without | Riki Bolt still is recovering from the injuries he received on the last day of the ski season. It will take longer to heal the financial wounds of not having health insurance. It was the last run, on ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | TRCR | Transcend Announces Further Adjustments To 2007 Income Tax Benefits - No Effect On 2007 Pre-Tax Operating Results Or Cash Flow Business Wire . TRANSCEND SERVICES INC Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Ope... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Winslow Man Dies After Saving Family On Lake Pow-ell Vacation | By Linda Kor Longtime Winslow resident Glenn Howeth, 62, died early Tuesday morning after suffering from an apparent heart attack while saving his family after realizing the boat they had rented was f... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Wysox supervisors to vote tonight on ordinance for $7.1M water system | The estimates for what it will cost residents to use the proposed $7.1 million municipal water system in Wysox Township are unchanged from five months ago, an engineer working on the project said Mond... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Our view: Another costly mandate from Beacon Hill | Another costly mandate from Beacon Hill Budget shortfalls and economic uncertainties are apparently of little concern to some on Beacon Hill, who continue to spend as though we were in boom times rath... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hospitals stretch to meet more need | CONCORD - As gas and food prices hit an all-time high, people are struggling to pay the bills. As a result, local hospitals are seeing a rise in their charity care line items. Hospitals provide health... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Healthcare Providers Convert to EMR | Kaiser Permanente and other care providers now have a much easier way to see your charts and help with your medical needs. Kaiser and others have now finished their conversion to electronic records. T... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Mullica's Sweetwater Casino destroyed in Monday morning blaze | MULLICA TOWNSHIP - Fire destroyed the Sweetwater Casino, an iconic riverside restaurant and a linchpin of the township's sparse business community, early Monday morning. The cause is unknown, but ligh... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Daman includes second opinion service in its enhanced benefits plan | As part of its strategy to improve its health insurance schemes and offer its customers the best possible healthcare, the National Health Insurance Company - Daman in cooperation with ArztPartner alme... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Commuters get creative to cut costs | Weary of his hourlong bus commute, Eric Odegard, who doesn't own a car, tried to start a van pool at his T-Mobile office in Bellevue a year. Bill Walker, a product-development manager for F5 Networks... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Suicide rate highest among gun owners | ATLANTA - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gu... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | MEDSEEK's eHealth Solutions Expand Online Care Initiatives at U.S. Hospitals | Healthcare writing INDIA technology education Internet travel software business advertising news music online shopping marketing seo online . Enterprise Web portal solutions integrate patient care an... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Gilcrease, TU to announce stepped-up funding | Last Modified: 7/1/2008 2:22 AM The partnership between Gilcrease Museum and the University of Tulsa officially begins Tuesday with the opening of a new exhibit and the announcement of a series of gif... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hospital's Tarzana portion bought | The San Fernando Valley's largest not-for-profit health-care organization agreed to buy the Tarzana portion of the Encino-Tarzana Regional Medical Center on Monday, ending four years of speculation am... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Clinton's aide Neera Tanden joins Obama | 11:42 ISTNeera Tanden, 38, one of Senator Hillary Clinton's [ Images ] closest aides and confidantes, has joined the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama [ Images ] and wil... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | El Paso officials will continue effort to block Medicare cut | Video:Watch a Times/Channel 9-KTSM newscast on this story. The federal government postponed the deadline for reducing the Medicare doctor's reimbursement rate to give lawmakers more time to work out a... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medical Staffing Agency | Future Information Technology Inc. BFHealthCare - A physician staffing agency specializes in the jobs placement of highly qualified physicians and physician-extenders for a broad spectrum of healthca... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Allscripts Chief Executive Officer Glen Tullman Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2008 Award Winner in the Midwest | Composite Discoery Delivers Value To Both Business Users And It Professionals . shopping marketing press release travel music seo software advertising business education news... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | East Jefferson General Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Offers Free Electronic Prescribing for Affiliated N | INDIA writing press release Internet seo advertising business marketing Healthcare . East Jefferson General Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Offers Free Electronic Prescribing for... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Garden Valley Man seriously injured in motorcycle crash | Garden Valley man was in serious condition Monday after a motorcycle crash Sunday evening near Crouch. Randy Wade, 41, lost control of his motorcycle about 6:04 p. Sunday on the Banks-Lowman highway, ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Rid Your Home Of Pesky Ghosts And Spirits | East Jefferson General Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Offers Free Electronic Prescribing for Affiliated N Manhattan Associates Builds Momentum In South... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | East Jefferson General Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Offers Free Electronic Prescribing for Affiliated New Orleans-Area Physic | AllscriptsEast Jefferson General Hospital Selects Allscripts Electronic Health Record, Offers Free Electronic Prescribing for Affiliated New Orleans-Area Physicians . Hospital Leverages Federal Rule-C... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Survivors of suicide support group meeting | 12/6/2006 - 12/31/2008 Topic: Health and Wellness Location: Other- Virginia Survivors of suicide support group, meets at 6 p., the first and third Mondays of each month in the West Wing Classroom of L... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Are you forgetting something? | With all the recent talk about FISA, gun control, Olbermann v. Greenwald these days, it's easy to forget about other equally important items on the Progressive Agenda. One of those important items bei... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Summa says it'll pour cash into new unit | Summa says it'll pour cash into new unit Davey Tree gains another branch Tax break for Akron tire center approved Burger King makes pitch to moms Chrysler to close one plant Expert says U. economy not... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Col. Robert Bob Wray | Donald Alan Zimmerman. Robert Bob Wray, 86, of Corvallis died at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center on Sunday, June 29. McHenry Funeral Home is entrusted with arrangements.... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Elderly woman in serious condition after being pinned under vehicle | ELYRIA -- An elderly woman was pinned under a vehicle yesterday evening inside a garage, according to the Elyria Fire Department. Herb de la Porte, vice president of LifeCare Ambulance Service, said t... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Is The Real Tom Harman Standing Up? | Following his razor-thin win over Diane Harkey in the 2006 Senate special election, the heretorefore moderate Republican Tom Harman tacked sharply to the right. The big question on the minds of OC pol... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Most firearm deaths in U.S. are suicides | ATLANTA - The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gu... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Overdue pay for workers approved | BANGOR, Maine - Paychecks are on the way to employees at Red Shield Environmental LLC and RSE Pulp & Chemical LLC who have been waiting more than two weeks to be paid. Kornreich decided at a hearing M... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Pedestrian pinned after van crashes into Danville store | A van plowed into a pedestrian as he left the Kwik Shop on Audubon Drive on Monday afternoon, pinning him and shattering the store s plate-glass window. Danville police and rescue workers responded to... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Man suffers head injury in fight involving group | A chase led to a rumble at an apartment complex that left one man with a severe injury from a baseball bat to the head early Sunday. Sunday a young man was walking alone in the 2000 block of Arapaho w... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Emergency room misuse mars hospital's stunning performance | Pocono Medical Center reports financial gains in almost all areas of operation.Contributed primarily to the introduction of the medical center's new heart center pumped black ink to the hospital's fin... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, Baron Davis are cream of mostly weak NBA free-agent crop | Davis was to make $17.8 million next season in the final year of his contract with Golden State. He had been negotiating with the Warriors on an extension, but they have been struggling to come to an ... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Casting Services to open in Ninety Six | GREENWOOD Greenwood Casting Services Inc.3 million in the plant, the Partnership Alliance of Greenwood said. Employees at the factory will grind and finish gray iron castings. $300,000 grant to he... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | So. Calif. Schools Receive $14,500 From KID HEALTHY -- Steps To Healthy Living Campaign! | Japan to raise prices 30% for domestically grown wheat+ Gov't sets up expert panel to discuss Ainu policy+ 3RD LD: Large manufacturers' confidence weakest in 5 yrs.Korea fears beef protests driving aw... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | XP is beautiful on a WUXGA Samsung Monitor | Recently a friend of mine went out to buy a PC. Normally he would have just taken the "Windows" that came on the machine and walked out. But with all of the broughaha over Vista he wanted to know: Sho... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Police: Greenwood woman slashed man with picture frame | A Greenwood woman was arrested Sunday after allegedly slashing a man with a picture frame. Greenwood Police arrested Maria Renea Smith, 37 of 130 Russell St., and charged her with criminal domestic vi... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Reduced lump sum pension payouts and higher health care costs are aimed at fending off InBev | On Friday morning, top executives of Anheuser-Busch Cos. tried to impress Wall Street with a new cost-cutting plan and powerful earnings projections. Now, they are explaining how and why employees... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Police union wins in Missouri high court ruling | The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Monday that the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners violated state law when it made changes to the health insurance plans offered to retired police officers. In 20... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Hospital to Open New Heart Center | An open house for the public is scheduled at Memorial Hospital s new Heart & Vascular Center on August 28.com Report Construction is nearing completion on a new Heart & Vascular Center at Memorial Hos... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Health Service Journal | NHS Confederation: Will enable a major improvement in quality of care and patient experience if the . NHS Employers: Broad welcome but concerns about some of the structural arrangements, in particu... Read » |
01/Jul 2008 | Medicare cuts causing concern | |