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NewsHospitals scramble to offset drug shortages
Check your drug inventories--a whole host of medications are in short supply this year, according to the FDA. Hospitals are scrambling to make up the shortfall, in some cases rationing medications, Read more...
Bone marrow transplant may have cured AIDS
We've been reporting a fair amount of bad news about HIV/AIDS recently but now, at last, we have some good news--a man was apparently cured of AIDS by a transplant. The man, who also had leukemia, Read more...
Teen granted right to return home to die
Everyone did their jobs to the best of their ability, down to a hospital doctor calling a child protection agency to try to make sure that a 13-year-old girl got the life-saving heart transplant she Read more...
Non-profit hospital tax breaks attacked by Grassley, again
Well, folks, if you thought Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was ready to take a breather on the subject of non-profit hospital tax breaks, think again. This week, the Senator used a hearing on Read more...
Hospital services pre-payment may loom large in future
Recently, we've covered a variety of news that touched on the issue of whether hospitals should get tough about collecting from patients prior to delivering care for elective procedures. Most of it Read more...
Hospitals requiring upfront cash payments
Of late, a growing number of hospitals--including not-for-profits--have been insisting on cash payments before they offer services to non-emergency patients. While it may not generate the best PR, Read more...
| Press ReleasesCytel Adaptive Confirmatory Trial Design Presented at ASCO 2011 Now Available for DownloadInnovative “Promising Zone” approach for Sunesis Pharmaceuticals’ VALOR study utilized in phase 3 development of Acute Myeloid Leukemia treatment CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cytel Inc., a Read more >> Choo! Choo! “Train” Robots Chugging Through the Halls of Children’s Hospital BostonAethon’s TUG Robots Designed to Look Like a Train as They Deliver Food to Sick Children Throughout the Hospital BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Whimsical-looking robots are delivering food and lots of Read more >> City of Hope Reaches Historic Treatment Milestone with 10,000th Bone Marrow TransplantDUARTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- City of Hope, which helped pioneer bone marrow transplantation three and a half decades ago, performed its 10,000th transplant on Jan. 13, becoming one of the first Read more >> WPCCU Begins Credit Unions for Kids FundraiserProceeds Will Go to Childrens Hospital Los Angeles LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WPCCU is holding a November-long fundraiser in association with Credit Unions for Kids to benefit Childrens Hospital Read more >> Vidacare’s OnControl™ Bone Marrow Biopsy and Aspiration System Hits Growth MilestoneRevolutionary Bone Marrow Technology Available in 50 Health Care Centers in US SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In just six months, Vidacare Corporation’s OnControl™ Bone Marrow System hit its first Read more >> |
