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NewsSPOTLIGHT: New Orleans hospitals deep in the red
An area council has concluded that five private and community medical systems in the New Orleans area operated at a loss in 2008, a bad sign for an area strained even before Hurricane Katrina. Read more...
Repaying student loans helps MA health centers get staff
Ordinarily, health centers serving the poor aren't in a great position when it comes to competing for the services of nurse practitioners and physicians. The centers, which serve largely lower-income Read more...
Harvard Med offers tuition discount
Harvard Medical School, the ultimate elite educational institution, will begin offering a discount on its tuition to some students, a step that observers say may ripple out into other institutions. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Hospitals have data security blind spot; NYU Medical Ctr. gets $100 million gift; and much more...
> Increasingly, it's looking like U.S. hospitals have a blind spot when it comes to data security. Read more...
Primary care MDs should manage chronic diseases
A new report from the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions argues that primary care physicians should be given more control to manage patients' chronic diseases, and should be paid more to assume Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Physician shortage in Silicon Valley; Catholic Healthcare East takes over NJ health system; and much more...
> In part due to the high cost of living there, Silicon Valley is facing a particularly critical physician shortage. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Cleveland Clinic pitches its financial value; Loyola begins MRSA screening program; and much more...
> The Cleveland Clinic has begun pitching its economic contributions to its community. Read more...
ALSO NOTED: Medtronic asks MDs to stop using defibrillator part; Virginia hospitals struggle with mental health demand; and muc
> Heart implant manufacturer Medtronic has asked doctors to stop using a key component in its recent defibrillator models. Read more...
Trend: States make medical help easier in disasters
When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, many out of state healthcare professionals wanted to help--but they couldn't. Despite the crying need for their services, providers coming in from out Read more...
New Orleans physician ratios back to normal, finally
After two years, the ratio of physicians to consumers in the New Orleans area finally seems to be getting back to normal, according to a new report. However, health care still isn't as accessible as Read more...
| Press ReleasesNeed a New Job for the New Year? Big Break Brings Healthcare IT Jobs to New OrleansGREENSBORO, N.C., Jan. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Intellect Resources, offering innovative and comprehensive consulting, recruiting and hiring solutions within the Healthcare IT market, announced Big Read more >> |
