 IGNN | Hospitals: Quinn Medicaid cut could force closures STLtoday.com The Illinois Hospital Association says Gov. Pat Quinn's proposed cut to Medicaid spending would result in hospital layoffs and closures. The organization issued a statement Wednesday following the governor's budget address. Quinn says the health care ... Medicaid spending could drive up other Illinois health costs What They're Saying About Quinn's Budget Providers assail proposed $2.7 billion in Illinois Medicaid cuts |
 First Coast News | Report: Dirty surgical tools in hospitals putting patients at risk Fox News Instead, Harrison, who had the surgery performed at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, developed an infection that ate away at his shoulder bone and rotator cuff. The infection led to a lengthy recovery time, and he became dependent on nurses to help ... Dirty surgical tools: Gross, dangerous -- and more common? |
 Chicagomag.com | Statement From Illinois Hospital Association President & CEO Maryjane A. Wurth MarketWatch (press release) The Illinois Hospital Association (IHA) is disappointed by the Governor's proposal to cut $2.7 billion from Illinois' Medicaid program. This proposed cut, which is equal to 18 percent of total spending on Medicaid, will harm all Illinois residents. Cigarette tax |
 eMaxHealth | Top Hospitals for Emergency Care Have 40% Lower Death Rate Medscape February 22, 2012 — Medicare patients admitted to the nation's best-performing hospitals for emergency medicine have a 40% lower death rate compared with all other hospitals, according to a new survey by HealthGrades, a Denver, Colorado–based provider ... Saint Joseph Hospital Ranks in Top 5 Percent in Nation for Emergency Medicine Hospitals Ranked for Emergency Medicine Quality Hospital choice for emergency care can improve survival by 40% |
LABSCO Employees Raise $16000 for Kosair Children's Hospital MarketWatch (press release) Louisville-based laboratory supply distributor hosted two fundraisers as part of "LABSCO Gives Back" program to benefit local hospital charity. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Laboratory Supply Company (LABSCO), ... |
Lawmakers question motivations for closing Taunton hospital Boston Herald By Kyle Cheney / State House News Service South Coast lawmakers piled on the state mental health commissioner Wednesday, using an annual budget hearing to lambast the Patrick administration's decision to shutter a Taunton mental hospital by the end of ... |
 The Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Chesterfield triplet injured in school bus crash is released from hospital ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com Natalie Tezsla, 11, was sent home from Cooper University Hospital-Camden less than a week after she was rushed there in critical condition. Her sister Sophie remains critical along with another boy injured in the crash, Jonathan Zdybel, 11. |
 Fox News | Hospital stayed busy during Carnival season FOX 8 News WVUE-TV NEW ORLEANS - Doctors at Interim LSU Public Hospital stayed busy during Carnival season. The Friday through Monday leading up to Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday itself bring in the most patients and are the busiest five days of the year. Privateers Plan to Bring Mardi Gras Spirit to St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis |
 CBC.ca | Is a Swedish hospital's ad for a 'hot' nurse appropriate? CBC.ca By Community Team A Stockholm hospital that published an online ad looking to fill a summer position with a nurse who is "TV-series hot" says it was "written to catch people's attention." The ad for a nursing position at the Stockholm hospital said ... Swedish Hospital Places Ad Seeking 'Hot' Nurses Swedish Hospital Places Ad for "TV-Series Hot" Nurses 'TV series-hot nurses need only apply': Swedish hospital spices up summer ... |
Remembering War Correspondent Marie Colvin NPR I gather you're talking to us from a hospital. How are - are medical supplies available? Are people being treated? COLVIN: I was staying in a house. I moved over to the hospital because nothing is safe here anymore. I just thought the hospital might be ... |
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