The Boston Globe: "The state appealed to the federal government yesterday to help Massachusetts hospitals that care for disproportionately high numbers of lower-income patients who receive state-sponsored health insurance. Governor Deval Patrick is asking the Obama administration for $216...
A new tool can help physicians predict the likelihood of death or readmission to hospital for patients within 30 days of discharge from hospital, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The tool, called the LACE index, was developed by researchers at the Ottawa...
A new tool can help physicians predict the likelihood of death or readmission to hospital for patients within 30 days of discharge from hospital, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The tool, called the LACE index, was developed by researchers at the Ottawa...
The New York Times: Harlem's North General hospital may fold. Despite "often successful" efforts by "Harlem's civic, political and religious leaders ... to get more money and more state subsidies to keep it going," the hospital may not survive this period of general "economic malaise." The...
morgue/mortuary to cemetary? As someone who has been sexually abused, I have a big fear that when I die either a hospital personnel and/or someone at the morgue/mortuary/cemetary will sexually abuse my body (especially if I continue to keep it in good shape til I die). Can I put in my will that...
I'm on the waiting list for Rogers Memorial Hospital in Oconomowoc for eating disorder treatment but I've heard some bad things about it lately and am now kind of scared to go there. Anybody been to the adult inpatient and/or residential unit? What were your experiences and opinions of it...
BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced that the company has partnered with Howard University Hospital, Department of Surgery to participate in a Community Health Project and Demonstration focused on diagnosing and treating the potentially life-threatening condition called Peripheral...
BioMedix Vascular Solutions, Inc. announced that the company has partnered with Howard University Hospital, Department of Surgery to participate in a Community Health Project and Demonstration focused on diagnosing and treating the potentially life-threatening condition called Peripheral...
What jobs could I start off with in a psychiatric hospital? I'm 18 & interested in
psychology? I graduated from high school last year and in my first year college so I don't have a degree or any experience that could get me a job as a psychologist or anything like that,
but what kind of jobs...
"The loss of 300 jobs at St. Vincent's Hospital is a very painful decision for the institution, the workers, and their families, and the community the hospital serves. But to those familiar with how fragile many of our health care institutions are, it comes as little surprise. Since 2000, 29...
Nationally uniform legislation is needed to make health service reporting standards consistent and to criminalise public sector data fraud, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Antony Nocera, an emergency physician at Dubbo Base Hospital, NSW, writes that...
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Coalition's policy announcement for local community-controlled management boards for major public hospitals in NSW and Queensland is a step in the right direction, but more detail on how the policy would roll out nationally is needed. Dr Pesce...
"The loss of 300 jobs at St. Vincent's Hospital is a very painful decision for the institution, the workers, and their families, and the community the hospital serves. But to those familiar with how fragile many of our health care institutions are, it comes as little surprise. Since 2000, 29...
Nationally uniform legislation is needed to make health service reporting standards consistent and to criminalise public sector data fraud, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Antony Nocera, an emergency physician at Dubbo Base Hospital, NSW, writes that...
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Coalition's policy announcement for local community-controlled management boards for major public hospitals in NSW and Queensland is a step in the right direction, but more detail on how the policy would roll out nationally is needed. Dr Pesce...
"The loss of 300 jobs at St. Vincent's Hospital is a very painful decision for the institution, the workers, and their families, and the community the hospital serves. But to those familiar with how fragile many of our health care institutions are, it comes as little surprise. Since 2000, 29...
Nationally uniform legislation is needed to make health service reporting standards consistent and to criminalise public sector data fraud, according to an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia. Dr Antony Nocera, an emergency physician at Dubbo Base Hospital, NSW, writes that...
AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that the Coalition's policy announcement for local community-controlled management boards for major public hospitals in NSW and Queensland is a step in the right direction, but more detail on how the policy would roll out nationally is needed. Dr Pesce...
Patients with orthopedic and autoimmune conditions expect Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS)--because of its leadership role--to deliver the highest quality care. To further accomplish this mission, HSS is announcing the creation of a Quality Research Center with an innovative structure for...
An oral allergy treatment administered in drops under the tongue is a safe and effective alternative to injections for adults who are allergic to ragweed pollen, according to a study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology by allergic disease specialist at Allegheny General...