News For: Pinnacle Health For Mentally RetardedShowdown on Staten Island is brewing over facility for mentally ill Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers SVCMC in Manhattan is in for an almost-certain legal battle over its controversial plan to convert a former convent in St. George to apartments for the mentally ill. Some local leaders are vowing to fight... Health Highlights: Sept. 20, 2008 Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: You are currently viewing this from 69.147.109.97 - WELCOME GUEST! American Samoa Health Department medical director Dr. Ivan Tuliau says there are now 69 confirmed cases of dengue fever for this year and one fatality, a 10-year-old boy. AMA head raps lack of health insurance Dr. Nancy Nielsen, the Buffalo physician and University at Buffalo Medical School senior associate dean who became the president of the American Medical Association in June, told UB medical students and alumni Friday that it was “unconscionable” that 47 million Americans do not have health insurance. RI Hospital Group Reports 4th Mistaken Surgery PROVIDENCE -- State health officials were investigating how a surgeon operated on the wrong knee of a patient Friday at the Miriam Hospital, part of a medical network that was reprimanded and fined $50,000 last year for three mistaken surgeries at another of its facilities. Most Americans Want to Change Health Care Angus Reid Global Monitor - Adults in the United States believe their medical services are due for a transformation, according to a poll by CBS News and the New York Times. 50 per cent of respondents think the health care system requires fundamental changes, and 35 per cent want to completely rebuild it. Minnesota Medical Trends / Companies launching on-site health clinics Wilson Tool in White Bear Lake has joined a growing list of companies trying to control health care costs by building their own medical clinics. Hospital first in GCC to win Australian honour KIMS Bahrain Medical Centre KBMC has become the first medical centre in the GCC to achieve international health care accreditation from Australia. The accreditation was granted by the Australian Council for Health Care Standards International ACHSI. Providence Health to drop lawsuit against Empire Providence Health Care will drop its lawsuit against Empire Health Services involving some shared operations amid worries that the litigation could stop the sale of Deaconess Medical Center to a for-profit company. Community Health Network plans Noblesville campus NOBLESVILLE » Community Health Network will be the first tenant of a $20 million medical office campus at 146th Street and Cumberland Road. The 111/2- acre Hamilton Healthcare Campus will consist of two buildings offering primary care services, physician specialists, urgent care, occupational health care, imaging services and a pharmacy, according to a news release from developer Jackson ... |


