| VeriCenter to Manage Enterprise Servers for MedAmerica, Inc.
Hosted portal application enables leading healthcare company to provide web-based physician practice management solutions for well-known physician groups across the U.S. HOUSTON (PRWEB) August 14, 2006 -- VeriCenter, Inc. and MedAmerica, Inc. today announced that VeriCenter is providing managed hosting services for MedAmerica's portal solution for physician practice management. MedAmerica is a nationally recognized medical practice support and consulting company.
"The resources required to operate and maintain IT infrastructure in the healthcare industry have grown exponentially over the past few years because of several factors, including government regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and 24x7 access information and online applications," said Nancy Burghart-Hall, CIO of MedAmerica.
Fort Collins psychiatrist embroiled in ground-breaking criminal case
Christian Hageseth was Fort Collins' own Patch Adams.
The longtime author, public speaker, psychiatrist and physician espoused the healing nature of therapeutic humor and promoted his "compassionate" shock therapy for people with depression. He took his Humor and Health workshops across the country and spoke in front of audiences at well-respected medical institutions. At the same time, he was known in Fort Collins for his work with indigent patients.
By the late 1990s, Hageseth had an extensive resume that would impress even the most humorless people and the staunchest critics of shock therapy. After the American Psychiatric Association expelled Hageseth in 1998 and his Colorado medical license was revoked for a relationship with a patient who later became his wife, the Fort Collins resident worked to overcome his lost career.
Corrections, clarifications
A Friday Tulsa World Sports story incorrectly referred to Eddie Sutton's time at Central High School in Tulsa. Sutton was a basketball coach at Central.
A Friday Dow Jones Newswires Business story about the sale of Clear Channel Communications Inc. erroneously reported that the Federal Communications Commission approved the $19.5 billion deal without conditions. According to the FCC order, Clear Channel must transfer control of 48 radio stations to a divestiture trust so that the new owners will comply with FCC ownership limits.
A Wednesday Tulsa World Southside, Westside and Broken Arrow Community World story about two students earning perfect scores on their ACT college entrance exams incorrectly reported the name of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America, in which one of the students participates.
Drs. Ron Bronow and Carol Hurvitz talk about HMOs
Managed care is changing not only the face of insurance, but the face of health care, as well. The second segment of the CNN Special Report, "Democracy in America," looked at how doctors are being affected by the changing health care system. Dr. Ron Bronow of Physicians Who Care, an organization of doctors who advocate patients' rights and physicians' responsibility to change the system, and Dr. Carol Hurvitz, who specializes in pediatric hematology and oncology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, talked to CNN viewers about the sea change brought by HMOs. CNN Moderator: Welcome to the CNN Chatroom, Dr. Ron Bronow. Dr. Ron Bronow:: Hello! It's a pleasure to be here! CNN Chat Moderator: Welcome to the CNN Chatroom, Dr. Carol Hurvitz.
Hammerson sale hopes buck office downturn
Hammerson, one of Britain's biggest property companies, is hoisting a For Sale sign over one of its largest London office investments despite the gloomy outlook for the commercial property market. The latest news and analysis from the construction and property sectorThe building, which is jointly owned with Kajima, the Japanese construction group, and boasts Deutsche Bank as a major tenant, was last valued at £160m. But thanks to the downturn in the commercial property market in recent months, marketing for the building is understood to be at less than £150m. .
Obama wins South Carolina primary
It's my estimation this was all a very well constructed attack plan by Oprah's gigantic, & extremely well oiled multimedia machine, when she decided to influence the next presidential election, with her power parlay move. And to these same throngs of mindless Obamabots who keep bringing up this "experience issue" when comparing Hillary to Obama, one only has to compare the first day of occupancy of the next couple to get into the White House with all previous couples who've occupied the White House to understand how experience matters. On day one, the Obama's wouldn't even register on a comparison scale, while the Clintons could quite possibly beat *all* previous presidential couples who've occupied the White House in terms of experience, ability, & power. I hope this clears up this experience issue for you now.
Coverage & Access | Former Patients of Charity Hospital in New Orleans ...
A group of former patients at Charity Hospital in New Orleans on Thursday filed a lawsuit in a Louisiana state court that seeks to require the hospital to return to the level of health care services provided before Hurricane Katrina, the New York Times reports.
Before the hurricane, Charity Hospital provided almost all basic, specialty, emergency and mental health care services to lower-income New Orleans residents. However, after the hurricane flooded the basement of Charity Hospital, Louisiana State University, which operates the hospital, decided not to reopen the facility (Eaton, New York Times, 1/18).
The lawsuit argues that Louisiana law required LSU to obtain approval from the state Legislature to close Charity Hospital two months after the hurricane. According to the lawsuit, LSU also refused a request by state lawmakers to have independent inspectors determine whether Charity Hospital could reopen after the hurricane.
Poll: Little sympathy for mortgage woes
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 25 A U.S. poll indicates only a quarter of adults think the government should provide financial help to people who can't pay their mortgages.
The Wall Street Journal Online/Harris Interactive Personal Finance Poll found 42 percent are opposed to bailing out those who are at risk of foreclosure, including 22 percent who said they were strongly opposed.
A majority of those surveyed, however, agreed mortgage brokers should be better regulated.
The survey of 2,082 U.S. adults at least 18 years of age was conducted Dec. 10 and 12.
Half of those surveyed said mortgage lenders and brokers were most responsible for the trouble in the housing market and mortgage business, 21 percent said government regulators, 16 percent said home buyers and 11 percent said someone else, Harris Interactive said in a release.
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