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A buffet of education and networking being served up at MGMA10
According to New Orleans restaurant owner John Besh , it's perfectly OK to eat four meals a day while in his great city. As I gear up for my first-ever visit to New Orleans, I'm interpreting this
Learning optimism from disaster
There is something very poignant about the opportunity to hear Scott Cowen, president of Tulane University, speak about his experience facing the devastation that was Hurricane Katrina in person, and
SPOTLIGHT: 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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
