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This was a contest at the Medical Quack run before Christmas last year and the Picture Me Happy group was so “happy” to receive their new touch screen computers for the children they included a picture! This was a great contest for non profits and the children certainly stand to benefit here...
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It’s no wonder how the former governor a few years ago was viewed as one of the most powerful people in healthcare! 6 million dollars taken from a charity for political fund raising and I might guess the IRS added up what was spent versus income. BD CHICAGO (AP) — The business partner...
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Diabetes research projects may go on hold. This is sad that the Foundation is having to close and that renovation projects may be delayed or put on hold as well. In the year 2007 the foundation showed a$952 million market value. It makes one wonder if there will be more of these individuals...
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A partial listing of some of this clients who are now stuck can be viewed here. If you have not caught up with this story, it is stated to be a 50 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. Healthcare and the charities don’t appear to be coming out of this unscathed, at a time when the news couldn’t...
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Sun, Dec 14 2008
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Dr. Ramona Bates is a surgeon by day and a wonderful quilt creator on her off hours. Today began the first day of bidding for her charity on one of her fine quilts we see on her blog. She can’t quit stitching! If you have read my blog often enough I have included some of the most interesting...
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The comment below from a vendor is interesting, as he comments on the fact that a physician can make an extra $125,000 in 5 years, well some family care practice doctors today in California would like to just be making that in one year, as all the recent contracts with insurance companies are getting...
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Wed, Oct 1 2008
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Modern Healthcare.com has also published an article about the status of affairs of many hospitals. To read further, click here to review the series I began last month called “ Desperate Hospitals” in where there are several updates and additional hospitals included. Also included is some...
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Tue, Sep 23 2008
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This was a post from a few months ago, but in light of the recent Stand Up for Cancer broadcast I thought it was a good idea to run this through again. 60 Minutes does a very good job in showing what private research can do, since grants from the government are harder to receive and with budgets...
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Sun, Sep 7 2008
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You can set up a log in and donate today. Click here for details. As I had posted in a story a couple days ago, the bar has risen for venture capitalist investments, it is still there, but perhaps a little tougher to get, and with government cuts on grants and availability for research,...
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Sat, Aug 30 2008
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I had a couple friends drag me away from the computer and the blog today to watch a taping of a new talk show series starting this fall. So why is this here on a medical blog, well Bonnie Hunt was an oncology nurse before moving in to the entertainment business. What she learned as a nurse...
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The numbers on charity care speak for themselves. In California there’s something similar going on too with hospitals being closed, perhaps not to the same tune as what is happening in New Jersey. Some hospitals have been saved by being purchased by a company like Prime Healthcare...