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• Edmond J. Sacks | Pediatric cardiologist, 66

  - 2009-07-18

  Edmond J. Sacks, 66, of Haverford, a pediatric cardiologist, died of cardiac arrest Monday at Bryn Mawr Hospital.Born in Huntington, N.Y., he graduated from Huntington High School in 1961 and, after studying for three years at New York University, transferred to what is now Downstate Medical Center of...

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• Newly Formed Institute to Transform How Research Becomes Patient-Relevant Practice

  - 2008-10-28

  PHILADELPHIA -- Four notable medical and educational institutions have formed a landmark consortium that is expected to streamline the way bench science is translated into bedside practice that could benefit millions of people. Christiana Care Health System, Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Thomas Jefferson University and the University of...

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• West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero to pay $3.3M Medicaid fraud

  - 2008-10-16

  West Jefferson Medical Center will pay the United States and the state of Louisiana $3.3 million to resolve allegations that the hospital overcharged the Medicaid program, U.S. Attorney Jim Letten said Thursday.

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• Healthcare Industry Leaders Call for Improved Prevention of Catheter Infections

  - 2008-10-03

  Recommendations Highlight Prevention Strategies that Will Save Lives and Reduce Healthcare Costs WASHINGTON -- Today representatives from the roundtable summit, "A Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis," released a policy statement outlining strategies for patients and healthcare professionals to reduce the incidence of line sepsis, a potentially...

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• MANUFACTURING

  - 2008-10-01

  Merck & Co. announced that Barry J. Goldstein, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE, has been named VP of Diabetes & Obesity Clinical Development. Dr. Goldstein joins Merck after 16 years on staff at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, where he recently served as director of the division of endocrinology,...

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• Roundtable Summit to Formulate Recommendations for the Prevention of Line Sepsis

  - 2008-09-25

  "A Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis" to Advocate Plan for Patients and the Healthcare Community WASHINGTON -- The summit "A Leadership Strategy for the Prevention of Line Sepsis" will bring together leading medical experts, government agencies and constituency groups on October 2, 2008 in Washington, D.C....

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• Charles M. Proud | Shipyard executive, 94

  - 2008-09-05

  Charles M. Proud, 94, of Ardmore, a former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard executive, died of bone cancer Tuesday at Taylor Hospice in Ridley Park. Mr. Proud worked at the shipyard from 1935 to 1972, beginning as a substitute stenographer and retiring as director of industrial relations. For about 10 years thereafter,...

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• West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero dispatches doctors, nurses

  - 2008-09-04

  West Jefferson Medical Center in Marrero is preparing to dispatch doctors, nurses and paramedics to Grand Isle to stage medical tents for first aid and urgent care. Medical services on Grand Isle will be available to residents and relief workers from dawn to dusk daily at the...

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• East Jefferson General Hospital, West Jefferson Medical Center still

  - 2008-09-01

  Two area hospitals have reported they are still open and functioning well. "We remain open and all decisions are being made following the latest updates from parish officials," said West Jefferson Medical Center spokeswoman Jennifer Steele, adding that the hospital still has power is operating as normal....

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• Norman Goldstein | Physician, 71

  - 2008-08-27

  Norman Goldstein, 71, of Phoenixville, an ear, nose and throat physician, died of cardiac arrest at Phoenixville Hospital on Monday. Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Goldstein graduated from Central High School, Yale University and Jefferson Medical College. He completed his medical residency at Temple University in 1969. In that year, he...

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