Physician Business Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . April 27th, 2004
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Assisted Reproduction - After many miscarriages, gestational surrogacy makes dreams of a baby come true
FlowMedica, Inc. - Company announces postmarket study of its Benephit Infusion System
Health Net, Inc. - Insurer launches first Internet-only health plan
Healthcare Economics - Alliance provides shipping discounts to health-plan purchasing cooperative
Addenbrookes Hospital - IFN-gamma autoantibodies may raise mycobacterial infection risk
Business & Finance - Sky Financial Group announces sale and acquisition
Cancer Treatment - University of Nebraska helps set new standards for treating cancer patient nausea
Carlos III Hospital, Madrid - Risk factors for severe liver fibrosis identified
Children's Hospital of Michigan - Linezolid effective against nosocomial VREF in premature infant
Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh - Researchers present a classification scheme for congenital nasal anomalies
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal Cancer Screening Legislation Report Card findings released
Consumer-Directed Health Insurance - Company expands consumer-choice plan options with new product
Drug Importation - Drug companies say imported prescription drugs unsafe and expensive
Dubrava University Hospital - Hematopoietic reserve evaluated in B-CLL patients
Duke University - Scientists overcome immune resistance in dendritic cell vaccines for cancer
Environmental Health - Indianapolis hospital to shut down medical waste incinerator
Erasmus Medical Center - Atherosclerosis linked to depression in older people
Excellus Health Plan, Inc. - Most leukotriene-modifier use in managed-care plan doesn't follow guidelines
Healthcare Coverage - West Virginia Lawmakers taking another run at insurance with interim studies
Healthcare Economics - Fed up with insurance, some doctors only take cash; patients are happy
Hospital Cattinara - Gastric wall necrosis is complication of laparoscopic gastric banding
Hospital Clinico Universitario de Salamanca - Cumulative etoposide doses prognostic factor for transplant-related mortality
Hull & East Yorkshire Hospital NHS Trust - Radiological view of laparoscopic banding described
Information Technology - Ohio health system implements Lawson Surgical Instrument Management
Legal Issues - Former Logan General Hospital official gets extension to pay restitution
Leighton Hospital - Surgical skill increases survival for cancer surgery
Marshall Edwards, Inc. - Studies: Phenoxodiol produces response and restores chemosensitivity
Massachusetts General Hospital - Endoscopic mucosal resection for gastric epithelial neoplasms described
Medicaid - Kansas governor says disputes could cost state millions
Medicaid - Vermont says premiums not affecting program enrollment
Medicare - CMS adds to list of outpatient services eligible for additional payments
Medicare - Group questions MedPAC methodology in Medicare Advantage payment comparison
Medicare - Payments to HMOs higher than traditional Medicare costs
Novo Nordisk - Repaglinide plus Rosiglitazone improves type 2 diabetes blood glucose control
Nursing Care - Lack of state money for nursing homes causing problems in New Hampshire
Pediatric Psychiatry - Concern over poor facilities for young people with mental illness
Univ. of Innsbruck Hospital - New anastomosis technique is reliable for vascular anastomosis
Univ. of Rochester Medical Center - Newer drugs more effective at curing strep throat than penicillin
Universal Healthcare - Massachusetts constitutional amendment would mandate health insurance for all
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