Clinics to play greater role
EDMONTON -- Clinics are being given a much greater role in Alberta's new health-care delivery strategy in order to free up beds in crowded hospitals and reduce patient waiting times.

S.C. hospitals gave $1.4B to communities
Majority of $121.1 million in benefits provided by three Upstate hospitals paid for medical care.

City plans family doctor service to ease overload at clinics
VietNamNet Bridge ? The HCMC Department of Health plans to launch comprehensive family doctor service early next year to provide better care and ease the current overloading at the city?s major hospitals, the director of the department said.

Clinics to offer hospital services in 12-year plan for Alberta health care
Clinics will perform some treatments now available in hospitals under a 12-year Alberta government plan to reshape health care.

Tough times for Ontario hospitals
WATERLOO REGION (Dec 3, 2008) -- Hospitals in Waterloo Region are cutting beds, jobs and access to services, but the situation appears worse in some other communities, a new report says.

Nurses get a bonus
Some UI Hospitals and Clinics nurses received the first part of a $600 bonus when they opened their paychecks on Monday. But many say it is not enough. "It's a little token saying, 'We appreciate you, we know you're underpaid,' but it's not enough really," operating-room nurse Pauline Taylor said. While the Medicaid-reimbursement bill Iowa Gov. Chet Culver signed in May is finally reaching ...

Does Santa need more elves?
Cameron Christiansen lifts the lid on his toy collection as Leigh Shafer, center, and Madison Kaste donate toys to the third annual Cameron?s Toy Shop at Mulberry Elementary School. The drive is held in honor of Christiansen who has battled Wilms tumor, a form of childhood cancer, since he was 2 years old. The toys are delivered to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Children?s Hospital ...

HealthSouth spent $520K lobbying gov't in 3Q
(AP:WASHINGTON) HealthSouth Corp., which operates hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, spent $520,000 to lobby the federal government in the third quarter, according to a recent disclosure form.

HealthSouth spent $520,000 lobbying on health care issues in third quarter
HealthSouth Corp., which operates hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, spent $520,000 to lobby the federal government in the third quarter,

Nursing shortage keeps Grand Falls pediatric unit closed
The authority responsible for hospitals and clinics in central Newfoundland says an ongoing nursing shortage will keep a pediatric unit closed.

Ont. hospitals entering cost-cutting era not seen since Harris years: critics
TORONTO - Ontario hospitals are entering an era of drastic cost-cutting not seen since the slash-and-burn days of former Conservative premier Mike Harris, and the province is doing little to stop it, critics warned Monday.

Ontario hospitals entering cost-cutting era
Ontario hospitals are entering an era of drastic cost-cutting not seen since the slash-and-burn days of former Conservative premier Mike Harris, and the province is doing little to stop it, critics warned today.

Mending medical care on the ground
When 45-year-old Wang Xiuzhi fractured her knees working in the fields, she was faced with the daunting option of traveling at least three hours by bus to hospitals in the city. Treatment there was guaranteed to be expensive for farmers like her. So she decided to undergo an operation in Yangli township near her village instead. "It's now much more convenient to be treated near my home," Wang ...

Mending medical care on the ground
When 45-year-old Wang Xiuzhi fractured her knees working in the fields, she was faced with the daunting option of traveling at least three hours by bus to hospitals in the city. Treatment there was guaranteed to be expensive for farmers like her.

New hospitals, services give residents options for healthcare
While driving from Houston into the Katy area, residents may have become aware of new construction and recently built facilities surrounding the Interstate 10 West stretch from Barker Cypress to Grand Parkway.

Province reveals new long-term health plan
Improving patient access by moving more procedures and services from hospitals to clinics and other facilities is the goal of a new Alberta government plan to reshape health care over the next 10 to 15 years.

Government to Implement Changes to Health Care
Clinics will perform some treatments now available in hospitals under a 12 year Alberta government plan to reshape health care. The government also says all existing hospital projects and future construction ...

Ramon S. Velez, 75, ?El Jefe? of the Bronx, Is Dead
Mr. Velez was the son of a poor Puerto Rican farmer and became the baron of a sweeping array of poverty programs in the South Bronx.

Environmental & Energy
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's regional office in Atlanta (which covers Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida) has started conducting unannounced "compliance assistance visits" to hospitals in the region, as part of a sector-specific environmental enforcement initiative.

Ramon S. Velez, the South Bronx Padrino, Dies at 75
Mr. Velez became the baron of a sweeping array of poverty programs and received praise for his voter registration work and criticism for profiting from his humanitarian initiatives.