Health care businesses at risk in House overhaul(0)
This looks bad for the AMA.
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS, Associated Press
Archive for October, 2009
Obama declares swine flu a national emergency(0)
By PHILIP ELLIOTT:
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, giving his health chief the power to let hospitals move emergency rooms offsite to speed treatment and protect noninfected patients.
State ends flu shot mandate(0)
By RICK KARLIN AND SCOTT WALDMAN, Capitol bureau
ALBANY — Citing a shortage of the vaccine, the state Department of Health has ended a mandate that most of the state’s health care workers be inoculated against the flu.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=856352#ixzz0UlECR6Jh
Breslin takes lead to cut care costs(0)
David Oakley, Slingerland:
The reaction to Albany County Executive Michael Breslin’s proposal about providing services to the elderly and closing the county nursing home reminds me of the saying “no good deed goes unpunished.”
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=854728&category=LETTER&BCCode=OPINION&newsdate=10/22/2009#ixzz0UfEsOjUw
Healthier outlook in Adirondacks(0)
By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY
Adirondack doctors have struck a groundbreaking deal with health insurers to bring more money into their starving medical practices while at the same time improving the care they deliver.
Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=852217#ixzz0TsI4n5Ws
H1N1 Protocol Update(0)
There will be a follow up meeting on the H1N1 vaccine protocol at the Albany County Health Department on Tuesday, October 13th beginning at 6:00 P.M. in the basement auditorium at the DOH. Dinner will be served.
