State urged to review fees to elite hospitals Nov 20, 2008
Ellen Zane, president and chief executive of Tufts Medical Center, a major teaching hospital, said: "Clout, over anything else, has driven insurers to disproportionately and inappropriately pay some providers more than others. There are huge imbalances in this market - not just between teaching hospitals and community hospitals, but among the various teaching hospitals."Tufts Medical Center offers the same [advanced] services as Children's and Partners, but is paid at unsustainably low... (Boston Globe)
Challenges of Ghana's Health System; Akosa & Quashigah Diagnose!* Oct 7, 2008
He spared no effort, describing our two major Teaching Hospitals in Accra and Kumasi as anything but "centers of excellence." Accusing them of doing none of the work and research expected of Teaching Hospitals, he stated that "there is nothing that is done there that cannot be done in the Regional Hospitals if they had their fair share of specialists and equipment.". He then proceeded to define what in his view should occupy the energies/exertions of a Teaching Hospital; organ transplantation,... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Questions still abound as to when, where VA Hospital will be built Mar 26, 2008
Unfortunately, we are still seeing the consequences of the loss of our major teaching hospital of Charity once again, Hollier said. While it's better than last year, we're still right at only 50 percent of the students staying here in Louisiana to train. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Controversy brews over Grady CEO Mar 24, 2008
Grady is also the city's only Level 1 trauma care center and a major teaching hospital. This article is for Paid Print Subscribers ONLY.. (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
HMH ranked in top 100 hospitals Mar 19, 2008
The top 100 list includes 15 major teaching hospitals, 25 teaching hospitals, 20 large community hospitals, 20 medium community hospitals and 20 small community hospitals. The study focuses on short-term, acute care, non-federal U.S. hospitals treating a broad spectrum of patients. (News Enterprise Online)
The Caritas dilemma Mar 7, 2008
Under its plan, St. Elizabeth's would no longer compete across the board with the major teaching hospitals. Carney would seek to find its niche in mental health and the other fields where it does well. (Boston Globe)
Grady expects record deficit this year Oct 13, 2007
Grady is the only Level 1 trauma center in metro Atlanta and is a major teaching hospital. If the hospital closes or has severe cutbacks, the community will suffer, Marshall said. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Another sale try fails for Caritas Sep 21, 2007
That could make it harder for Caritas Christi hospitals - led by its flagship, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton - to buy the latest medical technology and offer the highest quality healthcare at the same time the area's major teaching hospitals are investing heavily in new equipment. St. Elizabeth's has also lost several marquee doctors who performed lucrative medical procedures, particularly in urology, orthopedics, and cardiology. (Boston Globe)
* Getting into the head of youth May 8, 2007
Most major teaching hospitals have adolescent clinics: pediatric residents have to spend a month in an adolescent rotation. A few health maintenance organizations have stand-alone adolescent clinics. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sumner M. Redstone Commits $105 Million to Fund Cancer and Burn Recovery Research and Patient Care Apr 19, 2007
Internationally renowned for its diagnostic and treatment capabilities, Cedars-Sinai ranks among the top 10 non-university hospitals in the nation for its research activities and is a major teaching hospital. Under the leadership of Medical Director Stuart Holden, MD, and Research Director David B. Agus, MD, Cedars-Sinai's Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center has a dedicated program of prostate cancer research focused on understanding the biology of prostate cancer and developing new... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Dana-Farber aiming for $1b to boost care Jan 31, 2007
No hospital in New England has been more successful in fund-raising in recent years than Dana-Farber, which led Boston's eight major teaching hospitals in gifts last year with $203 million, all of which will go toward the campaign. In all, Dana-Farber officials have lined up $544 million in commitments toward the $1 billion goal in private meetings with longtime supporters over the past three years. (Boston Globe)
