Delaware news and information

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is trying to live up to the first two words in its name. A team of researchers from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor has been tapped by PCORI to scale up their prototype of a Web-based crowd-sourcing platform called WellSpringboard, which is...
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A Georgia compounding pharmacy recalled all lots of its sterile products distributed since Oct. 19 based on concerns federal regulators raised about the company's practices.
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The unhealthiest counties in the nation have the highest rates of preventable hospital stays, smoking and adult obesity, according to the 2013 County Health Rankings.
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The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and hospital managers Monday about a nationwide recall of all drugs made by a New Jersey compounding pharmacy because of possible mold contamination.
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LifeCare, a Plano, Texas-based long-term acute-care hospital operator, announced today that it has filed for bankruptcy and that its senior secured lenders are taking over the company four months after it defaulted on an interest payment.
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A Delaware judge has approved a settlement agreement that establishes a $123 million trust for victims who were sexually abused by a Beebe Medical Center staff physician.
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IPC the Hospitalist Co., North Hollywood, Calif., has acquired Christiana Medical Group, a Newark, Del.-based acute-care hospitalist practice.
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After 17 months of mediation, Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Del., reached a proposed settlement with the families of hundreds of children abused by a staff pediatrician that will fairly compensate the victims without driving the hospital into bankruptcy, the parties said in a joint statement.
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Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, Del., avoided bankruptcy when 17 months of mediation led to the proposed establishment of a $123.2 million trust for victims sexually abused by a staff pediatrician.
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MedCath Corp., Charlotte, N.C., is proceeding with the dissolution of the company after reviewing a lawsuit seeking $9.9 million that was filed against MedCath by former joint venture partners in the ownership of TexSan Heart Hospital, San Antonio.
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