Physician Business Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 16th, 2004
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Finance - LifePoint Hospitals reports fourth quarter and year end 2003 revenue increases
Medicaid - Federal crackdown threatens Oregon health plan
Beaumont Hospital, Dublin - Warfarin skin necrosis linked to protein S deficiency
Bretonneau Hospital, Tours - Contrast agent augments uterine artery embolization of leiomyomas
Brigham & Women's Hospital - Postmenopausal HRT associated with increased risk for developing asthma
Cordis Corporation - Enrollment complete in trial of drug-eluting coronary stents
CryoVascular Systems, Inc. - Freezing treatment unblocks arteries
DiaSorin, Inc. - Clearance granted for Liaison 25-OH Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone assays
General Hospital, Crema - Complication rate of RF thermal ablation of liver tumors comparable to PEI
Geriatrics - Nursing home inspections examined in Minnesota
Harborview Medical Center - AMG531 strongly stimulates megakarypoiesis in vitro
Henri Mondor Hospital - Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is due to become a major public health issue
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield - New Jersey insurer backs down in dispute over premium refunds
Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon - Pegylated recombinant interferon alpha-2b is effective in treating CML
Kaohsiung Medical Univ. Hospital - Punctate midline myelotomy effectively treats intractable visceral pain
Karolinska Hospital - Social networks of African HIV patients in Sweden characterized
Lancet - Lower social class linked to increased risk of postoperative MRS infection
Legal Issues - NCRIC Group announces adverse verdict in premium collection litigation
Legal Matters - Independence Blue Cross, Chester County Hospital reach settlement
Medical Errors - Hospital-dispensed drugs will soon have bar codes
Medical Errors - Iowa police investigate the reuse of drugs at University Hospitals
Medical Errors - Michigan hospital aiming to set national standard for eliminating mistakes
Medical Errors - Troubled Los Angeles hospital cited for wrongfully dispensing drug
Medical Malpractice - Alaska legislators consider limits on damages
Medical Malpractice - Wyoming lawmakers kill another malpractice measure
Norwegian Radium Hospital - Subcurative melanoma irradiation increases hypoxia-related metastasis
Personnel - Vermont hospital gets new medical director
Pistoia Hospital - Healthcare workers in central Italy show a trend towards HCV prevalence
Quality Assurance - Legislature considers bill to add staff to nursing homes
S. Orsola Hospital - Antisense peptide nucleic acid targets N-myc to destroy neuroblastoma
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Study finds direct link between CBP gene and lymphoma
Taipei Veterans General Hospital - Serum alpha-fetoprotein level is a weak predictor in hepatocellular carcinoma
Tampere University Hospital - Docetaxel and other agents offer promising combinations for ovarian cancer
Toronto General Hospital - Cancer severity affects patients' satisfaction with doctor-patient interaction
U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - CDC publishes new workbook to protect health care workers from sharps injuries
Univ. of Texas, Dallas - Researchers uncover key to survival ability of Borrelia burgdorferi
University Hospital of Heidelberg - Interferon induction provides little benefit to chronic hepatitis C patients
Wake Forest University - Study provides new insights about brain organization
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