A strong public safety warning about the dangers of swimming pools comes in the wake of 19 drownings or near-drownings treated by doctors at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt since May 27. Thomas Abramo, M.D., professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine and director of...
Dr. Dr. John Ricotta, MD was elected s2010-2011 secretary of the Society for Vascular Surgery's® (SVS) at the Vascular Annual Meeting® on June 11, 2010. He is the chair of surgery at the at the Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. "Dr. Ricotta's contributions to the SVS and the...
Hospital for Special Surgery announced the receipt of a $5 million commitment from CA Technologies, an IT management software and solutions company, at its 27th Annual Tribute Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria on June 21, 2010. This contribution marks the completion of the Hospital's Building on...
The Wall Street Journal: "Emergency rooms in downtown Manhattan have become more crowded since St. Vincent's Hospital closed in April, but ambulances are getting patients into the remaining ERs faster than they did when the 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital was open." Bellevue Hospital...
The Wall Street Journal: "Emergency rooms in downtown Manhattan have become more crowded since St. Vincent's Hospital closed in April, but ambulances are getting patients into the remaining ERs faster than they did when the 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital was open." Bellevue Hospital...
The Wall Street Journal: "Emergency rooms in downtown Manhattan have become more crowded since St. Vincent's Hospital closed in April, but ambulances are getting patients into the remaining ERs faster than they did when the 161-year-old Greenwich Village hospital was open." Bellevue Hospital...
The new £545 million flagship hospital for Birmingham, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB), is opening its doors to patients*. The new facility has taken four years to build incorporating an extensive range of the latest...
My 16 yr old daughter took our car and crashed it a month ago. She is still in hospital waiting for bones to mend. She will make a full recovery.
At the beginning of this year, we booked and paid for non-refundable tickets for a week long cruise, which is due to depart in 3 weeks.
My...
NHS Confederation policy director Nigel Edwards welcomed government proposals to penalise hospitals where patients are re-admitted too quickly but warned they require rigorous evaluation. Nigel Edwards, policy director at the NHS Confederation, which represents over 95% of NHS organisations...
Pharmacoeconomic methods rank low as a decision influencer on formulary changes, according to a new survey released by the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP). Respondents reported that only 13 percent of formulary system decisions made...
It started off as really bad joint and back pain (though I have this normally, it was very intense this time and I went to the ER). Got on a muscle relaxer, ibuprofen 600 mgs, and prednisone. Then I became very weak, got chills, and started getting headaches - it hurts to read or look at lights...