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You might occasionally see superheroes washing windows or Star Wars characters roaming the halls at the new Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla.
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The time medical interns spend interacting with patients continues to drop, taking up only 12% of their working hours, according to a study at Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital and the University of Maryland Medical Center.
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Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) placed a hold on Marilyn Tavenner's nomination to head the CMS to keep the Senate from voting on it.
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Washington state lawmakers have found a creative way to pass a large chunk of their healthcare expenses along to Washington, D.C.—and analysts say others are likely to follow suit.
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By working with ongoing national campaigns and “galvanizing America's physicians,” the American Medical Association will be seeking to reduce the deaths and healthcare costs associated with cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.
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Nearly a year after Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared that his state wouldn't tap into billions of federal dollars to expand Louisiana's Medicaid program, lawmakers will take their first vote on whether to challenge his stance.
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A list of the nation's top 37 business graduate schools for physician-executives based on the 2012-13 school year. Source: Modern Healthcare's 11th annual survey of business graduate schools. Published April 22, 2013, p. 34.
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Catholic Health Initiatives will acquire six-hospital St. Luke's Episcopal Health System in Houston, pending regulatory approvals, according to a news release.
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While it may be a while before we’re 3-D printing live organs for human transplant, researchers at Notre Dame are pioneering a medical use for the emerging technology that’s ready to be put into action today: using 3-D printers to create educational models of skeletons and soft tissue...
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Physicians should exercise caution—and “pause before posting”—when interacting in online settings in order to preserve professionalism and maintain appropriate patient-physician relationships, according to a policy paper released today by the American College of Physicians...
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