Physician Business Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 4th, 2004
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Business & Finance - SunLink Health Systems to sell Mountainside Medical Center
Davis Health System - West Virginia health network posts its first loss
Finance - Davis Health Systems posts first loss in networks history
Finance - Quantum Foundation awards over $1.4 M in health-related grants
Healthcare Costs - Maryland hospitals ask panel for rate increase to pay for building projects
Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights - Study shows smoke free law slashed heart attack rate 40%
Bariatric Surgery - The Beryl Companies to handle inquiries about new bariatric surgery program
Brain Disorders - Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta purchases Leksell Gamma Knife
Brigham & Women's Hospital - Structure-function of extracellular calcium-sensing receptor described
Cancer Treatment - Atlanta hospital opens new outpatient center with $2.5 million from AFLAC
CardioDynamics - Journal supplement highlights impedance cardiography technology
Chang Gung Children's Hospital - Effects of IL-12 and -15 on neonatal NK cell activity characterized
Duke University - Prescription of opioids for back pain needs improvement
Duke University Medical Center - In utero AZT exposure has little or no impact on neurodevelopment
EMO Centro Cuore Columbus Hospital - Drug-coated stents safe for patients with complex artery disease
Ellipsis Biotherapeutics Corp. - Gene discovered that predisposes people to gastrointestinal disorder
Erasme Hospital - Spontaneous and iatrogenic ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome show differences
European Molecular Biology Lab - Researchers discover a surprising link between inflammation and anemia
Facilities - Hospital cardiac catheterization labs renovated as part of strategic alliance
Georgetown University - Advanced scanning being used for brain disorder
HealthTrio - Ohio HMO selects Internet-based health management system
Healthcare Coverage - California healthcare provider now accepting Mexican identification cards
Healthcare Coverage - Nebraska senator proposes making federal government reinsurer for health
Healthcare Economics - Farmers feel medical insurance pinch
Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar - Pneumococcal vaccine not useful in HIV patients responding to HAART
Hospitalization - More hospitals offering private rooms and reducing nosocomial infection
Imperial College London - Chromosome "caps" predict bone marrow disease
Legal Issues - Two new federal probes of Tenet hospitals launched
Medical Center, Haaglanden - Cognitive function can decline in patients with brain tumors
Mergers and Acquisitions - Long Term Care Group acquired for $130M
Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Treatment delivers radioactive isotope directly into the liver with embolization
Nursing Care Facilities - Outside audit looking into allegation against nursing home
Nursing Shortage - Beverly Enterprises gives $1M to University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Pennsylvania State University - Continuous insulin monitoring does not raise hospital costs
Personnel - Lawrence Leisure, health consultant, joins Kaiser Permanente
Proxima Therapeutics, Inc. - New reimbursement codes announced for MammoSite balloon catheter
Reimbursement - AHIP questions MedPAC methodology
Royal London Hospital - Microbes that produce hydrogen peroxide reduce obstetrical complications
SafeGuard Health Enterprises, Inc. - Dental, vision, and managed-care subsidiaries merged into one entity
St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - Purified stem cells from alternative donors feasible for pediatric SAA patients
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