Duke in the News: Jan. 8, 2003
Court Rules for Duke Hospital | Big Bush Plan, Little Street Reaction | Contract Conflicts | Medical Bills: Pain Gets Worse | Ongoing Care Requires an Alliance of Help Groups, and more...
Wednesday, January 8, 2003
COURT RULES FOR DUKE HOSPITAL
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 8 -- A judge ruled Tuesday that
Duke University Hospital is not liable for an estimated $48 million
in special damages for a woman who is in a "vegetative" state and
on life support following surgery that allegedly went wrong. ...Full
story
--Also, (Raleigh) News & Observer: Suit Against Duke
Pared
Full story
BIG BUSH PLAN, LITTLE STREET REACTION
CNBC, Jan. 7 -- John R. Graham, a finance professor at Duke
University, comments on the likely impact of the President's
proposed dividend tax cut. ...
Full story
CONTRACT CONFLICTS
The Scientist, Jan. 7 -- In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks,
Duke University encountered contract after contract with
pre-publication review requirements even though the research was
not classified. ...Full
story
MEDICAL BILLS: PAIN GETS WORSE
(Raleigh) News & Observer, Jan. 8 -- Duke University Health
System has held its bad debt nearly flat in recent years by
improving billing and collections systems to capture more of the
patient fees it is owed. That comes at a cost: one-fifth of
the health system's entire work force is employed in billing and
collections. ...
Full story
ONGOING CARE REQUIRES AN ALLIANCE OF HELP
GROUPS
Columbia (Mo.) Daily Tribune, Jan. 7 -- Writing in a recent
article, Harold Koenig of Duke University and Robert Brooks of
Florida State University argue that today's secularized health-care
system owes its birth to religious organizations, and that these
institutions have a clear mandate to again take care of the sick,
the poor and the widowed. ...Full
story
CONSERVATION GROUP APPLAUDS COUPLE'S MOVE TO SAVE
FARMLAND
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 8 -- The former associate dean of
Duke University's Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth
Sciences and his wife have placed a conservation easement on their
home and the rolling fields and hardwood forests that border the
Tar River and several of its tributaries. ...Full
story
DURHAM GROUP OFFERS PROPOSAL TO REFORM MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES
(Durham, N.C.) Herald-Sun, Jan. 8 -- Existing Durham health centers
and hospitals such as the Lincoln Community Center and Duke
University Hospital would serve as portals for mental health
services according to a draft reform plan. ...Full
story
ON THE AIR
"Focus on ... Caring for Others," to be rebroadcast on
UNC-TV tonight at 10 p.m., will feature local experts talking about
what's involved in caring for a spouse, parent or child with a
chronic debilitating disease such as dementia or cancer. It
includes footage of Elliot Chandler, a Roxboro resident providing
care to his wife, an Alzheimer's patient at Duke. Experts on the
panel will include Lisa Gwyther of Duke University Medical Center,
education director for the Bryan Alzheimer's Disease Research
Center and director of its Family Support Program. ...TV
preview