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Physician Business Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 17th, 2004

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Facilities - Limits on Maine hospital projects now in force

RehabCare Group, Inc. - Therapy program management services vendor renews agreement with VHA

Respironics, Inc. - Global sleep and respiratory company reports financial results

The Medicines Company - Hospital care company reports 2Q, first half of 2004 financial results

Accuray, Inc. - New Jersey's Overlook Hospital adopts the CyberKnife

Assn. Advancement of Medical Instrumentation - Should medical equipment management take place inside or outside the hospital?

AstraZeneca - Medication helps quell the agitation of dementia

Awards - Web-enabled HIPAA training system wins national award

Bahadur Hospital, Delhi - Laryngeal mask airway superior to endotracheal tube in children

Beth Israel Medical Center, New York - MRI and CT can visualize congenital heart disease

Breast Cancer - Occult cancer a risk in reduction mammaplasty specimens

Brigham and Women's Hospital - Increased dose of thyroid medication necessary early in pregnancy

Business Update - Tempe St. Luke's Hospital to close maternity unit next month

Cairns Base Hospital - ProSeal laryngeal mask airways retain protein contamination after two washings

ClearCube Technology - Georgia medical center installs secure patient information systems software

Cornell University - Study ponders why obese mothers abandon breastfeeding

Disease Management - Oregon's largest insurers see benefits of programs that focus on preventive care

Electronic Medical Records - Children's Mercy selects Cerner as clinical information system partner

Electronic Medical Records - HealthPartners Clinics now paperless

Finance - Radiosurgery service company reports 12% second quarter operating income growth

Guys Hospital, London - FANCD2 has direct interaction with BRCA2 in DNA damage response pathways

Hamad General Hospital - Abdominoplasty safe in morbidly obese patients

Hanyang University Hospital - Capsicum plaster at hand acupuncture point can prevent sore throat

Healthcare Costs - Hospitals offer breaks to uninsured

Healthcare Coverage - Alabama legislators discuss plan to make smokers pay more for insurance

Herlev University Hospital - Dendritic cell vaccine safe in patients with advanced breast cancer

Hospital de Weezenlanden - Ticlopidine, clopidogrel comparably effective during coronary stenting

Information Technoloy - HIT says 21st century technology needed for U.S. health care delivery system

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center - Body mass index influences in-hospital outcome after hip arthroplasty

Karolinska Hospital - Type 1 diabetes susceptibility locus found on chromosome 5q11-q13

Miguel Servet University Hospital - Long-term outcome of anatomic hip prosthesis evaluated

Northwestern Hospital, Chicago - Research shows progress toward early identification of anthrax inhalation

Obstetrics - Intrapartum elective cesarean delivery increasingly being offered

Ovarian Tumors - Routine lymph node dissection unnecessary for low malignant potential tumors

Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare - Pennsylvania public-private partnership formed to curtail pregnant women smoking

Personnel - Arizona hospital administrator resigns

Physician Work Schedules - A year later, young doctors working less, but growing pains abound

Prescription Drugs - Florida fails to renew drug programs sponsored by Pfizer, others

Royal Oak Medical Center - Urgent care center earns accreditation from trade association

Southampton General Hospital - PorA protein of Neisseria meningitidis activates dendritic cells

Specialty Laboratories, Inc. - Clinical reference lab announces second quarter 2004 results

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