Rural China's clinics to get new investment
BEIJING -- Clinics and hospitals in China's rural areas and state farms will get 4.8 billion yuan (702 million US dollars) this year to improve infrastructures, a Ministry of Health spokesman said on Sunday.

Rural China's clinics to get new investment for better equipment
Clinics and hospitals in China's rural areas and state farms will get 4.8 billion yuan (702 million U.S. dollars) this year to improve infrastructures, a Ministry of Health spokesman said on Sunday. The money is part of a 21.7-billion-yuan investment plan announced by the government in 2006 with aims to overhaul the nation's rural health care network by 2010. The investment will be spent on new ...

HIV Testing Not 'Routine as a Flu Shot' at Hospitals (Update1)
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Routine HIV testing recommended by the U.S. government isn't done at most hospitals and clinics because some insurers won't pay and many doctors are wary of spending time on it, AIDS officials said.

Accident victims airlifted to UI Hospitals and Clinics
WESTWOOD, Iowa ? A  Columbus Junction man and another driver were transported by helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics Saturday after a collision in Henry County.

Hospitals share grants for disasters
PIERRE -- Twenty-two West River area hospitals and clinics have received part of $1 million in grants from the state to prepare for disasters.

Chinese provinces allocate $1.46 trillion for economic stimulus
Projects planned by provincial governments in China will add an additional $1.46 trillion to a Chinese economic stimulus package in an effort to create more jobs and offset slower exports, state television said Sunday.

Closer-to-home remedies
Last month, the medic units of Gig Harbor?s Fire District 5 made 248 trips across the Narrows to Tacoma-area hospitals carrying patients in need of emergency room services. That?s more than eight trips a day on average.

Health Officials Defend Closure of Dental Clinics
City health officials are defending their plan to eliminate dozens of public dental clinics that serve 17,000 children. Commissioner Thomas Frieden says the $3 million cut is necessary, because the ....

Gamca clinics continue to exploit OFWs - migrant groups
MANILA, Philippines - Filipino nurse Sitti Rashidam Abdul thought that she had finally fulfilled her dream of working in Saudi Arabia after passing a hiring firm"s standards, only to be denied that opportunity by a failed medical test administered by an exclusive group of clinics.

Growth puts extra strain on hospitals
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the seventh article in a series looking at the issues Eastern North Carolina faces as a result of rapid growth due to a military influx.

Network of walk-in clinics no cure for long waits
A woman with a swollen ankle, a man with a thumb split to the bone and a child with a slight fever recently sought treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Urgent Care walk-in clinic at 8 a.m., hoping to avoid the emergency room backlog scenario.

Dental Clinics Vs. Anti-Smoking Ads
The City Council is fighting back over a proposal to eliminate dozens of public dental clinics for the poor, most of them based in schools. In hearings today, Health Commissioner Doctor Thomas Frie....

Two new family clinics help ease the burden
For single mom Misty Murphy, a new health-care clinic on Southdale Road means not having to worry about scraping the money together for bus fare to the hospital or a walk-in clinic.

Chettinad plans to set up two super-speciality clinics in Kolkata
Chettinad Health City, a super-speciality hospital in Chennai and the only centre in Asia where robots perform heart valve-replacement surgery, is going to set up two super-speciality consultative clinics in Kolkata in the next two months.

Smoking Ban at Waco Hospitals
Updated: Nov 20, 2008 6:57pm Tobacco products are banned at both Hillcrest and Providence Hospitals in Waco starting today. Last summer both hospitals announced they would ban smoking and the use of any tobacco products at their campuses.

Many People Disregard Advice to Get HIV Tests
Routine HIV testing recommended by the U.S. government isn't done at most hospitals and clinics because some insurers won't pay and many doctors are wary of spending time on it, AIDS officials said at conference held in Washington.

Uncompensated care is growing hospital burden
If Willie McGee gets deathly sick, she may not be able to pay for the cure.

DOH Initiative Encourages New Yorkers To Butt Out
In an attempt to snuff out smoking in the city, the New York City Health Department is handing out free nicotine patches, gum, and lozenges. The items are being distributed today at 41 hospitals, community organizations, and clinics across the five boroughs.

Students watch how hospital nurses work
Hip replacement surgery at age 17 gave Elizabeth Matias ideas for her dream career. One year later, on a recent Friday in the emergency room at Memorial Hospital Miramar, Elizabeth's dream was real enough to feel.

Acquisition of Hann's On Software Expands Solution Focus to Smaller Hospitals, Alternate-Site Infusion and Specialty ...
(AP:http://www.mediware.com) Mediware Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEDW), a provider of ClosedLoop(TM) software for blood and medication management, announced today that it has acquired substantially all the assets of Hann's On Software (HOS), a pharmacy management software provider based in Santa Rosa, Calif.