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Hospital Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 10th, 2005

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Hospital Law Weekly | Other Publications

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. - Computer company announces North Carolina contract protest is sustained

BioVeris Corporation - Agreements completed with Children's Hospital & Research Center at Oakland

Business Update - Natchez med center wants out of state retirement system

Health Coverage - HCA to provide discounts to uninsured patients

Healthcare Access - Reno, Nevada, considers triage center for the homeless

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian - Sue and Bill Gross give $20 million to California hospital's Women's Pavilion

Legal Issues - Ex-Fletcher Allen hospital chief pleads guilty

Medical Misconduct - Prosecutor alleges Arizona hospital hid evidence of alleged rapes

State Medicaid - House agrees to restore Medicaid benefits to legal immigrants

State Medicare - Three nursing homes risk losing Medicare funding for poor care

Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children - Reports describe recent advances in mutagenesis research

American Stroke Association - Senator McCain's wife participates in stroke awareness and fundraising event

Aquis Communications, Inc. - New York hospital selects telecommunications messaging service

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - Higher folate intake associated with decreased risk of hypertension in women

Business Update - Fallon Clinic expands payor network with MVP Health Care

Business Update - Parkview Health System plans to buy LaGrange hospital

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles - Studies advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS therapy research

Chang Gung University, Taoyuan - Very-low-birthweight infants may harbor Candida for a prolonged time period

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute - Antibodies elicited by conjugates of pneumococcal polysaccharide compared

Delta Dental of California - Florida Bar Benefits program picks Delta Dental as member, employee DPO provider

Erasmus Medical Center - Inflammatory cytokines promote tumor recurrence in lung

Erasmus Medical Center - Study shows peginterferon alfa-2b effective monotherapy for chronic hepatitis B

Harvard Medical School - Multiple genetic input required; single-gene solution shot down

Healthcare Access - Louisiana being pressured to replace Baton Rouge charity hospital

Healthcare Coverage - Children's insurance funded for budget year in Mississippi

Healthcare Coverage - HHS redistributes unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program funds

Healthcare Coverage - More uninsured in Oregon as health plan withers

Integrated Healthcare Systems, Inc. - Healthcare system selects automated pharmacy system

Karolinska University of Hospital - Poliovirus revaccination elicits long-term immunity in stem cell recipients

Kosuyolu Heart Ed. & Research Hospital, Istanbul - QT interval duration, dispersion were similar in athletes and sedentary controls

Legal Issues - Illinois hospital group settles part of FTC complaint

Lister Hospital, Herts, England - Researchers report on case of testicular granulocytic sarcoma

Malmo University Hospital - Recent findings in imaging provide new insights

Medical Errors - CPR often done inadequately by doctors, paramedics, studies

Medical Malpractice - Medical malpractice bill voted down in Wyoming

Meru Networks - U. of Miami Medical Center selects wireless LAN for its medical community

Niguarda Hospital, Milan - Genotypic polymorphisms don't connect hepatitis C to response to interferon

Orqis Medical Corp. - Congestive heart failure therapy device clinical trial extended

Overlake Hospital, Belleue, Washington - Bellevue, Washington, hospital opens 24-hour urgent care

Patient Safety - Nursing home quality initiative launched

Rambam Medical Center, Haifa - Teratomas are of limited value for modeling human neovascularization

RelayHealth Corporation - Online doctor-patient communication company selected by medical center

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - Age-related rise in blood pressure is lower in older female CF gene carriers

Royal Philips Electronics - Defibrillator selected by several EMS organizations

Singapore General Hospital - Unrelated UCB transplant alternative option to HSC in children and adults

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