Hospital Law Weekly

Business Update - Children's Hospital of Orange County implements High Tower SEM 3210, addressing security, HIPAA

Emergency Preparedness - Joint Commission study on emergency preparedness is published

Healthcare Costs - Edward Hospital proposal threatens charity care

Karolinska University, Sweden - Reports from Sweden, Germany and the United States add new data to angiology research

Medicare - Study finds hospitals improperly coding Medicare claims for emergency services

Mergers & Acquisitions - CareMore Health Plan buys GeriNet Physician Services, enhancing nursing home benefits

National Taiwan University, Taiwan - Recent findings in rectal cancer described by researchers from Taiwan and France

St. Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Australia - Researchers from Australia, the United Kingdom and Netherlands report recent findings in genetics

West Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital, Tokyo, Japan - Ankle posterior malleolar fracture pathologic anatomy is studied

Albany Medical Center, New York, U.S. - LASIK-associated epithelial defects reduced with thin head and single use microkeratomes

Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel - Vertebroplasty-associated intradiscal cement leakage is assessed

Baskent University, Turkey - Reports from Turkey, the United States and Austria describe recent advances in atherosclerosis research

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, Australia and Switzerland publish new studies and findings in the area of obesity

Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, U.K. - Progressive histological damage occurs in pediatric liver allografts

Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark - Post-AMI treatment shows inadequate dosages of beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, and statins

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Distal colorectal adenoma in women may be precipitated by hyperinsulinemia

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Radiotherapy using an intrarectal balloon prevented incidence of rectal bleeding

Business Update - Brigham & Women's Hospital partners with One to One Interactive for website redesign

Business Update - USBiogistics signs agreement to provide hospital management software to Cardinal Health

Cancer Therapy - Pancreatic cancer surgery can help those over 80

Cardica - Cardica's automated anastomosis systems featured at major cardiac surgery conference

Center Hospital, Montpellier, France - Findings from France, Spain and Japan in lung cancer provide new insights

Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire, Lille, France - Endotracheal tube size in perinatal patients should be based on anatomical data