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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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