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Modern Healthcare Breaking News Latest Breaking News from Modern Healthcare Flat youth suicide rate hides increase among black boys Monday, May 18, 2015 5:00 PM The suicide rate for elementary-school aged children appears to be flattening, but a study posted Monday on the JAMA Pediatrics website found those numbers hide an increased rate among young black boys while fewer white boys are committing suicide. Virginia Mason joins widow in suing devicemaker over contaminated scopes Monday, May 18, 2015 5:00 PM Virginia Mason Medical Center has taken the unusual step of teaming up with a patient's widow to sue medical-device manufacturer Olympus over contaminated duodenoscopes, which sickened 32 patients between November 2012 and January 2014. Eleven... Henry Ford grows bottom line with higher patient volumes Monday, May 18, 2015 4:15 PM Henry Ford Health System in Detroit recorded higher inpatient and outpatient volumes in the first three months this year. The company also got past the instability of its Epic electronic health-record rollout. Study links antibiotic overuse to diagnostic mistakes Monday, May 18, 2015 4:05 PM Diagnostic errors may be an overlooked factor in the battle to drive down the unnecessary use of antibiotics. In nearly every case where an initial diagnosis was undetermined or wrong, according to a new study, patients were given antibiotics they... Endo buying Par Pharmaceutical for $8 billion in big generics push Monday, May 18, 2015 2:30 PM Drugmaker Endo International is climbing toward the top of the steadily consolidating generic medicine business with a deal to buy Par Pharmaceutical Holdings for about $8.05 billion. VA clinicians say bureaucratic barriers hinder hiring spree Monday, May 18, 2015 1:30 PM The Veterans Affairs Department is only one-tenth of the way toward meeting VA Secretary Robert McDonald's goal of hiring 28,000 new clinical professionals. Stem cell 'Wild West' takes root amid lack of regulation Monday, May 18, 2015 12:45 PM The number of stem-cell clinics across the U.S. has surged from a handful in 2010 to more than 170 today. Many of the clinics are linked in large, for-profit chains. It's quackery, critics say. But it's also a mushrooming business -- and almost...

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