Read more hospitals stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1197/hospitals.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:18:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWho's winning the health care battle? Lobbyists, says the New York Times , who've succeeded in blocking virtually every avenue for cutting health care costs that has been put on the table. They've killed proposals that would pinch doctors, hospitals, insurers and employees who are the beneficiaries of so-called Cadillac health...http://www.newser.com/story/71406/lobbyists-deal-death-blows-to-health-care-cost-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 11 Oct 2009 6:50:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70763/swine-flu-victims-could-swamp-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHospitals will be in big trouble if the swine flu outbreak matches the flu pandemic of 1968. In that mild pandemic, 35% of Americans got sick. If that happened today, 15 states would run out of hospital beds, and another dozen would have to fill 75% of their beds with...http://www.newser.com/story/70763/swine-flu-victims-could-swamp-hospitals.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69081/hospital-staff-suspended-over-lying-down-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe “lying down game,” an online pastime fueled by Facebook, has gotten seven British doctors and nurses suspended for uploading photos of themselves horizontal the job, Sky News reports. Hospital administrators say staff could get fired for breaking infection control regulations. The Facebook group that proposed the game now boasts...http://www.newser.com/story/69081/hospital-staff-suspended-over-lying-down-game.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 17:41:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66850/to-fix-health-care-end-health-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEverybody's thinking small on health care reform, writes David Goldhill in the Atlantic . Our system is so abysmal—the headline on his lengthy piece is "How American Health Care Killed My Father"—that it needs a radical restructuring, and that should start with insurance. Let's just stop buying it, or...http://www.newser.com/story/66850/to-fix-health-care-end-health-insurance.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Aug 2009 15:31:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63757/hospitals-agree-to-155b-in-future-savings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe nation’s hospitals have struck a deal with White House and Senate negotiators that will save the government $155 billion over 10 years, the Washington Post reports. The hospitals will accept lower-than-expected Medicare and Medicaid payments, and a gradual reduction in the amount paid to help care for the uninsured....http://www.newser.com/story/63757/hospitals-agree-to-155b-in-future-savings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 7:25:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61790/obama-seeks-another-313b-in-health-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an effort to pay for his ambitious health care plans, Barack Obama today proposed another $313 billion in cuts to government health care spending over the next decade, the Wall Street Journal reports. That brings the total cuts proposed to nearly $950 billion, just shy of the $1 trillion...http://www.newser.com/story/61790/obama-seeks-another-313b-in-health-cuts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 13 Jun 2009 9:19:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59279/iraqi-hospitals-crumble-as-drugs-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFilthy, bug-infested Iraqi hospitals still lack basic equipment and supplies that could save thousands of lives, McClatchy reports. With sectarian violence down, doctors and aid groups are blaming government corruption for the nation's health woes. "The government has money," said a fourth-year resident at a Baghdad hospital. "So you tell...http://www.newser.com/story/59279/iraqi-hospitals-crumble-as-drugs-vanish.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 17 May 2009 19:19:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59065/octuplet-hospital-fined-in-privacy-breach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe California hospital where Nadya Suleman's octuplets were born has been fined $250,000 for failing to stop employees from snooping into medical files on the famous case. "It's the hospital's job to prevent these breaches from occurring," said a state official shortly after imposing the fine against the Kaiser...http://www.newser.com/story/59065/octuplet-hospital-fined-in-privacy-breach.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 15 May 2009 5:24:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54432/docs-foresee-trouble-with-digitizing-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe administration's push to digitize health records is raising red flags with an important constituency: doctors. "We have a long way to go," said the lead author of a report out today that shows only 9% of hospitals have computerized records. His article is part of a 1-2 punch in...http://www.newser.com/story/54432/docs-foresee-trouble-with-digitizing-records.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 10:27:26 CDT