> Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley this week approved Steward Health Care System's purchase of Morton Hospital and Quincy Hospital, reports the Boston Globe. Article
> Contrary to some reports, more numbers of insured people under Massachusetts healthcare reform do not result in more hospitalizations from the emergency department, compared to other states that did not enact similar reform, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine. Perspective
> Despite common beliefs that surgeons have it the worst, physicians of all specialties have similar levels of mental stress, according to a University of Cincinnati study. News brief
> The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reconsidering the link between a nursing shortage that it initially suggested contributed to two patient deaths at Carlisle Regional Medical Center, reports ABC27. However, the health department is inspecting the hospital every day. Article
> In a second victory at an appellate level for the Administration's healthcare reform, an appeals court yesterday dismissed Virginia's challenge to the individual mandate law, reports Reuters. Article
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