Category: Hospitals

A.M. Vitals: Malaria Studies in Mice Raise Hopes of New Treatment

MEwens
Also: Stem cell legislation in the House; Abbott ends an auction; NYC public hospitals prepare for some changes.
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A.M. Vitals: Allergan Will Settle Off-Label Botox Allegations

MEwens
Also: NEJM editors say Meridia should be yanked; stem cell plaintiffs explain themselves to the WSJ; are hospital profits the driver of health-care costs?
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Public Hospitals, ‘Poorly Equipped to Survive,’ Are Being Sold

MEwens
Public hospitals are being sold amidst a general boom in hospital M&A activity.
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Posted in Hospitals, M&A  

Hail Mary Pass? Group Asks Pope to Block Hospital Sale to Cerberus

MEwens
Will the Pope sign off on a private-equity deal?
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Posted in Hospitals, M&A, Ethics  

A.M. Vitals: Insurers Join the Electronic Medical Records Party

Katherine Hobson
Also: Perils of Facebook for hospital workers; early puberty in girls; salmonella and pet food.
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Stork Passes Tenet By, Adding to Commercial Admissions Decline

Jonathan D. Rockoff
It’s not clear whether the trends Tenet is seeing are linked to some broader drop in the birth rate.
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Posted in Hospitals, pregnancy  

Health Blog Q&A: Mayo Clinic’s New Center for Social Media

Katherine Hobson
Why does the Mayo Clinic need a center devoted to explaining how to use blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?
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Posted in Hospitals, Doctors, IT  

A.M. Vitals: Avandia Panel Member a Paid Speaker for GSK

Laura Landro
Also: hospitals using Tasers; cautious optimism over a possible HIV preventive; end of the line for swine flu pandemic?
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How Will ‘Meaningful Use’ Factor Into Doctor and Hospital Rankings?

Katherine Hobson
Would you pick a doctor or a hospital if you knew they were more wired?
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GPOs Back Under the Microscope

MEwens
A long cover story in Washington Monthly has gotten people talking about group purchasing organizations again.
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