United Supermarkets Sponsors Golf Tournament to Benefit DFW-Area Children's Medical Centers.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-11 September 2008-United Supermarkets Sponsors Golf Tournament to Benefit DFW-Area Children's Medical Centers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Six Children's Miracle Network Hospitals within United Supermarkets' trade area - including Children's Medical Center in Dallas and Cook Children's Medical Center in Ft. Worth - will be the...

United Supermarkets Sponsors Golf Tournament to Benefit DFW-Area Children's Medical Centers.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-11 September 2008-United Supermarkets Sponsors Golf Tournament to Benefit DFW-Area Children's Medical Centers(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Six Children's Miracle Network Hospitals within United Supermarkets' trade area - including Children's Medical Center in Dallas and Cook Children's Medical Center in Ft. Worth - will...

Carle Foundation and Wisconsin Children's Hospitals Select Isabel Healthcare.
RESTON, Va., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Carle Foundation Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin have selected the Isabel Healthcare System for diagnosis decision support. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20061003/LATU006LOGO ) The Isabel system enables a physician to enter a patient's signs and symptoms and instantly receive back...

Multiple errors in care befall hospitalized children.
DENVER -- Harmful adverse events occur in hospitalized infants and children at alarming rates, according to a series of studies that go beyond incident reports to identify errors from patient charts. When Dr. Paul Sharek and his associates used "trigger tools" to examine data in pediatric patient...

Child Magazine Ranks Children's Hospital of Michigan Among America's Best Hospitals.
DETROIT, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Child magazine announced the highly anticipated results of its 4th exclusive survey to identify the top children's hospitals in the country. Children's Hospital of Michigan is among the top 40 hospitals that will be published in the magazine, placing it among America's best...

8x8, Inc. Continues Its 'Videophone Visits with Santa' Tradition From Children's Hospitals.
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 8x8, Inc. , provider of Packet8 ( http://www.packet8.net/ ) broadband Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and videophone communication services, today announced it is continuing its holiday season tradition of providing pediatric patients in children's hospitals throughout the U.S. with opportunities to have...

The Ralphs/Food 4 Less Foundation to Donate $250,000 to Southern California Children's Hospitals.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Ralphs Supermarkets and Food 4 Less Stores are pleased to announce that they plan to raise $250,000 for children's hospitals in Southern California. The donations represent monies being collected during a month-long fundraising campaign held to support five local children's hospitals. ...

Data on children's hospitals.
Hospitalizations at children's hospitals account for only one-third of pediatric inpatients. Examining data from the 2000 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Kids' Inpatient Database, Richard Wasserman, M.D., and a team of researchers found that almost 65% of hospitalizations for children ages 1-17 years were to non-children's hospitals. More than...

Adolescent health and diabetes: time to rethink service delivery.
For adolescents with diabetes the transition to adult health care coincides with transitions on many levels including psychosocial development, family and peer relationships, and school. The task of self-management determines long term outcomes yet health risk-taking is de rigueur for adolescents trying to establish their identity and independence (Cam...

Local athletes help Central Mass. win Chowder Bowl.
Byline: Graham Entwistle SPRINGFIELD - The last time recent Shrewsbury High School graduates Jawed Yatim and Shawn Loiseau played in a football game, the temperature was more than 50 degrees colder and a Super Bowl championship was on the line. That was back at the...