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Staffing Shortages and Electronic Health Records Top List of Major Concerns for U.S. Hospitals...

redorbit.com     Aug 18, 2008   2 related          

As hospitals and health centers continue to struggle with a range of challenges, including long wait times in the emergency department (ED), increasing regulatory pressure and the rise of patient-driven healthcare, Picis...                    

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State fines 18 hospitals for shoddy care

sacbee.com     Aug 19, 2008   80 related          

The California Department of Public Health has fined each of the following hospitals $25,000 for the following health code violations: Anaheim General Hospital (Anaheim) The hospital failed to ensure medical devices were...                    

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Older Patients Less Likely to Be Taken to Trauma Centers

kxan.com     Aug 19, 2008   20 related          

By Alan Mozes, HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 18 (HealthDay News) -- He is an assistant professor in the department of surgery at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and in the department of health policy and management at Johns...                    

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Mercy Medical Center opens expanded emergency room

ktvb.com     Aug 18, 2008          

NAMPA -- The city of Nampa today unveiled its new bigger and better emergency room at Mercy Medical Center. Doctors say the $6.2 million expansion will help meet the needs of a growing community. On a yearly basis, the...                    

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GMC: Doctors must inform police of knife injuries

timesonline.co.uk     Aug 19, 2008   36 related          

Richard Ford, Home Correspondent Doctors must inform police whenever they treat patients for a violent knife attack, under new draft guidance from the General Medical Council. The move to make accident and emergency departments...                    

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The Estate Vault Launches Travel Health Care Concierge Service Through North America's Leading...

marketwire.com     Aug 18, 2008   1 related          

LAS VEGAS, NV--(Marketwire - August 18, 2008) - The Estate Vault, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: TEVI), a leading provider of value added products and services to organizations and the financial services industry, today announced that it...                    

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Statins Might Reverse ED in Some Men

medicinenet.com     Aug 18, 2008          

HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- A threat to cardiovascular health, metabolic syndrome is also known to raise the risk for erectile dysfunction (ED). The current finding indicates that statins may reduce...                    

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I’m Just The Dumb ER Doc

whitecoatrants.wordpress.com     Aug 18, 2008          

I get along well with most of the docs on our medical staff. There are still a couple that talk down to me and act condescending as if I’m some idiot. He who laughs last … One of said docs personally accompanied one of his...                    

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ER Pearls : Stay Between Crazy and Door

agraphia.net     Aug 18, 2008          

My very pleasant suicidal patient the other day informed me that she would be more than happy to be admitted to the psych ward. It seems that she was a danger to herself, as she has tried to stab herself 5 times with a chef's...                    

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[Cardiovascular Surgery] Contemporary Analysis of Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal...

ahajournals.org     Aug 18, 2008          

Background— Endovascular repair of thoracic aneurysm has demonstrated low risks of mortality and spinal cord ischemia (SCI), but few large series have been published on endovascular thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair, and reports...                    

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