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St. Louis-area ERs see traffic increase as recession hits uninsured
St. Louis-area emergency rooms already burdened by an increase in uninsured patients are now facing a recession-spurred...
Social media ROI: What's the 'return on ignoring'?
The existence of the return on investment of social media marketing has long been discussed. Businesses are curtailing...
Shaping good health as teens outgrow pediatrician
A new report by the National Research Council and Institute of Medicine finds that too many adolescents are falling...
Spending growth slows for healthcare and prescription drugs
National health spending grew in 2007 at the lowest rate in nine years, mainly because prescription drug spending...
Recording studio in hospital about more than music
The Purple Songs Can Fly program at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston gives patients a chance to record their own...
Healthcare outsourcing is rolling on in Texas, but many patients suffer
Evercare's health management program is just one of a growing list of outsourcing efforts embraced by Gov. Rick Perry...
Foundations take active role on health policy
Frustrated that years of financing studies and demonstration projects have not translated into widespread improvement...
Medical identity theft spreads
The problem of medical identity theft is on the rise, according to Pam Dixon, who heads a non-profit group called the...
Digging into celebrity medical records has a long history
For decades, the tabloids have made a cottage industry of star ailments. But now, celebrity representatives say that a...
Worker charged in New York City hospital file thefts
A patient admissions representative at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center was charged in...