Uha reports $438k profit in q1
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University Health Alliance, the state's third-largest health plan, reported a $438,129 profit in the first quarter of the year compared to a $278,958 loss during the same period last year. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Judge backs st. joseph's hospital plan for southern hillsborough
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An administrative law judge has recommended that the Agency for Health Care Administration approve St. Joseph's Hospital's request to build a 90-bed hospital in southern Hillsborough County. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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New method proposed for determining which patients should get treatment for colorectal cancer
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A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practice in about 25 percent of patients with colon cancer and is the basis for proposed changes to the way colorectal cancers will be staged. (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Carolinas healthcare plans three expansion projects
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Carolinas HealthCare System wants to consolidate and relocate the outpatient rehabilitation services of its Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast hospital, moving the operations to a new medical office building on Copperfield Boulevard in Concord. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Grant lifts degraff unit
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DeGraff Memorial Hospital in North Tonawanda has received $50,000 in state capital funding to help upgrade the emergency department. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Military spending bill reaps rewards for nm
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A $168.9 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill designed to support U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan will be sending millions in funding and equipment to New Mexico. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Baptist hospital east offering weight-loss surgery
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Baptist Hospital East has now added gastric banding surgery to its list of services. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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High court: novant may comment on baptist application
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The N.C. Supreme Court this week upheld a lower court decision that will allow state regulators to consider comments from Novant Health Inc. as they decide on an application from Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center to build a new hospital in eastern Davie County. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Wellmed donates major gift to help fund alzheimer's center in san antonio
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San Antonio's City Council voted to accept a $250,000 donation from the WellMed Charitable Foundation this week that will allow the organization to open a Leeza's Place by WellMed at the Bob Ross Senior Center. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Partners net income dips in q1
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Partners HealthCare -- the state's largest group of hospitals -- reported a sizable drop in net income during its fiscal 2008 second quarter due to a plunge in investment income and rising health care costs. But net revenue generated by patient services continued to rise. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Conocophillips gifts $3 million to texas children's
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Texas Children's Hospital has received a $1.5 million gift from ConocoPhillips in support of the hospital's new West Campus in Katy, which broke ground on Thursday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Dispensary of hope gets funding to assist poor, underserved with medications
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The Dispensary of Hope - a network of physicians, pharmacies and corporations - is launching in Middle and East Tennessee, with the support of Saint Thomas Health Services. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Vital images surpasses 3,000 customer sites worldwide
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Vital Images, Inc. (Nasdaq: VTAL), a worldwide leader of
enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, has surpassed the milestone of 3,000 customers, approximately 5,000 installations and thousands more users worldwide of advanced visualization software solutions.
"We are very proud of reaching this customer milestone and committed to continued delivery of advanced visualization solutions and collaboration tools that can be quickly and easily integrated
into daily medical practice," said Michael H. Carrel, Vital Images president and chief executive officer.
"We have strong, collaborative relationships w...
Source: Hospital Management - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: info
Orlando regional cancer program accredited
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Orlando Regional Healthcare announced Wednesday its cancer program received accreditation from the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Florida hospital opens new lab
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Florida Hospital hosted the grand opening May 15 of the Florida Hospital Center for Diagnostic Pathology. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Study rates milwaukee-area health systems' cost efficiency
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A new, unaudited study released Friday has determined that Aurora Health Care is the most cost-efficient hospital system in the Milwaukee area, followed by Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Mayo clinic researchers find adding epratuzumab to standard therapy
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Adding a second monoclonal antibody drug to chemotherapy looks promising for treatment of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, according to Mayo Clinic researchers working with the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Study shows that administering calcium and magnesium effectively reduces neurological sensitivity caused by the chemotherapy drug oxaliplatin
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Researchers in the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) have shown that patients who receive intravenous calcium and magnesium before and after the chemotherapy drug oxaliplatin for the treatment of advanced colon cancer experience a significantly reduced incidence and severity of neurological side effects (neurotoxicity). (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Some early stage colon cancer patients should not receive chemotherapy,
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Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators say they have conclusively demonstrated that a substantial subset of colon cancer patients should not receive chemotherapy because it provides no clinical benefit, and actually may reduce survival time. (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Cancer patients' quality of life directly relates to their survival
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Patients who feel better live longer, say Mayo Clinic researchers, working with the North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG), in study results released May 15 as part of the 44th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). (Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Jacksonville News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Mastectomies on the rise and mri use may explain part of the trend, say mayo researchers
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The number of women undergoing mastectomy (total breast removal) for early-stage breast cancer has increased in the last three years at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. The increase follows a steady decline during the prior seven years. (Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Rochester News - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Mayo Clinic Source Type: organizations
Niagara hospice approved for more space
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Niagara Hospice has been given state go-ahead to plan an eight-bed addition to its 10-month-old residential facility in Lockport. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 16, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
7 nbc/cw56 and partners healthcare health and fitness expo
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7 NBC/CW56 and Partners HealthCare present the second annual Boston Health and Fitness Expo at the Hynes Convention Center June 21 and 22. This free event is designed to improve the health of the Boston-area community. Last year, an overwhelming 70, (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Audeh aims for educational excellence in mission hill
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At any given time, Pamela Audeh can be found reading to a pre-kindergarten class at Mission Grammar School, overseeing a science project at the Tobin Middle School or working with 150 BWH volunteers who help ensure students have a good experience. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
High school students get up-close look at trauma
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Nine students from six towns last month got a first hand look at what it takes to work as a trauma clinician at BWH. The Education Collaborative (TEC), an organization made up of towns west of Boston that aims to help high school students gain real (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Shapiro center named one of city’s greenest
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The Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center was named as one of “Boston’s Greenest” buildings by the Mayor’s Office and the American Institute of Architects. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Kids get hands-on hospital experience
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During last month’s Take Our Children to Work Day, children who visited Plastic Surgery suited up in scrubs and masks and removed stitches from chicken wings, among other activities. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Nicu strollers march for babies
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The BWH NICU Strollers team raised more than $19,000 for the March of Dimes during the organization’s March for Babies walk last month. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: organizations
Pricewaterhousecoopers details $133m savings plan for grady
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In business, to make money you have to invest some. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Fallon community health plan expands membership, net income dips
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Fallon Community Health Plan boosted revenue but experienced operating losses in its fiscal 2008 first quarter, affected in part by rising health care costs. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Uc wins $2.3m for brain injury/stress disorder studies
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The University of Cincinnati will receive $2.3 million in federal money to study traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Tufts health plan reduces operating losses, gains members
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Tufts Health Plan, the state's third largest health insurer, continued to improve its financial position, according to 2008 first-quarter financial numbers announced on Thursday. Still, operating losses continued. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Gas cards to blood donors
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Florida's Blood Centers is giving $10 gas cards to its blood donors. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Vital images launches the vital enterprise
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Vital Images, a worldwide leader in enterprise-wide advanced visualization and analysis solutions, has launched the ViTAL
Enterprise, enabling unlimited enterprise access to the complete ViTAL solution offering. The ViTAL Enterprise provides customers with full access to Vital Images' best-of-breed clinical
solutions and comprehensive services, including education, consulting and maintenance.
The ViTAL Enterprise has the flexibility to scale to the size of the customer's enterprise by providing access to the complete ViTAL solution based on unlimited users or concurrent users. Additionally, the ViTAL Enterprise offers cus...
Source: Hospital Management - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: info
Intelerad signs partnership agreement with sencor
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Intelerad Medical Systems is proud to announce the signing of a
partnership agreement with SENCOR, a leader in intelligent DICOM data storage and distribution solutions. SENCOR will provide its patented PACStacks disc burner appliance which automates the creation of DICOM CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, dramatically simplifying medical image distribution as well as long term disaster recovery protection.
"We are extremely excited about our new partnership with Intelerad, a recognized leader of PACS solutions worldwide," said Eric Kelly, CEO of SENCOR. "Our teams have worked closely
together and we look forward to bringing th...
Source: Hospital Management - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: info
Intelerad wins soteria imaging services contract
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Intelerad Medical Systems is proud to announce the signing of a
new IntelePACS agreement with Soteria Imaging Services of Louisville, Kentucky. IntelePACS was deemed the strongest solution among system vendors in the final round of selection and was recently awarded this large teleradiology center contract.
"Intelerad is a flexible PACS system that was best able to meet our complex workflow structures. We are in the business of providing customer delight to both our patients and the referring physicians that need our services. Intelerad has recognized this focus and is able to provide a solution that will be able to grow ...
Source: Hospital Management - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: info
Pharmerica sets date for first annual meeting
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PharMerica Corp., the nation's second-largest institutional pharmacy services company, announced Thursday that its first annual meeting of shareholders will be held Thursday, July 24, in Louisville. (PMC) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Erickson retirement communities, hospitals win funding for patient data systems
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Two health care information exchange programs spearheaded by Erickson Retirement Communities and a group of suburban Washington, D.C., hospitals each received $250,000 from the state Thursday to continue developing their online systems. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Pet drx posts $3 million net loss, 67% jump in revenue
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Pet DRx Inc. posted $3 million net loss in the first quarter despite a 67 percent jump in revenue, the company reports. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Barnes-jewish hospital to receive primaris hospital quality award
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Barnes-Jewish Hospital was this year's recipient of the Primaris Hospital Quality Award, which honors one Missouri hospital a year in recognition of quality, transparency, performance and continuous improvement. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 15, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Ucsf, uc berkeley, other ucs face possible strike
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As many as 4,000 San Francisco Bay Area medical and campus service workers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco are among 20,000 workers statewide scheduled to vote starting Saturday on authorization for a potential strike, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees said Tuesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Trauma specialists names new ceo
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James Bishop has been named chief executive officer of Trauma Specialists LLP, a medical practice with 80 physicians that specializes in the treatment of the most severely injured trauma patients. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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People's community clinic exceeds fundraising goal
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People's Community Clinic raised $315,000 at its annual luncheon, far exceeding last year's donation record of $250,000. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 14, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Lone star overnight continues expansion
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Lone Star Overnight, a package delivery service, plans to expand to 500 cities by the end of 2008. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 14, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Business, medical leaders named 'men of distinction'
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Five well-known Houston business and medical leaders were honored Wednesday at the second annual Men of Distinction luncheon for their business leadership and philanthropic contributions. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Synergyhealth ceo banaszynski leaving post after affiliation
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Greg Banaszynski, chief executive officer of SynergyHealth, will not continue in his current role following the affiliation between SynergyHealth and Froedtert & Community Health, he announced Wednesday. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 14, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Centene, bridgeway win 3-year contract from arizona health care
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Bridgeway Health Solutions of Arizona, a wholly owned subsidiary of Centene Corp., was awarded an initial three-year contract from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System to provide acute-care services to Medicaid recipients in the Yavapai service area. (CNC) (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines - May 14, 2008 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: journals
Dc announces mixed-use development plan for hill east
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More than 60 acres along the Anacostia River -- the site of the former D.C. General Hospital -- are set to become a new mixed-use neighborhood known as Hill East. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Jctc to break ground on new building
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Jefferson Community & Technical College will break ground Friday morning on a $25.6 million Nursing and Allied Health building on the downtown Louisville campus, at Second Street and Broadway. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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Hospital rate increase wins approval
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State regulators approved Wednesday a 4.5 percent increase in the prices hospitals can charge their patients -- but hospital leaders say the bump isn't enough. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Hospitals headlines)
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