Group hugs won&#39;t fix hospitals: Smitherman
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TORONTO -- Health Minister George Smitherman says group hugs aren&#39;t going to help him bring about the significant changes he believes Ontario&#39;s hospitals need.
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Relatives of Harold Shipman&#39;s victims said today they were not surprised that the General Medical Council had been criticised for looking after doctors&#39; interests rather than protecting patients.
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The Bush administration is backing off plans to require hospitals to ask emergency-room patients their immigration status, after hospitals and advocates for immigrants protested.
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Proposals to reorganise hospitals across west Wales may be put back because of fierce public opposition.
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A group of health care leaders said on Tuesday they were banding together to make U.S. hospitals less dangerous places to get well.
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Comment is free: Polly Toynbee: Hospitals remain a plum political battlefield, but there will be few easy hits once the real success of reform shows through
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There will be one fewer place for trauma patients to land when San Jose Medical Center closes in December. But Wednesday, county health officials were concerned about a much less dramatic, but more common
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Doctors and lawyers who represent victims aren&#39;t going to declare peace just because voters put a few things in the state&#39;s constitution.
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DC Fire Chief Adrian H. Thompson yesterday said he has no plans to purge the leadership of the Emergency Medical Services division after firing the department&#39;s medical director last week.
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A group of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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As doctors voiced anger at an Annapolis rally yesterday over escalating insurance costs, legislative leaders said they remain far from a consensus on how to address the problem before Maryland physicians&#39; bills come due next month.
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The Ontario Liberals vow to push ahead with its agenda to improve the health care system. Over the weekend, Ontario&#39;s doctors soundly rejected a landmark salary deal over the weekend.
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TAMPA, Florida -- A hospital chain is taping over patients&#39; LiveStrong wristbands because they are yellow, the same colour as the &quot;do not resuscitate&quot; bands it puts on patients who do not want to be saved if their heart stops.
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KingJr.-Drew Medical trauma center is targeted for closure, but King&#39;s daughter joins those defending the facility. By Paul Chavez.
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Patients are urged to challenge hygiene standards as some doctors are criticised for not washing their hands during hospital rounds.
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Three groups of health-care leaders are banding together to make hospitals a less dangerous place to get well.
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Ontario Health Organizations have given a lukewarm response to the province&#39;s plan for the health care system. Health Minister George Smitherman is establishing a health-results team to cut waiting times.