By Modern Healthcare | February 11, 2012
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Outliers thought it had seen just about everything, but a state school in Pennsylvania definitely caught us off-guard. Seems Shippensburg (Pa.) University, a medium-sized institution in the south-central part of the state, has something unique: a vending machine that stocks the “morning after” pill. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 11, 2012
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As someone who has Googled AMGA in search of the American Medical Group Association only to find the American Meat Goat Association's website instead, Outliers is aware that acronyms used in healthcare are not unique to the world of medicine. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 04, 2012
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Speaking of nutrition … Outliers has to admit we have a love-hate relationship with french fries. We know their faults and try to end our relationships with the spuds, but we always come crawling back. Who can say “no” to a tempting basket of crunchy, perfectly salted, deep-fried taters? FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | February 04, 2012
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It used to be that the worst thing that could happen to you at a vending machine was your bag of Fritos got stuck on one of those metal coils. Well, for schoolchildren in Utah, vending machines just got a whole lot less satisfying. As part of a public service initiative called LiVe, sponsored by Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare, fake vending machines have been planted in schools and other public places. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 28, 2012
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Outliers has to admit, we love political satire. So when HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius sat down last week with a master of the form, Jon Stewart, on “The Daily Show,” we had to tune in. The former Kansas governor may not have expected the series of federal health policy fastballs she faced, but she managed to avoiding whiffing on all but a couple of them. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 28, 2012
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Street gangs have long been known for bringing illicit drugs, unregistered guns and territorial graffiti to city streets, but an academic researcher says they're an efficient vector for another social ill: HIV. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 28, 2012
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A jury has ruled that Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, Okla., is required to pay back a $500,000 donation from country musician Garth Brooks as well as another $500,000 in punitive damages after a dispute about how the money should have been used. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 21, 2012
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A person really can die of a broken heart, or at least the risk of a heart attack increases by roughly 21 times within 24 hours for a person who loses a loved one. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 21, 2012
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Imagine the surprise of one New York resident who opened a hospital bill and saw he was being charged $44.8 million for a three-week hospital stay to treat pneumonia. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 21, 2012
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America's hospital compliance departments are staffed by stressed-out professionals who often jerk awake at night from the anxiety of monitoring all of their employers' problems and potential problems. And it turns out they're tired of it. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 14, 2012
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Publicity was inevitable when two of the biggest names in popular music, Jay-Z and Beyonce, entered Lenox Hill Hospital this month for their blessed event. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 14, 2012
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People search the Web for health information so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they are using social media to raise money for medical expenses. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 14, 2012
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The scenic views of Chicago's famous skyline available from the new 14-story tower that now houses Rush University Medical Center just weren't artsy enough for hospital officials. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 09, 2012
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Even people who think caviar is to die for might lose their appetite when it's stored in a hospital morgue. But that's where police in St. Petersburg, Russia, found a huge stash of the delicacy recently—385 pounds stored in the refrigerated space where cadavers are kept. FULL STORY »
By Modern Healthcare | January 09, 2012
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When Outliers watches dancers gyrating in music videos for artists such as Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber and Beyonce, one question never fails to pop into our mind: Do those performers have healthcare benefits? FULL STORY »
