http://www.modernphysician.com Latest Breaking News from Modern Physician en-us 144 21 http://www.modernphysician.com http://www.modernhealthcare.com/graphics/icons/rss.gif Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:00 EST Staffing firm AMN Healthcare is acquiring rival workforce solutions firm Nursefinders, Arlington, Texas, in a $220 million deal that includes stock transactions and a payoff of existing debt. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:15:00 EST A White House official reiterated that federal dollars would not be used to pay for abortion services except in the rarest of instances under a newly created health insurance program aimed at covering the sick and uninsured. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST A federal appeals court has ordered two executives convicted in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case to be resentenced. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:15:00 EST Illinois healthcare providers moved one step closer to interoperable electronic data sharing as Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill creating the Health Information Exchange Authority. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:00 EST A senior House Republican has stepped up his call for HHS to turn over cost estimates it received from federal actuaries about the healthcare reform legislation before it became law. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:45:00 EST The Mayo Clinic has launched the Center for Social Media, which according to the system is a first-of-its-kind effort to expand the use of services such as Twitter, Facebook and blogs among hospitals and health systems and their patients. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:30:00 EST Glenn Loomis, M.D., was named CEO of St. Elizabeth Physicians, a group with 146 physicians and 38 offices in Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:01:00 EST David Druker, M.D., the CEO of the 905-physician Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation, died July 23 after a three-year battle with lung cancer. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:00:00 EST North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System named Jennifer Mieres, M.D., as its first chief diversity and inclusion officer and medical director of its Center for Learning and Innovation, also a newly created role.