10/12/2008 News For: Cardinal Health care In Ontario CaliforniaBakken gives health care in Hawaii a strong pulse In retirement on the Big Island of Hawaii, a Minnesota medical engineering legend is experimenting with health care. Cardinal pays up for drug slip-ups From 24 warehouses scattered across the United States, Cardinal Health shipped more than $79 billion worth of pharmaceuticals last year to people in need. In need of pain relief, lower cholesterol, cancer treatment. And, sometimes, in need of a fix. Pa. health-care battle shows states struggle alone When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Hemet, Menifee Valley health care workers call one-day walkout Monday Health care workers at hospitals in Hemet and Menifee Valley will stage a one-day strike starting at 6 a.m. Monday to protest actions by the public hospital district that runs the facilities, according to a news release from SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West. Health care reform remains in limbo Rendell's fight for coverage of more uninsured adults yet to allay legislators' fear: how to pay for it. When Gov. Ed Rendell first proposed an ambitious plan to expand subsidized health insurance to uninsured Pennsylvania adults, he wanted the state to step into a void left by the federal government's failure to act. Emerging Trends: Comp Outlook Sunnier Care of California Reforms Declining payments for medical care and benefits in U.S. workers' comp system driven by California reforms. Forum at TMH tackles health-care issues With the goal of airing and tackling child health-care issues, more than 25 members of the North Florida medical community gathered at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday for the North Florida Children's Health Forum. Children left behind on health care The Hulse family staggered into North Georgia in January with $630 and hope for better times. Gary Hulse had lost his plumbing job in Arkansas, and the family had lost their home there. After arriving in Georgia, Melissa Hulse applied for Medicaid health insurance coverage for her four children. Three were accepted. But Avery, who has juvenile diabetes, wasn't approved ? the result of ... Cancer Care Ontario rejects Sault bid (UPDATED) (Comment on this story) Cancer Care Ontario has rejected a bid to enhance some surgery services available in Sault Ste. Marie, instead opting to fund thoracic oncology exclusively in [...] Will the lack of doctor and nurses affect the quality of health care in Czech hospitals? The Czech Doctors? Association is ringing the alarm. It says that Czech hospitals may not be able to guarantee the current quality of health care for much longer due to a lack of doctors and nurses. More and more Czech doctors are accepting job offers from medical institutions in Western Europe, particularly Germany and Austria, where they claim to have better facilities, higher salaries and ... |




