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Study: Investment in community health saves states millions
While states are struggling to hold their budgets together, keeping basic services in place can pay off. That's definitely the case when it comes to primary care, according to a new study conducted... Read more...
PA hospital's planned closure causes anger
Plans to close Northeastern Hospital, a 189-bed community hospital in the Temple University Health System, is causing anger among several area residents, doctors and nurses, alike. Many opposed to... Read more...
WI nurses fired over cell photos of X-ray
A pair of nurses accused of taking a picture of patient X-rays have been fired, with one also charged with posting the pictures on a Facebook page. While the nurses apparently didn't violate... Read more...
ED patients will wait 3.5 hours, no longer
A group of doctors recently decided to do some analysis of their patient satisfaction surveys and try to determine how long patients were willing to wait in the emergency room before they got upset.... Read more...
