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NewsShort-staffed Grady Memorial Hospital probed after patient fell from window
Low staff levels may be to blame for a patient's fall from an 11th-floor window at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The patient, Gloria Shavers, fell to Read more...
Federal funding cuts force hospital to slash 100 jobs
To help close a $25 million gap in federal funding, Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital plans to cut 100 jobs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The layoffs will cut about $6 million from Read more...
Illegal immigrants will get dialysis care under new deal
In a controversial decision that is likely to cause a national uproar, Atlanta-based Grady Memorial Hospital has agreed to financially assist dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Services to offer Read more...
Area hospitals pitch in after another hospital reduces dialysis care
Three Florida healthcare institutions have joined forces to provide $100,000 in emergency dialysis care to patients impacted by a fourth area hospital's drastic cuts. The UM Hospital, Baptist Health Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Atlanta hospital building health "super centers"
Originally, officials at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital had intended to close two of its three neighborhood health centers, a move that would have saved the struggling facility $1.5 million. Read more...
GA safety-net hospital buys robot to speed pharmacy services for city's poor
Spending $2.6 million on a robot to automate your pharmacy is a big investment for any hospital, but particularly for one like Atlanta's Grady Memorial, which has been struggling to survive Read more...
ALSO NOTED: PA schedules hearings on Independence/Highmark merger; Medical college group urges caution with pharma tech freebie
> More than a year after the deal was proposed, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department has (finally) scheduled hearings to review public comments on the proposed merger of Independence Blue Cross Read more...
Struggling GA hospital faces physician suit
Of late, Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital has largely been in the news due to its precarious financial state. But this week, the hospital is drawing attention for a million-dollar suit filed by a Read more...
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