Medical Staff News

2:50 PM EST
12/26/2011 Three dead in Florida helicopter crashThree people flying to a central Florida hospital to harvest organs were killed early Monday when their helicopter crashed in a wooded area in the next county.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Staff, Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Air And Space Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap

12:47 PM EST
12/6/2011 Study finds surge in number of young nursesA surge in the number of young nurses may offset projected shortages, a new study shows.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Staff, Labor, Advanced Training

12:05 PM EST
12/2/2011 Weighing Berwick's top five accomplishments at CMSBerwick, 65, a pediatrician, Harvard professor and well-known quality improvement expert, has served since July 2010. President Barack Obama named Dr. Berwick through a recess appointment after it was clear that Senate Republicans would not vote to confirm him. They said that Berwick's 2008 praise of the British health care system was akin to endorsing government-run health care which would include rationing.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Medical Staff, Politics, Government, Public Officials

6:19 AM EDT
11/3/2011 Grading Docs With Electronic Medical RecordsElectronic records may not be a great investment for a hospital, if you are just looking at the bottom line. But they are good for whoever is paying the bill. That's a lesson the Obama administration has taken to heart in its overhaul of the health care system. So now, it's giving clinics and hospitals millions to give them an incentive to use electronic medical records.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Medical Staff

8:42 AM EDT
10/20/2011 Patients dying as doctors' strike continuesAt least one man is dead and wards in two major public hospitals have shut, leaving many people without access to medical care in Ghana as doctors strike over a new public health pay scale.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Government, National Government, Health, Medical Staff, Primary Care Physician, Labor, Strike

12:20 PM EDT
10/18/2011 Army medical plane crashes in NepalIn the second air crash within a month, an Islander aircraft belonging to the Nepali army crashed in western Nepal on Tuesday evening while transporting a patient for medical treatment.

Source:AHN Topics:Disaster And Accident, Transport Accident, Air And Space Accident, Human Interest, People, Human Mishap, Health, Medical Staff

10:24 PM EDT
9/8/2011 Pay for U.S. doctors is tops says studyThe competition for top intellectual talent is one possible explanation for a sure-to-be-controversial study published in the latest issue of the policy journal Health Affairs.

Source:KaiserHealth Topics:Health, Medical Staff, Labor, Wage And Pension

6:14 PM EDT
8/21/2011 Filipino nurses win discrimination suit against U.S. hospitalThe United States Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC) has ordered a Baltimore hospital to settle with four Filipino nurses whom it fired for speaking their native language.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Justice And Rights, Health, Medical Staff, Social Issue, Minority Group

4:13 PM EDT
5/27/2011 Orlando surgeon, gunman killed in murder-suicideOrlando police are reporting that a gunman killed a surgeon at Florida Hospital, then killed turned the weapon on himself.

Source:AHN Topics:Crime, Law And Justice, Crime, Homicide, Health, Medical Staff

8:01 AM EDT
5/5/2011 Pills may be as effective as inhalers for asthmaA rarely described pill for asthma is easier to use and just as effective as conventional inhaler treatments, according to a new study.

Source:AHN Topics:Health, Medical Research, Medical Staff, Disease