New York Hospitals

Waiting For Care In New York Emergency Rooms Could Kill You

Posted 05.25.2011

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Patients in New York's emergency rooms have to wait longer than almost anyone else in the country. It takes an average of 296 minutes, or nearly five...

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Health Commissioner: "New York Has Too Many Hospitals" & "Weakest Financial Picture"

AP | VERENA DOBNIK | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The state's money for health care is spread so thin among its "too many hospitals" that its medical facilities are financially among ...

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St. Vincent's Terminates 3,500 Jobs

nytimes.com | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 05.25.2011

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St. Vincent's Hospital handed out termination notices on Monday to all 3,500 of its employees, further sealing the fate of New York City's last Cathol...

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Mt. Sinai Hospital Vetoes Deal With St. Vincent's

nytimes.com | SHARON OTTERMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Another potential savior has decided to pass on St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan, leaving the struggling Greenwich Village institution without a feasi...

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Health Reform Passed! What's Next for New York?

James R. Knickman | Posted 05.25.2011

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James R. Knickman

How do we make reform work for New York? I asked some of the state's thought leaders in health care to provide their perspectives about the path forward.

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New York Emergency Care

Crain's New York Business | Gale Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

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A new national study shows that New Yorkers were waiting for hours to be seen by doctors even before the fear of H1N1 flu--and actual cases of the dis...

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