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Upstart CA hospital chain buys another facility
Controversial California hospital chain Prime Healthcare Services--known for unusual... Read more...
Jury refuses to indict New Orleans physician
Years after the dark days of Hurricane Katrina, Dr. Anna Pou finally can breathe a sigh of relief. This week, a jury refused to convict Pou of murdering hospitalized patients in the days after the... Read more...
Louisiana doctor targeted by state files lawsuit against AG
Dr. Anna Pou certainly has been through hard times since Hurricane Katrina hit, particularly when the state of Louisiana arrested her for allegedly euthanizing four patients during the storm. Now,... Read more...
Case dropped against New Orleans nurses
The ordeal is over for two New Orleans nurses who were arrested last summer on second-degree murder charges after Hurricane Katrina. The nurses, Lori Budo and Cheri Landry, had been accused of killing four patients at Tenet's Memorial Medical Center with a "cocktail" of lethal drugs. But the district attorney has now dropped the case, largely because the two testified in a grand …
... Read more...LA hospital cited in NICU deaths
A Los Angeles hospital's decision to turn over instrument sterilization to insiders may have cost some infants their lives, state officials have ruled. In early December, White Memorial Medical Center was forced to close its busy neonatal ICU after an outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa made five babies sick and lead, most likely, to the deaths of two of those infants. A follow-up investigation by the California Department of Health Services has concluded that staffers charged with …
... Read more...LA hospital unit re-opens after infant infections
Officials at Los Angeles-based White Memorial Medical Center plan to reopen its neonatal unit, having concluded an investigation into the source of a recent round of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections which may have contributed to the deaths of two infants. White had closed its neonatal intensive care unit on December 4th after five babies got sick; it then closed its pediatric intensive …
... Read more...Babies infected at CA hospital
A Los Angeles hospital has been forced to close its neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to new admissions after detecting cases of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in seven babies, including one who appears to have died as a result of the infection. P. aeruginosa infections are particularly virulent among premature, underweight newborns, who face significant odds of dying from other causes already. Officials at White Memorial Medical Center believe the infection was spread by …
... Read more...ALSO NOTED: More regs for managed care, hospitals?; Wal-Mart generics program keeps expanding; and much more...
> According to a new study by Harris Interactive, many Americans feel that hospitals and managed companies should face more regulation. Of course, there are just a few regs in place already... Release
> The juggernaut keeps rolling. Wal-Mart is rolling …
... Read more...ALSO NOTED: FL hospital system to spend $400M; Medicare patients turn to private plans; and much more...
> Unhappy with management practices, 850 nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center's University Campus in Worcester, MA may go on strike. Report
> More private healthcare plans are luring patients away from Medicare. Article
> In the next five years, Jacksonville, FL-based …
... Read more...ALSO NOTED: Dallas County wants repayment from other counties; UMDNJ announces layoffs; and much more...
> Dallas County will be sending bills to its neighboring counties--and foreign countries--for the cost of treating their indigent residents. Last year the county spent $18.3 million treating patients from other areas, and local lawmakers say the cost is too much of a burden for Dallas County taxpayers. The county will also be sending bills to foreign countries. Article
> The beleaguered University of …
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