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Wal-Mart, Lowe's to offer employees leg up on knee and hip work—at certain systems
By Jaimy Lee | October 08, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
A group of large employers including retail giants Wal-Mart Stores and Lowe's Cos. announced they will offer their employees coverage for hip and knee implant procedures with no cost-sharing if they receive the procedures at one of four previously selected hospital systems.
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Licensing issues could slow telehealth services
By Andis Robeznieks | September 23, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Retail clinics and urgent-care centers offer patients flexible hours and convenience, but telehealth may be poised to take over as the easiest way for patients to get answers, advice and prescriptions for their routine ailments.
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Ariz. college football team tests telemed robot
By Tucson (Ariz.) News Now | September 04, 2013
Mayo Clinic researchers are taking a new electronic face around Northern Arizona University games this college football season. It's called the teleconcussion robot.The partnership between Mayo Clinic and NAU will test the feasibility of using a telemedicine robot to assess athletes with suspected...
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On the move...
By Modern Healthcare | August 31, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
The Medical Device Innovation Consortium in Minneapolis named William Murray president and CEO, effective Aug. 12. MDIC is a public-private partnership between the Food and Drug Administration and the medical device industry. Murray, 52, most recently served as CEO of Envoy Medical, which...
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Patients love a gentler approach to surgery, but surgeons balk
By NPR | August 28, 2013
When hospitals quit subjecting patients to prolonged fasting, nasogastric tubes, abdominal drains and other commonplaces of surgical care, a Mayo Clinic study finds, patients feel less pain, recover faster and their care costs less. Though this protocol has been discussed and studied for at least a...
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Shared influence | Provider organizations team up through affiliations
By Andis Robeznieks | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Not surprisingly, the leaders of healthcare's megahospital systems were once again well-represented on Modern Healthcare's annual ranking of 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare. But others, coming from systems...
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Culture, costs, quality | Top 25 women honorees on healthcare hot topics
By Modern Healthcare | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Modern Healthcare recently held its fifth Top 25 Women in Healthcare gala. At the event, we had the rare opportunity to interview a number of the honorees, getting some of the industry's most important voices to weigh in on some of the most crucial healthcare issues of the day. What follows are...
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Mayo Clinic names Bolton chief administrative officer
By Modern Healthcare | August 20, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Mayo Clinic named Jeff Bolton to succeed Shirley Weis as the system's chief administrative officer this fall. Bolton, Mayo's CFO since 2002, will work with Weis for the next few months and then assume her role as VP, administration and chief administrative officer on Nov. 15.
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Redistricting might shorten wait for a new liver
By Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press | August 20, 2013
Where you live can affect your chances of getting a liver transplant, and your risk of dying while waiting. The nation's transplant network says it's time to make the system fairer.
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2013 Top Women in Healthcare honoree interviews
By Modern Healthcare | August 19, 2013
Modern Healthcare had the rare opportunity to interview a number of the honorees in our fifth Top Women in Healthcare program during our conference and gala in Nashville. Hear some of the industry’s most important voices weigh in on some of the most crucial healthcare issues of the day.
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