JUNE 2010 :: State in Focus

VERMONT

Published Tuesday Jun 8, 2010 by Healthcare Review

COPLEY HOSPITAL AND NURSES UNION RENEGOTIATE CONTRACT
Morrisville, VT – In the spirit of cooperation, Copley Hospital and the United Nurses and Allied Professionals Local 5109 have renegotiated its contract. The newly extended three year contract will create a savings of nearly $300,000.  A tentative agreement on the contract was reached on Tuesday, May 11, and [...]

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RHODE ISLAND

Published Tuesday Jun 8, 2010 by Healthcare Review

NATION’S FIRST FELLOW IN COMBINED CANCER PROGRAM
The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) have developed a joint breast cancer fellowship for gynecologic oncologists, and have designated Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island’s Breast Health Center as the training ground for the first recipient.
Marcia M. Humphrey Schmidt, [...]

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MASSACHUSETTS

Published Tuesday Jun 8, 2010 by Healthcare Review

Winchester Hospital Breast Care Center Associate Directors Confirm Support for Annual Mammograms for Women Beginning at Age 40, in Opposition to Government Study
Winchester, MA. – Delphine Lui, MD, associate medical imaging director of the Winchester Hospital Breast Care Center, and Kelley Cornell, MD, associate medical clinical director of the Winchester Hospital Breast Care Center, have [...]

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CONNECTICUT

Published Tuesday Jun 8, 2010 by Healthcare Review

Foundation Launches Gina’s Friends – a Special Fund
WILLIMANTIC, CT, – In this world of excess consumerism more and more individuals are making gifts to charity in place of gift giving. As Mother’s Day approached, the Windham Hospital Foundation suggested that a gift to Gina’s Friends, a new Foundation fund, will go a long way toward [...]

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NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS

Published Friday Jun 4, 2010 by Healthcare Review

North Branch Construction to Build New Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital
Portsmouth, NH – North Branch Construction, Inc. of Concord, NH will soon begin construction of the new Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital at the Pease Tradeport Campus in Portsmouth, NH. The 46,000 square foot, two-story facility is the third inpatient hospital for the Northeast Rehabilitation Health Network with similar [...]

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