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Massachusetts gets $10.6 billion for healthcare insurance
Boston Globe, October 1, 2008
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Medicare won't pay for medical errors
New York Times, October 1, 2008
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Court upholds legality of San Francisco healthcare plan
San Francisco Chronicle, October 1, 2008
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Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office
Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2008
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Medica Health Plans wants to put health coach between consumers and bad habits
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 1, 2008
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Spotlight:
Master of Psychology
By leveraging physician competitiveness—and device connectivity—Cardiology of Tulsa makes EMR headway.
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Massachusetts gets $10.6 billion for healthcare insurance
Boston Globe, October 1, 2008
Schwarzenegger signs bills creating hospital privacy oversight office
Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2008
Tennessee healthcare has mixed day at Capitol
The Tennessean, October 1, 2008
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Medicare won't pay for medical errors
New York Times, October 1, 2008
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Court upholds legality of San Francisco healthcare plan
San Francisco Chronicle, October 1, 2008
Medica Health Plans wants to put health coach between consumers and bad habits
Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 1, 2008
UT study finds fewer Tennesseans lack health insurance
The Tennessean, October 1, 2008
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Tennessee's Saint Thomas Hospital, WMC form new partnership
The Tennessean, October 1, 2008
Florida-based Pediatrix lowers earnings expectations
Miami Herald, October 1, 2008
CU hospital eliminating psychiatric beds
Denver Post, September 30, 2008
St. Francis opens ER in Mooresville
Indianapolis Star, September 30, 2008
St. Luke exec leaving when merger's done
Cincinnati Enquirer, September 30, 2008
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Towns need doctors, and the doctors need visas
New York Times, October 1, 2008
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Lack of medical workers plagues developing countries
Reuters/Yahoo News, October 1, 2008
Campaign calls for Mexicans to lose 2 million pounds
AP/USA Today, October 1, 2008
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Commentary:
Take This Health Plan and Shove It
All is not right in the world of consumer-directed healthcare. Many smart people think the future of healthcare cost containment lies with these vehicles. But people don't want them.
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media
September 29, 2008
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Audio:
Domestic Medical Travel
Ronald Miles, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon, discusses Aspirus Wausau (WI) Hospital's strategy to expand its target area by participating in a domestic medical travel network.
Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media
September 30, 2008
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Commentary:
Hospitals Deliver the Goods for Working Mothers
We hear a lot about what hospitals should do to recruit and retain key employees, perhaps by looking at success stories outside the healthcare industry. Maybe we've got it backwards.
John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media
September 29, 2008
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Magazine:
Name Confusion
Thinking of dubbing your cardiology program a "heart center?" You and everybody else.
Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Magazine
September 2008
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