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Case study: KY hospital ED cuts patient wait times in half

September 2, 2008 — 11:43am ET | By Anne Zieger
King's Daughters Medical Center, a 385-bed regional hospital in Ashland, KY, has pulled off a trick many of its peers would envy. The not-for-profit cut its emergency department's length of stay from... Read more...

New Orleans creates medical home for poor residents

August 24, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Some new changes to the New Orleans health system have given some residents something that would have been good even without the nightmare of Katrina. The city's charity care system is trying to get... Read more...

ALSO NOTED: Drug maker faces $634.5M fine over OxyContin; Demand for medical assistants rising; and much more...

May 13, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

> Purdue Pharma, maker of OxyContin, has been slapped with $634.5 million in fines for misrepresenting the risks of using the drug. Article (sub. req.)

> In part due to nursing shortages, demand for medical assistants is on the rise. Article

> Louisiana health planners continue to …

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Consumers see EMRs as factor in choosing MDs

February 26, 2007 — 8:01pm ET

Does it matter whether you roll out an EMR system now or later? Apparently, it does to some consumers. According to a new study by Accenture, the majority of consumers give at least some weight to whether a physician uses an EMR when choosing a practice--and what's more, most are willing to pay more to such practices. To draw these conclusions, Accenture surveyed 600 U.S. consumers and interviewed more than 100 physicians. Two-thirds of consumers surveyed said that the presence of an EMR …

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SPOTLIGHT: Kaiser's other troubles outweigh IT issues

November 9, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

The industry is abuzz with rumors about Kaiser Permanente's IT strategy, triggered by an employee memo detailing his concerns about the company's extremely costly EMR system. Healthcare IT execs are scandalized by the purported failure of the billion-dollar system, run on technology provided by leading EMR vendor Epic Systems. But in reality, Kaiser execs should be more concerned about the …

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Kaiser faces $7B loss

November 6, 2006 — 8:01pm ET

Things are looking rough for Kaiser Permanente, which could lose a staggering $7 billion over the next two years if it doesn't make some changes. Kaiser's operating costs are going up 10 percent per year, according to internal projections. If Kaiser could hold those cost increases to 5 percent per year, however, it could go from losing buckets of money to making $2 billion a year, according to CEO George Halvorson. The scary numbers weren't public, but last week a frustrated project …

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ALSO NOTED: Siemens Healthcare buys Bayer diagnostics; Medicaid plan stirs protests; and much more...

June 29, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Siemens bought the diagnostics unit of Bayer in a deal worth €4.2 billion ($5.3 billion). The deal makes Siemens Healthcare one of the biggest players in the emerging immunodiagnostics field. Article

> Canada's plan to allow pharmacists to write prescriptions is triggering fierce debate. Some …

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ALSO NOTED: Case at Children's Hospital of San Diego raises alarm; and much more...

March 9, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Bad news at the Children's Hospital of San Diego, where a respiratory therapist has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing patients and posting indecent pictures on the Internet. Article

> In response to patient pressure, doctors at hospitals like the Cleveland Clinic are opting for chemotherapy and heart surgery in cases where the patients' age would have ruled the …

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ALSO NOTED: Illicit organ trade thriving in China; RFID bracelets linked to EMR; and much more...

February 26, 2006 — 8:00pm ET

> Spiraling costs leave government with little choice but to intervene in healthcare. However, the lessons of Medicare Part D suggest that there is a right and a wrong way to do it, argues Highmark CEO Kenneth Melani. Article

> "Crimeware" programs that secretly log user keystrokes are set to become the most serious computer security issue, according to The New York Times. That, of course, is …

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ALSO NOTED: ED drugs contributing to HIV/AIDS epidemic; Docs support ad moratorium on new drugs; and much more...

September 25, 2005 — 8:00pm ET

> Drug company representatives and government officials meet in Washington this week to discuss ways in which erectile dysfunction drugs may be contributing to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Story

> A 27-year-old Jakarta woman died this morning, becoming the sixth victim of Indonesia's H5N1 outbreak. 400,000 doses of Tamiflu arrived in the country today. …

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