News For: Major Medical TnOakland County seeks medical leadership Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson announced Wednesday a major campaign to make the county a world-recognized destination for medical care, health care industry jobs and biotechnology research. Major study aims for new approaches to cardiovascular disease management The Consortium for Southeastern Hypertension Control COSEHC, headquartered at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, is launching a major five-year study designed to update current guidelines for treating cardiovascular diseases, improve disease management and reduce heart attacks and strokes in the Southeast. Patterson creates Oakland Medical consortium Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson spent weeks touring medical facilities in the county and saw two things: billions of dollars were being spent on expansions and no one was bragging about it. Closing arguments postponed in trial of two former Roger Williams Medical Center executives PROVIDENCE ��� The closing arguments in the corruption trial of Robert A. Urciuoli and Frances P. Driscoll, two former executives at Roger Williams Medical Center, have been delayed until Monday or later, a judge announced yesterday. Man's death in Winnipeg ER 'preventable': chief medical examiner The death of a Winnipegger who waited more than 34 hours in a city emergency room without receiving care was preventable, the province's chief medical examiner said Wednesday. Studies Show Strain of Medical Bills As Washington debates the best way to avert an economic meltdown, increasing numbers of Americans are struggling with another financial crisis: the growing burden of unpaid medical bills. Medical center to hold health and safety fair in Colton The Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is planning to host its sixth annual Community Health and Safety Fair on Saturday at the center in Colton. Summary Box: Surgical troubles at the Marion VA THE BACKDROP: Major surgeries were halted at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion a year ago after a spike in surgical deaths. The VA's own investigations labeled the hospital's previous management as "dysfunctional and inefficient." THE BACKLASH: Two Kentucky widows are suing the U.S. government, blaming their husbands' deaths last year at the Marion VA on what they consider ... Court trustee to watch over Access Medical Group A former manager of health clinics will observe the quality of medical care at a Lower Hudson Valley medical practice that filed for protection from creditors in U.S. Bankruptcy Court last month. Ahead of the Bell: Natus Medical downgraded A Needham and Co. analyst downgraded shares of Natus Medical Inc. Wednesday, saying he expects the medical device maker be hurt if hospitals decrease their spending in 2009. |

