Lab error deaths may now total five
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The Philadelphia Medical Examiner is investigating three more deaths attributed to laboratory errors at St. Agnes Medical Center.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2001
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Doctors push for universal coverage: Thousands say they want a federal program. A group says it's a backlash against HMOs and insurance hike
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Several doctors and medical students in Philadelphia, New Jersey and Pennsylvania approached the US Healthcare System for a government-financed health insurance to cover all Americans. The proposed program was developed by Physicians for a National Health Program, a Chicago-based nonprofit group.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 2003
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Tenet plans to improve charity care
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Tenet Healthcare Corp says it plans to improve charity care at its Philadelphia-area hospitals. According to Tenet's Lee Domanico, the hospital chain will have a fully developed charity care policy by Sep 1999. One of Tenet's leading critics, the Philadelphia Unemployment Project, says it is optimistic that the company will address the problems with its treatment of the uninsured. According to Domanico, the former Allegheny health system hospitals have provided inpatient services to over 2300 uninsured patients since the acquisition by Tenet in Nov 1998.
Publication Name: Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
Subject: Business, regional
ISSN: 0885-6613
Year: 1999
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