Physician-Owned Hospitals Faulted on Emergency Care
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Most physician-owned specialty hospitals are poorly equipped to handle medical emergencies, federal investigators will report today, underscoring a long-standing concern about the rapid rise in the number of such hospitals.
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Nearly one in five children's hospitals are not providing round-the-clock, life-support cover.
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ALBANY, Nov. 18 - A report commissioned by Gov. George E. Pataki paints New York's hospital system as too large and too costly, with money being sent in the wrong directions, and recommends closing some hospitals around the state while developing a system of strong regional health care centers.
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Doctors and patients groups have criticised plans to set up health centres known as "polyclinics" across England.
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Americans have a harder time than residents of several other countries getting after-hours appointments with a nurse or primary care physician without going to an emergency room, a study released yesterday found.
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Medical-care ratio concerns trip up shareholders.
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even at some of the most reputable hospitals in the nation -- does not necessarily translate into longer life or better health and may in fact leave patients
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Three Montreal doctors have traded their rounds at hospital emergency wards for their own private medical emergency clinic. The MD-Plus Medical Clinic opened its doors on Tuesday.
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Stark evidence that high medical payments do not buy high-quality patient care is presented in a new study.
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Infections acquired in hospitals, which take a heavy toll on patients, arise mainly from poor hygiene in hospital procedures, not from how sick patients were when they were admitted, according to three new studies.
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RALEIGH, NC -- A lawyer says two of North Carolina&#39;s largest hospitals are gouging patients who make too much money to get charity care but can&#39;t afford their own health insurance.
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A new study on emergency rooms disputes the common wisdom that the poor and uninsured are filling them up.
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For-profit nursing homes and hospitals  on average provide an inferior quality of care compared with  their nonprofit peers, according to an extensive review of  studies published on Tuesday.
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It's a new way to push for patient safety: Don't pay hospitals when they commit certain errors. Medicare will start hitting hospitals where it hurts in October, and other insurers are hot on the trail
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer said the current system props up failing hospitals and too often overlooks patientsâ needs.
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Emergency rooms at U.S. hospitals are   becoming stretched as patient visits increase while the number   of emergency facilities declines, a new report said.
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CHICAGO -- A medical accreditation group says too many patients are waking up during surgery and hospitals need to do more to prevent the incidents.