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Hospital Law Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . February 24th, 2005

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Health Grades, Inc. - Healthcare quality company names top 5% of hospitals

Healthcare Access - Dirigo panel promotes collaboration among hospitals

Healthcare Costs - Report criticizes Fairview's debt collection practices

Legal Issues - Federal judge dismisses suit claiming hospital system charged more to uninsured

Medical Errors - Lawsuit says surgical instrument left inside abdomen

Medical Ethics - New Utah HHS Secretary must divest holdings in family insurance company

Medicare - Medicare prescription benefit to cover Viagra, other 'lifestyle' drugs

Nutra Pharma Corp. - Dr. Tanvir Khandaker joins board of directors

State Medicaid - Governor attempts to reduce Medicaid fraud via annual eligibility review

Abbott - New trial initiated in stroke prevention

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge - Findings in diabetes therapy provide new insights

Adelaide Women's & Children's Hospital - Biomarkers in amniotic fluid diagnose lysosomal storage diseases

Alfred Hospital, Prahran - Astrocyte specific viral strains identified in HIV dementia

American Heart Association - High risk women are under-treated for high cholesterol levels

Beth Israel Medical Center - Diagnostic value of phenylalanine loading clarified

Business Update - Brenner Children's Hospital named to NIH Pediatric Heart Network

C Poma Hospital, Mantova - Good infection control practices help prevent nosocomial infections

Carbon Monoxide Illness - Dozens treated after carbon monoxide leak at Canadian hockey rink

Cardiology Hospital of Haut-Leveque, Pessac - AF ablation is restricted to patients who have failed antiarrhythmic drugs

CeMines, Inc. - Alliance formed to research childhood leukemia biomarkers

Children's Hospital, Westmead - West Nile virus infection of embryo fibroblasts associated with TNF production

Duke University - Monkey "pay-per-view" study could aid understanding of autism

Groningen University Hospital - FHPG radiotracer uptake does not resemble ganciclovir uptake

Healthcare Costs - Harvard study shows illness, medical bills account for half of bankruptcies

Healthcare Coverage - Massachusetts spends $52 million on healthcare for workers at top

Holmes Medical Center, Florida - TIA patients receive less aggressive attention than those with stroke

Hospital St. Andre, Bordeaux - New research in the area of breast cancer detailed

Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona - Patient recall may overrate the results of surgery for back pain

Hospital Valme, Seville - Treatment of choice for ED in heart disease patients is sildenafil

Influenza - Flu suspected in three deaths at Milwaukee nursing home

Information Technology - Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago installs InnerWireless

Ipanema Hospital - Vertical abdominoplasty optimizes body contour in weight loss patients

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital - Impact of sildenafil on other erectile dysfunction treatments determined

Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris - New findings impact diagnostic, therapeutic strategies of sudden death syndromes

Mahidol University, Bangkok - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of polycystic ovary syndrome

Massachusetts General Hospital - Simple ER outreach could bring health insurance to thousands more kids

Mayo Clinic - Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease

MediServe Information Systems - Information systems provider announces four new clients

Medical Solutions, Inc. - JCAHO certification of healthcare staffing companies is response to shortage

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - Procedure enables complete device-lead hookup and pocket closure in the lab

NDCHealth Corporation - National Community Pharmacy Network adds new members to roster

New York Hospital-Cornell Med. Ctr. - Study proves catheter ablation safe for patients

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Loupe magnification sufficient for microvascular hepatic artery repair

Norovirus - Cruise ships experience increase in norovirus incidents

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