New Orleans

Here's a straightforward approach to recruiting physicians to academic institutions. Over the past several years, the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been using substantial physician loans to... Read more...

> Community Health Systems continues to divest properties, this time by selling a 75-bed Louisiana hospital. Read more...

> The American Society of Clinical Oncology has asked CMS to lift restrictions on the use of anemia drugs in cancer patients. Read more...

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...

> The VA has decided to put a new medical center in downtown New Orleans, a step that should boost Louisiana State University's plans to build a teaching and research hospital there. Read more...

A set of pharma trade groups have set up a coalition that will help areas like New Orleans be better prepared to distribute medications in the event of an emergency. The effort involves setting up a... Read more...

The U.S. House of Representatives has begun a hearing on the still-unmet healthcare needs of New Orleans residents this week. At the hearing, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) said since Hurricane Katrina... Read more...

> Hurricane Katrina just about killed the healthcare system in New Orleans, according to a new study. Read more...

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...

> HHS has awarded $430 million to states to improve hospitals' ability to respond to mass casualties. Article

> Louisiana State University's New Orleans-based nursing school has received a grant designed to help it train nurse anesthetists. Article

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