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5 hrs ago | NPR

Insurance Mandate Could Spur Walk-In Clinic Boom

Walk-in medical centers like this RediClinic inside a New York City drugstore are increasingly treating people who either don't have a regular doctor or can't get in to see one when they need to.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health Insurance, Health, Springfield Metro, Springfield, MA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

BBC News

Admissions up before A&E target

The number of A&E patients admitted to hospital rises dramatically in the last ten minutes of the waiting target, statistics for England show.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Wed Nov 18, 2009

KRDO-TV Colorado Springs

From The People Who See Child Abuse Cases First In El Paso Co.

EL PASO COUNTY Often times, it's the emergency room doctors and nurses who are the first ones to see some of the county's most severe child abuse cases.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Law, El Paso County, CO, Medicine, Nursing, Colorado Springs, CO

Tribune/Sunday Ledger Tribune

McDONALD: Columnist grateful to Kinga s Daughtera s nurses

Last Friday, I received a call that my mother was being taken to the hospital from the nursing home where she lives.

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Related Topix: Nursing, Medicine, Opinion

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Philly.com

On the Boards

Albert Einstein Healthcare Network , Philadelphia, has appointed Richard C. Sheerr chairman of the board of trustees, the governing body of the organization, and the board of overseers, which acts in an advisory and fund-raising capacity.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, Hard-Rock, Philadelphia, PA Metro, Medicine, Ims Health, Computers, Advertising

Sat Nov 14, 2009

ABC News

H1N1 Tuesday Surge Triggers Hospital's Emergency Plan

The number of flu cases in New York City ERs jumped 25 percent this Monday. Though many emergency departments said such a "post-weekend bump" in ER visits is common, for one Brooklyn hospital, it was more than just a case of the Mondays.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Mobile Register

HEMSI dedicates new Station 1 building

Huntsville Emergency Medical Services Inc. has a brand new Station 1 building on Governors Drive.

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Related Topix: Huntsville, AL, Medicine

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Columbus Dispatch

Good news on flu could be deceptive

People wait in a lengthy line to get H1N1 flu shots last month during a clinic held in the offices of Columbus Public Health.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Epidemic, Natural Disasters

Mon Nov 09, 2009

EMS1

Research challenges link between quick EMS response and survival chances

In 2002, emergency medicine specialists at the Denver Health Medical Center wanted to find out how much response times affected the survival of the major trauma patients they treated - often the victims of car crashes, gunshots and stabbings.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Nov 08, 2009

McClatchy DC

$29,000 for 5 minutes in the ER raises health care questions

For five desperate minutes, emergency room doctors at UC Davis Medical Center frantically tried to revive Scott Hawkins.

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Related Topix: UC Davis, Medicine, Cal State Sacramento, Nursing, California

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Arizona Makes it Harder for Patients to Bring Medical Malpractice Claims

On September 30, 2009, a new law took effect in Arizona making it more difficult for patients to bring medical malpractice claims against ER doctors and others providing emergency medical treatment.

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Related Topix: Arizona Government, Arizona, Medicine

YourObserver

Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz:

GUEST FASHION EDITOR: Dr. Allison Silver Schwartz After living in scrubs for 14 years for her job as an emergency medicine physician, Dr.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Ahmedabad.com

3-day workshop on emergency medicine at Civil Hospital

The state Health Department's Emergency Medicine and Trauma Education Centre began a three-day workshop at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Physics Org

Glass Thermometers Still a Safety Hazard

A study by emergency physicians at Children's Hospital Boston provides a wakeup call to parents to get rid of their old glass thermometers.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Victoria Star

New emergency room doctors to the rescue

The number of emergency room doctors at the Saint John Regional Hospital is on the rise again.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Startribune.com

Trying to clear up flu confusion

It seems that each day brings a new piece of information, or a recommendation regarding the H1N1 virus.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Minnesota Government, Minnesota

CSRwire.com

President of Tanzania and the Abbott Fund Dedicate Modern Emergency Medical Department

For the first time, emergency room services meeting international standards will be a part Tanzania's public health system, thanks to the opening of a new Emergency Medical Department building and extensive training being conducted at Muhimbili National Hospital.

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Related Topix: World News, Africa, Tanzania, Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, Medicine, HIV/AIDS, Nursing

Cincypost.Com

Flu Clinic Opens In Eastern Kentucky

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that the clinic opened Monday and will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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Related Topix: Eastern, KY, Medicine

The Press On-Line

Emergency department stretched

Record numbers of patients are stretching Christchurch Hospital's emergency department.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Hindu

Health Secretary promises more trauma care centres, ambulances

Coimbatore: The government plans to set up more trauma care centres on highways in two phases, and acquire 300 more ambulances, according to V.K. Subburaj, Principal Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare.

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