Patients flood free health clinics
The clinics -- some of which are funded by partner hospitals, others through private donors or grants -- are seeing a rise in demand due to the economy.

More health clinics urged
Long Beach and county officials LONG BEACH - The county's hospitals are sick, and a cure for their ailment is the creation of more community health clinics, a panel of hospital and government officials said Thursday.

Aging medical equipment puts Canadian patients at risk: report
Aging and outdated medical equipment in Canadian hospitals and clinics is putting patients at risk, warns a report released Monday by the Fraser Institute.

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.

Uganda: Five-Star Hospitals Changing Healthcare
Brenda Musoke walked into Paragon Hospital carrying a crib. In it lay her beautiful two-month old baby girl Hanna. Musoke, an employee of Moringa Ogilvy, looked a happy mother, a title she had always wanted and prayed for.

Butler County will get new clinic for vets
Cranberry is among 31 sites in 16 states where new outpatient clinics for veterans will open in the next two years, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced.

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 ...

Perot Systems awarded contract to Implement Health Information System in Kingdom of Jordan
London, UK - Perot Systems Corporation (NYSE: PER) (www.perotsystems.com) today announced that The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has selected the company to manage the pilot deployment of VistA - an open source clinical and healthcare information management system - at two hospitals and a clinic in the capital, Amman.

Hospitals to open low-cost West Side clinic
MANCHESTER - Catholic Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester will offer family practice, obstetrical, dental and mental-health services in a clinic that will open Jan. 5.

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 ...

A Healing Palette
Founded in 1908 and consistently ranked among the top 10 children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report, The Children's Hospital (TCH) of Denver, is celebrating its centennial in a big way. The new 1.44-million-sq.-ft. facility is state of the art, with "art" being front and center.

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.

Afghans fight a killer: Birth
Where far too many mothers die, women defy militants to learn skills that save lives In her lifetime, an Afghan woman has a 1 in 8 chance of dying in labor. In a country where far too many mothers die, women defy militants to learn skills that save lives. The Tribune's Kim Barker reports from Afghanistan.