Jean DerGurahian November 02, 2009 This is the second part of a two-part series on the effects of patient-safety advocates. Part one of the series, which ran Sept. 7 (p. 6), described how three women went from parent to patient-safety advocate as a result of medical errors. ... FULL STORY
Gregg Blesch November 02, 2009 Darrel Lorch is a good-natured grouser, and that's how he starts when he recounts how it has been to help out with a new cooperative set up to allow small local farms to sell food to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis.—and eventually other hospitals, nursing homes and schools. ... FULL STORY
David Burda November 02, 2009 We strive to make Modern Healthcare and all its publications the most credible sources of healthcare business news and information available. The cornerstone of that effort is our Editorial Code of Ethics, which is published here for the seventh consecutive year. The code also can be found... ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 A federal judge in Pittsburgh dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed against the UPMC system by its smaller rival West Penn Allegheny Health System. ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 A federal grand jury in Boston indicted Stryker Biotech, former President Mark Philip and three former sales managers on charges of carrying out a fraudulent marketing scheme to sell products for use in spine and long-bone surgeries. ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius commended the U.S. Senate for its confirmation of Regina Benjamin as the next U.S. surgeon general and said Benjamin will be “an integral part” of the nation's H1N1 flu response effort ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 President Barack Obama signed a bill allocating $20 million to jump-start the creation of a domestic supply of medical isotopes, which are used in imaging studies. ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 Catholic Healthcare West scaled back an expected $753 million debt deal last week to $300.1 million as rising interest rates in recent weeks wiped out any potential gains on the remaining bonds. ... FULL STORY
Jean DerGurahian November 02, 2009 This is the second part of a two-part series on the effects of patient-safety advocates. Part one of the series, which ran Sept. 7 (p. 6), described how three women went from parent to patient-safety advocate as a result of medical errors. ... FULL STORY
Jennifer Lubell November 02, 2009 House Democrats are hoping to make history by the end of this week by successfully approving an $894 billion healthcare reform bill that aims to cover 96% of all Americans and offers a more “provider friendly” public option. ... FULL STORY
Shawn Rhea November 02, 2009 Medical-device makers appear to be moving toward a win in their battle over a proposed industry tax that would be used to help finance healthcare reform. ... FULL STORY
Jessica Zigmond November 02, 2009 Days after President Barack Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency, public health officials, providers and patients were wishing that doses of the vaccine would spread as quickly as the disease. ... FULL STORY
Rebecca Vesely November 02, 2009 Major health insurers are being hit with higher-than-expected flu-related costs—a barometer of the severity of the H1N1 flu virus. ... FULL STORY
Joseph Conn November 02, 2009 Policymakers in Washington are going to take a second look at two areas that are vital to the nation’s effort to convert to electronic health records: the proposed national health information network and patient privacy. ... FULL STORY
Joseph Conn November 02, 2009 Members of Congress and others are unhappy with the HHS’ interpretation of privacy-related provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the stimulus law. ... FULL STORY
Melanie Evans November 02, 2009 Hospitals and health systems are finding that it’s not easy to unload interest-rate derivatives that backfired with the credit-market collapse. ... FULL STORY
Joe Carlson November 02, 2009 Rose Ann DeMoro, executive director of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee, doesn’t need to conduct a survey of healthcare executives to know they’re more worried than ever about their nurses joining unions. ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks November 02, 2009 In a move being hailed as opening a new era in healthcare transparency, it was announced last week that a new database and accompanying Web site will collect and disseminate health insurance company physician reimbursement rates. The information is expected to allow patients to know in advance what... ... FULL STORY
Gregg Blesch and Vince Galloro November 02, 2009 Two proposed mergers got a green light from their state attorneys general with oversight of the matter. ... FULL STORY
Andis Robeznieks November 02, 2009 The American College of Physicians, the nation’s second-largest physician group, is looking for a new boss. ... FULL STORY
Vince Galloro November 02, 2009 The faint echoes of the stock market boom are indicated by studying hospital defined-benefit pension plan filings for 2007. ... FULL STORY
Gregg Blesch November 02, 2009 Darrel Lorch is a good-natured grouser, and that's how he starts when he recounts how it has been to help out with a new cooperative set up to allow small local farms to sell food to Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wis.—and eventually other hospitals, nursing homes and schools. ... FULL STORY
David Burda November 02, 2009 We strive to make Modern Healthcare and all its publications the most credible sources of healthcare business news and information available. The cornerstone of that effort is our Editorial Code of Ethics, which is published here for the seventh consecutive year. The code also can be found... ... FULL STORY
William Winkenwerder Jr. November 02, 2009 The most basic promise to Americans of healthcare reform is that the rising cost of healthcare will be restrained, making affordable coverage available to nearly everyone. President Barack Obama has made this pledge many times. So have Democratic leaders in Congress who are eager to enact a massive... ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 We appreciated David May’s suggestion in his Oct. 26 editorial (p. 23) that professional chaplains have much to contribute to the national discussion on end-of-life care within healthcare reform. ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 “I explained to people 65 or older, ‘The reason we are doing this is for children. I told them: ‘They are at very high risk for this flu, and you’re at low risk. I am sure you wouldn’t want to get a shot that left a kid who is at risk in harm’s way.’... ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 Six Harvard Medical School researchers got more than a morning jolt of caffeine from their coffee recently. According to reports from administrators, the group experienced dizziness and in some cases fainting after drinking coffee from a brew machine located inside a research building lounge. All... ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 Historic video and audio interviews, photos and scholarly presentations were all compiled to commemorate the special moment.Was it part of the hoopla surrounding the new Michael Jackson movie? ... FULL STORY
November 02, 2009 William McGuire's reputation in healthcare was permanently tarnished when a stock backdating scandal forced his ouster as chairman and CEO of UnitedHealth Group in 2006. But he remains a hero in the field of lepidopterology—the study of butterflies and moths. ... FULL STORY
