July 27In the name of safety, doctors and hospitals have been crunching more numbers, reporting more data than ever before.The list of what they must report is long: Did they remember to give an antibiotic within the hour before surgery? A beta-blocker to discharged heart-attack patients? Did a patient develop an infection or have to [...]
ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 The National Association of Chain Drug Stores issued the following news release:The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) lauded the signing of a bill that enables pharmacists to administer medication therapy management (MTM) services to patients in Louisiana. NACDS and state pharmacy partners worked on behalf of pharmacy to [...]
July 04GRAND COULEE, Wash. On a hill above the biggest hydropower dam in the country, local residents are building another ambitious project to better lives and bolster the economy.At a cost of $25 million, the new Coulee Medical Center is expected to be a showpiece of what’s right with rural health care. Patients for [...]
SYDNEY An American doctor accused of botching a string of operations while he was the chief surgeon at an Australian hospital was found guilty Tuesday of killing three of his patients and grievously harming another.Jayant Patel, 60, was ordered into police custody until Thursday’s sentencing after a jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges [...]
SYDNEY, Australia – An American doctor accused of botching a string of operations while he was the chief surgeon at an Australian hospital was found guilty Tuesday of killing three of his patients and grievously harming another.Jayant Patel, 60, was ordered into police custody until Thursday’s sentencing after a jury returned guilty verdicts on all [...]
SYDNEY An American doctor accused of botching a string of operations while he was the chief surgeon at an Australian hospital was found guilty Tuesday of killing three of his patients and grievously harming another.Jayant Patel, 60, was ordered into police custody until Thursday’s sentencing after a jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges [...]
June 24WARNER ROBINS Rising admission rates have led to a shortage of nurses at Houston Healthcare hospitals.Since June 1, Houston Healthcare has posted available positions for 30 registered nurses and five licensed practical nurses, Melinda Hartley, vice president for patient care services and chief nursing officer, reported Wednesday evening.So far, 11 of the registered [...]
Primary End-point Not Achieved;Trial Demonstrates Slight Benefit Over Current Best Medical Therapy BOSTON(BUSINESS WIRE) NMT Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: NMTI), an advanced medical technology company [...]
Jun. 13COLLEGE TOWNSHIP Last year surgeons at Mount Nittany Medical Center replaced nearly 1,200 knees and hips for patients averaging almost four surgeries per day.With all of that experience under their belts, it was a pleasant surprise this year when the hospital was named first in the state for joint replacement."We don’t do [...]
May 14More than half of Western Pennsylvania’s hospitals lost money in the year ended June 30, 2009, with poor investment returns and increasing uncompensated care weighing on their bottom line, a state report released today found.The annual report on the financial health of the state’s hospitals was prepared by the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment [...]
