Kansas hospital attorneys elect new president at Topeka meeting
Robert W. Green of Ottawa completed his term as president of the Kansas Association of Hospital Attorneys during the annual Topeka meeting on November 10. Andrew Ramirez and David Hilgers spoke on charity care and physician joint ventures, with Gary E. Knight succeeding Green as incoming president. Nadereh Nasseri joined Midland’s Lawrence office as outreach director to launch the Midland Healing Institute in Douglas County. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas will replace Social Security numbers with random IDs for about 620,000 members by November, with new ID cards to follow. Saint Luke’s Health System earned two eHealthcare Strategy & Trends awards for its websites. GolfWise combines therapy, mental training, and golf instruction to improve performance at Saint Luke’s sites.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital lays out 2005 strategic plan
Hospital CEO Larry Felix presented the 2005 Strategic Plan outlining six goals to enhance care quality, expand facilities and technology, and strengthen partnerships with Franklin County officials, Olathe Medical Center, Neosho County Community College, Ottawa University, and the hospital's charitable association. The plan emphasizes proactive growth, patient satisfaction, and efficiency through initiatives like an occupational medicine clinic, expanded orthopedics and cosmetic surgery, and a master technology plan.
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Running Skill Key to Human Evolution Says Study
Salt Lake City AP report cites Bramble and Lieberman outlining how running capabilities arose through natural selection. The study in Nature argues early humans evolved body traits to run, possibly for scavenging, with running predating brain enlargement.
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University of Utah Biology
Dennis Bramble
Harvard
Daniel Lieberman
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