Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M B Blecher.
Healing herbs and alternative therapies already represent a market as big as $40 billion a year--with consumers paying most of the tab. That's why hospitals and entrepreneurs aren't waiting for insurers to expand coverage before venturing into alternative medicine.
CEOs change jobs all the time, but only a handful make the jump from not-for-profit to for-profit hospital or vice versa. Some thrive in the new setting. Others crash. Personality makes the difference.
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Cruel. Fickle. Demanding. While hospitals and HMOs face tougher scrutiny by credit-rating agencies, Wall Street has slowed the flow of capital to practice management and assisted-living start-ups. Meanwhile, some investor-owned hospitals now emphasize debt over equity. In this special report, we examine the capital markets sector by sector.
Sales of hospitals to for-profit chains have spawned nearly 100 new community foundations. Consumers and state officials increasingly want to know: How will these new charities spend their funds.
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Many hospital errors--including some of the most serious--never come to the attention of executives. A behind-the-scenes study shows how mixed incentives and communication snafus mask patterns of errors.
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