| Corzine creates health-care panel | | Posted Saturday, October 14, 2006 6:58:52 AM by Blog57 Team | | New Jersey will study whether it needs all its hospitals and if state health-care funding is rationally distributed, Gov. Corzine said yesterday. Corzine signed an executive order creating a special commission to study the state's 81 acute-care hospitals, to project future physician and health-clinic demands, and to determine whether financially strapped hospitals are essential, among other things. "We need to take a thoughtful look at whether all our hospitals are necessary, whether they are suitably located to meet health-care needs and whether state funding is properly distributed among them," Corzine said. The 11-member panel, which hasn't yet been named, has until June to complete its recommendations. The New Jersey Hospital Association has said that 40 percent of the state's hospitals lost money last year, and that the average hospital earned a 1 percent profit.... | |
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| | | Austintown Health Care Center Expands | | Posted Saturday, September 02, 2006 9:01:17 AM by Blog57 Team | | Eye-appeal of a major addition and renovation at Austintown Health Care Center, expected to be completed this fall, made a giant leap Aug. 17 when a new sign was installed. Days before the new parking area was paved and landscaping installed. Austintown Health Care Center houses Austintown Emergency Room, Austintown Surgery Center, an MRI center, physical therapy and occupational services, and physicians offices. It will celebrate its 30th anniversary later this year. The addition will provide for expanded waiting, reception and treatment areas at Austintown Emergency Room. Operation of the facility is continuing during construction, which is expected to be finished by October. Four business and professional leaders will be honored by the Youngstown/Warren Regional Chamber during its Salute To Business breakfast Aug.... | |
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| | | Chatham-Kent gets money to attract health-care workers | | Posted Friday, August 04, 2006 6:55:26 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Municipality of Chatham-Kent will be able to expand its plans for attracting and retaining health-care workers after a funding boost today from the McGuinty government. Pat Hoy, MPP for Chatham-Kent, announced Thursday the municipality will receive more than $132,000 to work on a plan to recruit more health-care professionals. This initiative will encourage further attraction and retention of health-care professionals and shows that we are on the side of families in rural Ontario who want the best health care, Hoy said in a press release. The funding which will go toward attracting medical graduates, recruiting and retaining nurses and helping with youth mentorships is part of the McGuinty governments strategy to support rural economies, Hoy said.... | |
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| | | Advocates see area as health care destination | | Posted Monday, July 03, 2006 5:04:12 AM by Blog57 Team | | Topeka ? Officials in Kansas and Missouri are calling for an end to the Border War — at least when it comes to health care. They want to join forces for what they say is an exciting, regional good — the advancement of life sciences work in the Kansas City metropolitan area. They think that it's possible and necessary to bridge the best parts of the Kansas University Medical Center and KU Hospital in Kansas with Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics, St. Luke's Health System and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Missouri. The result, they say, would be a nationally recognized center that produces cures for diseases and fuels a growing economy. Think something like M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, and that is what these officials are dreaming about.... | |
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