Emergency Ward

                   

Researchers Receives Award for Paper on CT Imaging

newswise.com
Dec 1, 2008
        

Jefferson researchers Kevin Takakuwa, M.D. and Ethan Halpern, M.D., received the 2008 Philips CT NetForum Publication of the Year award. The award is given by Philips Medical Systems, who announced the winner at the 94th...

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Experts say reducing number of trauma centres long 'overdue'

news-medical.net
Dec 1, 2008
        

According to the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM) any move which reduces the number of major trauma centres in New South Wales hospitals is long overdue. A report released last week on acute care services has...

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Saint Francis receives $1.5M grant

hartfordbusiness.com
Dec 1, 2008
        

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation to support the emergency department in the hospital's new John T. O'Connell Tower.

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New research projects shortage of general surgeons by 2010

eurekalert.org
Dec 1, 2008 6 related
        

In less than two years, there may not be enough surgeons in US hospitals to treat the critically injured or chronically ill. A new study suggests that the number of available general surgeons, who often perform life-saving...

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Dallas Fire-Rescue to test changes in medical emergency response

pennnet.com
Dec 1, 2008 1 related
        

The Dallas Morning News (December 1, 2008) Dec. 1--A Dallas Fire-Rescue pilot project that eventually could overhaul how the stretched-thin department responds to medical emergencies is scheduled to start Jan. 1. Fire officials...

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Sticking Blood Cultures and “HospitalCompare”

whitecoatrants.wordpress.com
Dec 1, 2008
        

Nice study in the Journal of Emergency Medicine by Shapiro et al. showing that many of the blood cultures performed in the emergency department are low-yield. At one institution the study was able to decrease the number of...

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Mass. Health Care Reform Reveals Doctor Shortage

reverbiage.com
Nov 30, 2008 15 related
        

Health care reform in Massachusetts has led to a dramatic increase in the number of people with health insurance. But there's an unintended consequence. A sudden demand for primary care doctors has outpaced the supply.

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Registry Could Help in Disaster

nwaonline.net
Nov 30, 2008
        

By Scarlet Sims THE MORNING NEWS Gloria Browning huddled in her mobile home’s hallway as tornadoes swept across northwestern Benton County this spring. That’s why Benton County’s registry to help elderly and disabled residents...

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Many lament closing of clinic

post-gazette.com
Nov 30, 2008
        

By Bill Schackner, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nobody carried a bullhorn or a protest sign to Aliquippa's Commonwealth Medical Center yesterday to decry its possible closure. Instead, with a state-imposed deadline looming tomorrow...

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Branded by death

sundayherald.com
Nov 30, 2008
        

An epidemic of murder among young men is devastating Latin America. Welcome to the frontline of a Latin American murder epidemic that is raging across the continent, decimating a generation of young people from the rural...

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