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Ask Emily: Obamacare insurance requirement: Where do you fit?
May 10, 2013

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January 06, 2012

UCD Med Center logs 70% jump in income
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I Care: Handmade pillowcases help patients fight cancer
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Hazel the therapy dog retires her Sutter ID badge
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Hospital Stays Videos

Leaving Hospital? Heed Warnings or Risk Return
February 11, 2013 | Associated Press

Bloomberg: Hospitals May Cancel Elective Stays
October 26, 2012 | Associated Press

Look Around Lubbock: Bears to brighten hospital stays
September 17, 2012 | KJTV FOX 34 Lubbock, TX

Sacramento Connect

Covered California Announces Plans and Rates for 2014
May 23, 2013
SACRAMENTO, Calif. May 23, 2013 – Covered California™ today announced 13 diverse health insurance plans that will offer in 2014, affordable, quality health care...

County Health Rankings Show Healthiest and Least Healthy Counties in Every State – Nevada, Placer and Eldorado in Top 10 for CA
March 22, 2013
PRINCETON/MADISON, March 20, 2013 - A new report released today examines the health and well-being of...

I Care: Madison Brings Cheer to Cancer Patients
August 18, 2012
Wearing hot pink and a smile, Madison Zenker, 13, confidently walks into the pediatric infusion center at UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center carrying bags of...

CDPH Interactive Map Shows Hospital Infection Rates
January 24, 2013
Government Technology Patients in U.S. hospitals experience about 290,000 surgical site infections annually. These infections are the second most common...

Americans Are Visiting the Doctor Less Frequently, Census Bureau Reports
October 01, 2012
October 1, 2012 - In 2010, working-age adults made an average of 3.9 visits to doctors, nurses or other medical providers, down from 4.8 in 2001, according to a...

After a Two-Year Slowdown, Health Care Spending Grew 4.6 Percent Per Capita in 2011, Says HCCI Report
September 26, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. Sept. 25, 2012 - U.S. health care spending grew at a faster pace than expected in 2011, according to a new report from the Health Care Cost...

From around the web

Teen's project brings cheer to kids at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis
June 02, 2013 | indystar.com
Tyler's mom, Joyce Genneken, credits the volunteer auxiliary with'' making our son's hospital stays more relaxed during a very stressful time.'' The guild distributes more...

Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for...
May 22, 2013 | reddit.com: what's new online
submitted by mubukugrappa to science [ link ] [ 79 comments ] ...

Scholar- athlete Jay Ruckelshaus driven to outwork, outsmart paralysis
May 13, 2013 | indystar.com
The family has endured hours of rehabilitation and wearisome hospital stays when Jay has had fevers, high blood pressure, kidney stones and headaches. Yet they are hopeful and...

IU lecturer's Purple Dress Project raises awareness of Crohn's disease
April 19, 2013 | indystar.com
But she had to deal with it -- the pain, frequent hospital stays when it would flare up, an abscess in her intestines -- and the sobering fact the disease would never...

Patients play role of doctor at Riley Hospital's Teddy Bear Clinic
March 22, 2013 | indystar.com
young patients' hospital stays ... Kyndal has had between 20 to 30 hospital stays, but Riley's staff -- nurses to doctors to child life specialists -- have become such good friends...

Heart repair breakthroughs replace surgeon's knife
March 24, 2013 | indystar.com
It may lead to cheaper treatment, although the initial cost of the novel devices often offsets the savings from shorter hospital stays. Not everyone can have catheter treatment...

Hospital Stays on twitter

	A Medical Home for everyone will cost less than $750 per year, per person. Less than the cost of 1 trip to the... http://t.co/JMtaSxnHeZ Twitter: @PhysicianCareDr
	According to @WebMD, #Men are 60% more likely to get infections during hospital stays: http://t.co/Qms6RLrGGv Twitter: @IUSPH
	Benefits of massage: Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays. Twitter: @CCAquaticCenter
	The hospital stays freezing ❄⛄ Twitter: @SELFestablished
	Its time he died.....sounds wrong to say but he's old and these very frequent hospital stays aren't getting any less Twitter: @drchef89
	Thank you so much Roya. I'm hoping for the best RT“@iWannaBangIt: @OFFYOSELF_EHHH hospital stays are the WORST. Hope all is well.” Twitter: @OFFYOSELF_EHHH