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NewsHospitals increase sales reps, liaisons to promote services, satisfaction
Hospitals are increasingly taking a more aggressive approach to physician sales, hiring former pharma and medical device reps--and more of them--to talk to docs about referrals and patient Read more...
Quality of care low at notable university hospitals
Despite the common assumption that university-affiliated hospitals offer better care than their non-university counterparts, a new study published this week by medical rankings service CareChex found Read more...
University of Chicago Medical Center settles crowded baby lawsuit for $7M
The University of Chicago Medical Center will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit for crowding babies in spaces meant for one in its preemie unit, the Chicago Tribune reported. Illinois Attorney Read more...
U of Chicago neurosurgery training program put on probation
This must be a bit awkward for a prominent academic institution like the University of Chicago, even though nobody's suggesting that it's done any harm to patients. The U of Chicago Medical Center's Read more...
Rep questions U of Chicago's ED redirection initiative
Not long ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center began a program--the Urban Health Initiative--part of which includes efforts to move non-urgent patients out of its emergency department and Read more...
Emergency doctor group slams U of Chicago's ED diversion plan
Usually, when emergency physicians discuss EMTALA, they're fretting over the cost imposed by uninsured patients who may not have needed their help in the first place. But that doesn't mean they Read more...
Re-routing ED patients: A recipe for trouble?
As you'll see in today's issue, the University of Chicago is taking some heat for allegedly discriminating against Medicaid patients in its ED. Specifically, the mother of a 12-year-old boy is Read more...
U of Chicago ED accused of refusing mauled child on Medicaid
This is the kind of PR the University of Chicago Medical Center hoped to avoid. The mother of a 12-year-old boy whose face was attacked by a pit bull has gone public with accusations that the Read more...
U of Chicago institutes triage in ED
Last week, the University of Chicago Medical Center announced 450 layoffs, which cut 5 percent off of its workforce. Now, it's following up that cost-control measure with another: it's started Read more...
U of Chicago plans major restructuring
The University of Chicago Medical Center has plans for a major restructuring--to include hundreds of layoffs--that should cut expenses by $100 million. This would represent a 7 percent cut off of its Read more...
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