Private Urologists to Be Paid for On-Call Treatment of the Poor
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Inova Fairfax Hospital officials have offered to pay a team of 22 urologists a fee for every indigent patient they treat on call in its emergency department, satisfying some doctors and probably averting a showdown that threatened critical care.
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The U.S. government and several mobile phone companies have announced a $10 million initiative that takes advantage of cell phone networks to improve heath care in the developing world.
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People should be paid for living organ donations, argues a US surgeon in a leading medical journal.
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Egg and sperm donors could be paid thousands of pounds in expenses under plans being considered.
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The Maryland comptroller will assist Howard County's effort to contact thousands of residents who lack health insurance but who might qualify for subsidized care based on their income levels.
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GP Dr Simon Kan has been rewarded by the Chinese community for his voluntary work in improving access to health services.
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The World Bank's private sector arm  and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on Monday announced  plans to explore private health care opportunities in Africa.
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Scientists are developing a device which could improve the lives of kidney dialysis patients.
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The state today will kick off a new drug prescription program that could provide as many as 200,000 lower-income people an average cash savings of 20 percent on drug purchases.
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Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable to poor medical care, says a new report from an organization that works to improve
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Contracts given to private clinics for NHS work mean they are paid even if they are little used, critics say.
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Health care providers would get smaller pay increases when caring for the elderly, poor and disabled under President Bush's budget plan submitted to Congress on Monday.
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A system linking the some of the globe's best doctors with the developing world is saving lives.
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The F.D.A. has opened the way for U.S. taxpayer dollars to be used to buy cheaper AIDS medicines for use in poor countries.
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Ministers are advising the NHS to use the private sector to help tackle waiting lists for hearing aids.
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The medical profession has a costly, little-known secret: Many treatments don&#39;t work all that well for many -- even most -- people.
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The directors of the two largest funds for fighting the disease said they would consider paying for circumcisions in high-risk countries.