 WPTV | Top Hospitals for Emergency Care Have 40% Lower Death Rate Medscape February 22, 2012 — Medicare patients admitted to the nation's best-performing hospitals for emergency medicine have a 40% lower death rate compared with all other hospitals, according to a new survey by HealthGrades, a Denver, Colorado–based provider ... Saint Joseph Hospital Ranks in Top 5 Percent in Nation for Emergency Medicine 9 southeast Michigan hospitals named among country's best for emergency care HealthGrades Names Top Hospitals for Emergency Medicine |
 CBS Local | Hospitals: Quinn Medicaid cut could force closures STLtoday.com The Illinois Hospital Association says Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed cut to Medicaid spending would result in hospital layoffs and closures. The organization issued a statement Wednesday following the governor's budget address. Quinn says the health care ... Medicaid spending could drive up other Illinois health costs Notable quotes from Quinn's budget address Here come the cuts |
 First Coast News | Report: Dirty surgical tools in hospitals putting patients at risk Fox News Instead, Harrison, who had the surgery performed at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, developed an infection that ate away at his shoulder bone and rotator cuff. The infection led to a lengthy recovery time, and he became dependent on nurses to help ... TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a problem in the OR |
 Chicagomag.com | Statement From Illinois Hospital Association President & CEO Maryjane A. Wurth MarketWatch (press release) The Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) is disappointed by the Governor's proposal to cut $2.7 billion from Illinois' Medicaid program. This proposed cut, which is equal to 18 percent of total spending on Medicaid, will harm all Illinois residents. Cigarette tax |
Lawmakers question motivations for closing Taunton hospital Boston Herald By Kyle Cheney / State House News Service South Coast lawmakers piled on the state mental health commissioner Wednesday, using an annual budget hearing to lambast the Patrick administration's decision to shutter a Taunton mental hospital by the end of ... |
Prime Healthcare Services Acquires Roxborough Memorial Hospital from Solis ... MarketWatch (press release) 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Prime Healthcare Services announced today that it has acquired Roxborough Memorial Hospital, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Solis Healthcare. Roxborough Memorial is an award-winning 140-bed acute care ... |
LifePoint Hospitals to Participate in RBC Capital Markets' 2012 Global ... MarketWatch (press release) BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb 22, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPNT) today announced that its management will participate in the RBC Capital Markets' 2012 Global Healthcare Conference to be held February 28 -- 29, 2012, ... |
 TribLocal | Female Heart Attack Patients Have A Higher In-Hospital Mortality Rate Than Men Medical News Today A study in the February issue of JAMA, reports that female heart attack patients are more likely to go to hospital without chest pain and have a much higher rate of in-hospital death following a heart attack, compared to men of the same age group. Women more likely to die in the hospital after a heart attack, study finds Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital cardiologist urges women to make heart health ... Women less likely to get immediate heart attack treatment |
 CBC.ca | Is a Swedish hospital's ad for a 'hot' nurse appropriate? CBC.ca By Community Team A Stockholm hospital that published an online ad looking to fill a summer position with a nurse who is "TV-series hot" says it was "written to catch people's attention." The ad for a nursing position at the Stockholm hospital said ... Swedish Hospital Places Ad Seeking 'Hot' Nurses Swedish Hospital Job Ad: We Want "TV Hot" Nurses Swedish Hospital Places Ad for "TV-Series Hot" Nurses |
 Globe and Mail | Gallery: Journalists killed in Syria Globe and Mail In 2001, Sri Lankan army medical staff examine Marie Colvin at a field hospital in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, after she was wounded in a skirmish between Sri Lankan government troops and Tamil Tiger rebels. A 2001 photo shows Marie Colvin in London, England. |
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