Category: Health care
By Danielle Walker
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MinuteClinic, a retail-based medical clinic and subsidiary of CVS Caremark Corp., opened its first walk-in clinic in the Hampton Roads area on Aug. 11. The nurse practitioner-run clinics are operated inside CVS/pharmacy stores throughout the country.
Among 500 clinics in 26 states, MinuteClinic has eight active clinics throughout the Richmond and Hampton Roads area. The first local MinuteClinic opened within the CVS/pharmacy store at 1701 Independence Blvd. in Virginia Beach.
By Danielle Walker
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The fourth deadliest cancer, a "silent killer" due its proclivity to spread before it's diagnosed, has been under the radar in terms of public awareness.
In 2010, the National Cancer Institute estimates there will be 43,140 new cases and 36,800 deaths as a result of the disease - pancreatic cancer.
By Philip Newswanger
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Health care reform has fractured many business groups, from those representing mom-and-pop businesses to those representing major corporations.
These groups have picked sides and marshaled their troops to lobby Congress and the American public.
On one side is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which, when the health care reform was signed, vowed to have it retracted.
By Philip Newswanger
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After a dramatic and devastating two years, port officials have decided to accept that the double-digit growth of the past 20 years is no longer a reality.
Instead, they have accepted that less than 10 percent growth is acceptable, though even at that rate, port officials said they believe Virginia will become the number-one port on the East Coast.
The downturn in cargoes over the past two years marked a turning point for the port, sanctified by a string of successes that were unprecedented.
By Danielle Walker
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After winning a majority vote from the Chesapeake Planning Commission in April, Sentara Healthcare took its proposal for a 20,000-square-foot emergency center to City Council on May 25. However, the proposal was unanimously denied by a 7-0 vote at the packed meeting.
By Danielle Walker
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Two employee-owned maritime companies have launched a self-insurance health care program, and hired their own doctor, pharmacist and staff to run the operation. Their new clinic will serve at no cost nearly 1,000 employees who are currently being serviced at a temporary location.
American Maritime Holdings Inc. owns Tecnico Corp. and MHI Ship Repair Services, the two companies that are offering the free health care plan to employees.
By Vincent Schilling
Correspondent
In Bobby Wilder's industry, on-the-job injuries are common. The head football coach at Old Dominion University was a speaker at the recent workers compensation symposium presented in Suffolk by the Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center, which has Suffolk and Chesapeake locations.
To an audience of business owners, human resource specialists and nurses, among others, Wilder recommended that an employer's best strategy is to create a healthy workforce.
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As Congress headed into the final stage of health care reform last week, major health insurance companies are poised to raise their rates again in Virginia.
The hike equates to an average 14 percent increase for five health insurers: Humana, Prudential, Golden Rule Insurance Co., Anthem and Optima.
The rate hikes follow several by the same insurers in 2009.
Four of them received initial approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission for their original increase.
Alfred Abuhamad’s interest in obstetrics started in his medical school years. He became intrigued by maternal pregnancy complications and fetal development.
He worked with hospital partners in Hampton Roads to develop a comprehensive maternal and neonatal transport program that facilitates transfer of a woman with pregnancy complications to a tertiary hospital for acute care .
Emergency rooms are busy places, especially at night. While doctors and nurses move quickly, sometimes frantically, to care for patients and save lives, there's someone at the center of it all making sure specialists are paged, that doctors are called, the phones are answered. That is Felix Soto, administrative associate in the emergency room at Sentara Leigh Hospital.
Soto is like an office manager - if your office was an emergency room filled to capacity with sick patients, family members, doctors and nurses.
