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Harvard medical researchers to pool work
Boston Globe, May 30, 2008
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Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA
Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2008
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Health jobs are crucial to Michigan’s economy
Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2008
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North Carolina doctors fight malpractice Web site
Raleigh News & Observer, May 29, 2008
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Feds charge former Edgewater Medical Center chief with obstruction
Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2008
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Spotlight:
Tackling Obesity via Benefit Design
Many still view obesity as a lack of will power and fail to focus on the health quandary that is leading to comorbidities, higher healthcare costs, and premature illness and death.
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Four Japanese gang figures got liver transplants at UCLA
Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2008
Larger hospital may be needed in New Orleans, new report says
New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 29, 2008
Feds charge former Edgewater Medical Center chief with obstruction
Chicago Tribune, May 30, 2008
California hospital halts cardiac surgeries due to infections
AP/San Francisco Chronicle, May 29, 2008
Opinion: Ailing ERs threaten patients, leave communities vulnerable
USA Today, May 30, 2008
Wrong patient almost gets cardiac catheterization at Tampa (FL) General Hospital
St. Petersburg Times, May 29, 2008
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Health jobs are crucial to Michigan’s economy
Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2008
Harvard medical researchers to pool work
Boston Globe, May 30, 2008
North Carolina lawsuit: Open Rex, WakeMed pact
Raleigh News & Observer, May 29, 2008
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North Carolina doctors fight malpractice Web site
Raleigh News & Observer, May 29, 2008
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Study: Bacteria a factor in sudden infant death syndrome
AP/USA Today, May 30, 2008
Study finds NYC hospitals differ on care at life’s end
New York Times, May 30, 2008
Are doctors to blame for low health literacy?
Washington Post, May 30, 2008
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Medical copter crashes at Grand Rapids hospital
Detroit Free Press, May 30, 2008
Police say man posed as doctor at Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 30, 2008
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Commentary:
Physician, Market Thyself
It wasn’t long ago that many physicians considered "marketing" a dirty word. But times have changed.
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media
May 29, 2008
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Magazine:
Togetherness Factor
Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems promotes a vision of shared clinical data-even with its competitors.
Gary Baldwin, for HealthLeaders Magazine
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Commentary:
Globalization: Get Over It
Three words for those worried about the recent prediction medical travel will siphon billions of dollars from the U.S. healthcare system: Get over it.
Rick Johnson, for HealthLeaders Media
May 20, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
The ROI of Locum Tenens
Contributor Joseph Caldwell, president of Staff Care, takes a look at the costs and benefits—both obvious and indirect—of locum tenens physicians, who are becoming an increasingly vital part of the patient care process.
Joseph Caldwell, for HealthLeaders Media
May 29, 2008
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Magazine:
I’m Fine, Thanks
I am costing the healthcare system too much money. Potentially, at least. I haven’t used excess healthcare resources yet, but the system wants to make sure that I don’t. A while back my health insurance plan sent a nice note informing me that a nurse would call to help me manage my lower back pain.
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Magazine
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