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Hospitals increase sales reps, liaisons to promote services, satisfaction
Hospitals are increasingly taking a more aggressive approach to physician sales, hiring former pharma and medical device reps--and more of them--to talk to docs about referrals and patient
iPad strikes out big at Seattle Children's
The Veterans Administration might want to talk to Seattle Children's Hospital before it starts buying those 100,000 iPads . According to a recently published article in CIO, the tablet devices were a
Quality of care low at notable university hospitals
Despite the common assumption that university-affiliated hospitals offer better care than their non-university counterparts, a new study published this week by medical rankings service CareChex found
iPad all the rage at Chicago-area hospitals
Chicago-area hospitals appear to be "getting it" when it comes to the iPad, as my colleague Neil Versel might say. Several facilities are quickly hopping on board the bandwagon, according to an
University of Chicago Medical Center settles crowded baby lawsuit for $7M
The University of Chicago Medical Center will pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit for crowding babies in spaces meant for one in its preemie unit, the Chicago Tribune reported. Illinois Attorney
U of Chicago neurosurgery training program put on probation
This must be a bit awkward for a prominent academic institution like the University of Chicago, even though nobody's suggesting that it's done any harm to patients. The U of Chicago Medical Center's
Rep questions U of Chicago's ED redirection initiative
Not long ago, the University of Chicago Medical Center began a program--the Urban Health Initiative--part of which includes efforts to move non-urgent patients out of its emergency department and
Emergency doctor group slams U of Chicago's ED diversion plan
Usually, when emergency physicians discuss EMTALA, they're fretting over the cost imposed by uninsured patients who may not have needed their help in the first place. But that doesn't mean they
Re-routing ED patients: A recipe for trouble?
As you'll see in today's issue, the University of Chicago is taking some heat for allegedly discriminating against Medicaid patients in its ED. Specifically, the mother of a 12-year-old boy is
U of Chicago ED accused of refusing mauled child on Medicaid
This is the kind of PR the University of Chicago Medical Center hoped to avoid. The mother of a 12-year-old boy whose face was attacked by a pit bull has gone public with accusations that the
