Posts Tagged ‘hospital’

Kerry Higuera went to the ER when she began bleeding in early pregnancy. It's a decision she now regrets. Empowered Patient this week offers tips to help you avoid being the victim of a hospital mistake. (Source: CNN.com - Health) Go to SourceRelated SitesAny Ladies Had Bleeding Gums During Early Pregnancy? - software - Bleeding - During - Early ... Full story

The Wall Street Journal: "New York City's Health & Hospitals Corp., the nation's largest public hospital system, plans to stanch a $1.2 billion budget gap in the next year's budget by laying off about 500 workers and ending contracts with 'a significant number' of physicians, its president said. While HHC says the plan would affect all employee groups, the most seriously affected would be administrative ... Full story

The study, published online today in Pediatrics, found that at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford, the monthly mortality rate dropped by 20%. Go to Source Full story

Virginia Hospital Center announced that it will be the first Hospital in the United States to offer a new procedure for severe asthma patients known as bronchial thermoplasty. The Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty System was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Patients who are 18 years and older and suffer from severe persistent asthma that is not well controlled with inhaled ... Full story

WBUR/NPR reports on a hospital program that replicates the scenario in Haiti to better prepare doctors for emergency medical situations. "Some U.S. doctors who've volunteered in post-earthquake Haiti have said they felt unprepared for the types of injuries and primitive medical settings they encountered there. Children's Hospital in Boston is running a startlingly realistic simulation program to help prepare American health care workers for the scene ... Full story

New York City's St. Vincent's Hospital has closed for good. Go to Source Full story

The Boston Globe: A proposed acquisition of Boston's Catholic hospital system Caritas Christi Health Care by private-equity firm Cerberus Capital Management may test the theory that "profitability and religious mission can be integrated." However, another local hospital provides a possible window into that future. Saint Vincent Hospital provides health care "in accordance with Catholic teachings" -- for instance, ... Full story

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Differences In The Prevalence And Impact Of Arthritis Among Racial/Ethnic Groups In The United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2002, 2003, and 2006 – "Blacks and Hispanics were approximately 1.3 times as likely as whites to have activity limitation, 1.8 to 1.9 times as likely to have severe joint pain, and ... Full story

Hospital for Special Care announced the launch of the region's first Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Clinical Trials Unit at its Neuromuscular Center. The new unit will be headed by Jinsy A. Andrews, M.D., a physician researcher recruited from Columbia University. Dr. Andrews, Director of Research & Clinical Trials Unit, Hospital for Special Care, specializes in neuromuscular research and will facilitate the hospital's first ... Full story

Kansas hospital chiefs worried about their bottom lines are waiting to see the consequences that the n ew health law will have on their organizations, the Kansas Health Institute News Service reports. Among the concerns: "Non-profit hospitals will be required to conduct and submit a 'community needs assessment,' after which their progress in meeting the needs will be measured in three-year ... Full story