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Cancer fight goes nuclear, with heavy price tag
New York Times, December 26, 2007
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Children’s health insurance hits wall on growth
AP/The Tennessean, December 26, 2007
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Cigna stands by decision on transplant
Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2007
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Healthcare pushed to fore by California vote
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
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Radiation disclosure urged
Reuters/Wall Street Journal (subscription required), December 26, 2007
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Spotlight:
The New Rainmakers
Nursing staff shifting from cost center to profit center. [Powered by Trinity Healthforce Learning, this video also features the week's top healthcare news stories.]
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Cancer fight goes nuclear, with heavy price tag
New York Times, December 26, 2007
SSM Healthcare-St. Louis to restructure
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, December 21, 2007
Cardiology practice affiliates with Nashville's Saint Thomas
The Tennessean, December 26, 2007
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Cigna stands by decision on transplant
Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2007
Healthcare pushed to fore by California vote
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
Healthcare expansions hit roadblocks
New York Times, December 26, 2007
Medicare chief on road again to plug prescription drug plans
Boston Globe, December 26, 2007
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Doctors may soon offer what alcoholics need (if not what they want)
Los Angeles Times, December 26, 2007
Finding Alzheimer's before a mind fails
New York Times, December 26, 2007
7 medical myths even doctors believe
LiveScience/Yahoo, December 26, 2007
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Children’s health insurance hits wall on growth
AP/The Tennessean, December 26, 2007
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Radiation disclosure urged
Reuters/Wall Street Journal (subscription required), December 26, 2007
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Blue Cross of Texas to pay $4.5 million to end legal dispute
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, December 21, 2007
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Wyeth heartburn drug is challenged
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), December 26, 2007
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Los Angeles-area hospital’s nurses vote to join CNA
Los Angeles Business Journal, December 21, 2007
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Effort to defeat polio faces unique challenges
Washington Post, December 26, 2007
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Magazine:
The New Rainmakers
Think nurse staffing is just a necessary cost to be absorbed? Nurses have a bigger hand in profitability than you think.
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Magazine
December 13, 2007
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Commentary:
Mail Call
It's the season for giving so I thought I'd share with you some of the feedback that readers have so generously e-mailed the past few months. You've had a lot to say--on everything from blogs to infectious disease to firing people. Most of it nice, some of not, but all of it thought-provoking.
Molly Rowe, for HealthLeaders Media
December 21, 2007
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Commentary:
The Mission
Frequently I include my discussions with industry insiders in this space, but as we approach the holiday season, I decided that it is fitting to share with you some thoughts from a physician leader who is serving our country in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media
December 20, 2007
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Audio:
The Science of Sleep
Phil Pin, senior vice president for administration and CFO of ProHealth Physicians, Inc., discusses the financial decision-making process for adding a sleep apnea service line to his 200-physician primary care practice.
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media
December 20, 2007
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