07Mar

Lessons at Indian Hospital About Births

Posted by ADMiN as Babies, Caesarean Section, Hospitals, Indian Health Service, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Pregnancy and Obstetrics, Women and Girls

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A small, underfunded hospital in Arizona, with about 500 births a year, is outperforming richer institutions when it comes to keeping Caesarean rates down.

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24Feb

Radiation Errors Reported in Missouri

Posted by ADMiN as Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, Missouri, New York Times, News, Radiation, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry

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CoxHealth in Springfield, Mo., said 76 patients over five years were overdosed because powerful new equipment had been set up incorrectly.

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12Feb

Doctors Haunted by Haitians They Couldn’t Help

Posted by ADMiN as Amputation, Doctors, Earthquakes, Haiti, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News

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Many of the foreign medical workers who initially flew to Haiti are now overwhelmed by their experiences and the limits to what they could do there.

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10Feb

Long-Term Care Hospitals Face Little Scrutiny

Posted by ADMiN as Health Insurance and Managed Care, Hospitals, Medicare, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News

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Lawsuits, state inspections and federal statistics paint a troubling picture of the care offered at some hospitals.

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09Feb

Paperwork Hinders Airlifts of Ill Haitian Children

Posted by ADMiN as Airlifts, Airlines and Airplanes, Children and Youth, Haiti, Hospitals, Humanitarian Aid, New York Times, News

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Doctors and aid workers are wrestling with proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.

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05Feb

Haiti Hospital’s Fight Against TB Falls to One Man

Posted by ADMiN as Haiti, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Tuberculosis, World Health Organization

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The sole worker at Haiti’s only tuberculosis sanatorium fears an outbreak of a treatment-resistant strain.

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03Feb

Victims From Haiti Arrive in Atlanta

Posted by ADMiN as Atlanta (Ga), Earthquakes, Haiti, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News

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These were the first evacuees to arrive in the United States after the government decided to reimburse hospitals for treating patients injured in the earthquake.

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02Feb

The Decline of St. Vincent’s Hospital

Posted by ADMiN as Emergency Medical Treatment, Greenwich Village (NYC), Hospitals, Manhattan (NYC), Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, St Vincent's Hospital

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A 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital faces an offer from a chain that would make it an outpatient center.

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01Feb

U.S. to Resume Airlift of Injured Haitians

Posted by ADMiN as Earthquakes, Haiti, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, United States Defense and Military Forces

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The effort was suspended five days ago after the state of Florida complained that its hospitals were overwhelmed.

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27Jan

The Radiation Boom: As Technology Surges, Radiation Safeguards Lag

Posted by ADMiN as Accidents and Safety, Cancer, Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals, Malpractice, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Physics, Radiation, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Science and Technology, States (US), United States, Veterans Affairs Department

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While new treatments are more accurate, errors in software and operation are more difficult to detect.

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26Jan

Offer to Take Over Ailing Hospital Stirs Outcry

Posted by ADMiN as Emergency Medical Treatment, Hospitals, New York Times, News, St Vincent's Hospital

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A proposal to make St. Vincent’s an outpatient center has prompted fears about emergency care on the West Side.

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03Jan

The New Katrina Flood: Hospital Liability

Posted by ADMiN as Hospitals, Hurricane Katrina, Malpractice, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, Suits and Litigation

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Are New Orleans hospitals liable for not protecting electrical generators? A series of lawsuits is testing the bounds of their liability.

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26Dec

Catholic Group Supports Senate on Abortion Aid

Posted by ADMiN as Abortion, Catholic Health Association, Democratic Party, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Hospitals, House of Representatives, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, New York Times, News, Nuns, Reform and Reorganization, Roman Catholic Church, Senate, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, United States Politics and Government

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The nation’s Catholic hospitals have apparently split with bishops on an abortion-financing compromise in the health overhaul, offering cover for some Democrats.

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23Dec

Months to Live: Weighing Medical Costs of End-of-Life Care

Posted by ADMiN as Death and Dying, Hospitals, Mayo Clinic, Medicine and Health, New York Times, News, University of California, Los Angeles

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A medical center’s experience shows the difficulty of knowing which critically ill patients will benefit from a high-intensity approach.

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19Dec

Forty Years’ War: Cancer Center Ads Use Emotion More Than Fact

Posted by ADMiN as Advertising and Marketing, Cancer, Emotions, Food and Drug Administration, Hospitals, Medicine and Health, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Miller, Ellen, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York Times, News, University of Michigan, Welch, H Gilbert, Woloshin, Steven, Zimmerman, Jane

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Advertisements by leading cancer treatment centers have made bold claims.Advertisements for cancer centers can get away with statements that would be off-limits to drug makers.

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08Dec

Woods’s Mother-in-Law Hospitalized

Posted by ADMiN as Hospitals, New York Times, News, Woods, Tiger

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The mother-in-law of Tiger Woods was taken from his home by ambulance Tuesday morning after a 911 call from the house. She is listed in stable condition.

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27Nov

The Cancer Lounge

Posted by ADMiN as Cancer, Hospitals, Manhattan (NYC), Medicine and Health, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York Times, News

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A game of chance at Memorial Sloan-Kettering.At Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan, the recreation room is an oasis away from the burdens of dealing with chemotherapy and other tribulations.