Feds pave way for AHERF deal. Proposed purchase of four remaining AHERF hospitals still faces other regulatory hurdles.
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Antitrust Laws↗
Biomedical subjects
S Hensley
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Tests may speed heart attack diagnosis.
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Biomarkers↗
Brazilian healthcare at a crossroads. Private sector flourishes as the government's program buckles under heavy demand, lack of funding.
In Brazilian healthcare today, almost anything goes. The government has a mandate to provide healthcare for all, but a dire lack of funding means coverage goes to only a few. Private managed-care plans have stepped in, turning the market wild and woolly. This story leads off a special international section.
Brazil↗
VHA to market Web resource nationwide.
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Hospitals, Voluntary↗
Millennium stockpiling. Hospitals fear that overzealous materials managers could strain the supply chain.
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Chronology as Topic↗
Aetna, Johns Hopkins catch site of success.
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Baltimore↗
Just deep pockets, or bids for control? In W.Pa., insurer, system, doctors square off over AHERF bid.
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Economic Competition↗
Convenience in store. Hospital links strengthen medical supply chain.
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Durable Medical Equipment↗
More hospitals buy into device recycling. The practice of reprocessing disposable products is moving into the medical mainstream.
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Conservation of Natural Resources↗
ACHE preview. Healthcare in the new millennium.
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Consumer Behavior↗
Consolidation backlash. A disillusioned N.H. community calls for the dissolution of its merged Optima hospitals.
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Community-Institutional Relations↗
Cash-back deal. Premier restructuring to give member hospitals greater share of alliance's net income.
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California↗
Viewing radiology patients in 3-D.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging↗
Chock-full of change. Opportunities, and perils, abound as industry continues to evolve.
Tighten your belt and hold onto your wallet: Another year of change looms for healthcare. In a 1999 outlook report, our staff tells all about Medicare cutbacks, managed-care turbulence and a looming crisis in skilled nursing. And everyone is braced for the appearance of that ugly year-2000 computer bug.
Chronology as Topic↗
Tenet takes control. For-profit chain begins high-profile efforts to rescue foundering AHERF facilities.
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Health Facility Merger↗
AHERF vs. AHERF. System's own hospitals, led by ex-CEO, now its creditors.
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Bankruptcy↗
CTs may get new role. Research backs widespread use in lung-cancer screening.
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Cost-Benefit Analysis↗
A financial checkup for radiology services. Managers need comprehensive data to diagnose the shape of their departments.
Radiologists make their living interpreting murky X-rays and snowy ultrasound exams. Administrators often make decisions about managing radiology services in a similar way, with only a hazy idea of how to improve financial operations. Decisions about which procedures are profitable and which lose money require data. But that information is often in short supply.
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