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Those who believe that professors just teach classes and then go home overlook the behind-the-scenes work that often times leads to six-figure payoffs-collaboration with commercial research companies.
The indelible images that have defined space and flight exploration-including Neil Armstrong's raising of the American flag on the moon-have made the National Aeronautics and Space Administration part of America's mythology of the frontier. Nonetheless, much of the behind-the-scenes grunt work that makes advancement possible occurs through an integral yet underappreciated source: universities.
fter waiting a tense twenty minutes for Pat McGee to call me for a phone interview scheduled for 10 a.m., I started wondering whether getting stood up would affect my perception of his self-titled band and its new CD, Shine.
This month, Duke Clinical Research Institute announced the results of a study indicating that glycoprotein IIb/IIIa platelet inhibitor drugs-also known as "super aspirins"-did not significantly benefit most patients with acute coronary syndromes.
Duke Hospital announced a 170-position cutback yesterday as part of an initiative to improve internal efficiency and confront the changing national health-care environment.
After the death of a clinical research patient at the University of Pennsylvania, gene therapy has gained nationwide attention. At Duke, officials and researchers believe the Medical Center will continue to proceed with caution as the field develops slowly.
T he Gothic Wonderland was once again transformed into a Winter Wonderland, but many students woke up to a glittering white campus with mixed emotions-despite the canceled classes that allowed them time for fun and frolicking.
Although Jed Rose may live in tobacco country, that is where his affiliation with the industry ends.
After recent budgetary shortfalls, Duke University Health System officials are hoping that two new additions to the Durham Regional Hospital management team will bring the community hospital back to sound financial health.
When Duke University Health System took over management of Durham Regional Hospital in July 1998, Durham Regional was plagued by financial problems. After a year of smoother sailing for the community hospital, the waters have again become rough. Officials thought the hospital had a $1.2 million surplus last year but have discovered that this figure contained an auditing error and was actually a $5 million deficit.
When the Duke University Health System struck a deal to take over Raleigh Community Hospital in September of 1998, doctors and employees at the city's smallest hospital were wary of potential changes Duke could make-including money-saving tactics like cutting jobs and downsizing services. But more than a year later, Raleigh Community officials said Duke has fostered employee morale and facilitated overall improvement.
In keeping with the trend of expanding health care companies and a consolidating insurance industry, Partners National Health Plans of North Carolina, Inc. will acquire Kaiser Permanente's Triangle-area customers at the end of this year.
Joining a team of key administrative leaders for the Duke University Health System, Kenneth Morris, former senior vice president of finance for Mission+St. Joseph's Health System in Asheville, was recently appointed DUHS's chief financial officer.
In an attempt to level the playing field for physicians and resident fellows who have struggled against the growth of managed care, the American Medical Association's House of Delegates voted June 23 to create a national labor organization for physicians who are not self-employed.
I have to be honest: Duke was the last place I thought I wanted to apply.
Duke has held control of WellPath, its health maintenance organization, for more than three years. But as Duke moves along the road to becoming a nationally recognized health system, the two organizations' paths may soon diverge.
The front porch of Personally Yours has the homey charm of a local beauty parlor-the lazily dancing wind chimes and pink flowers suggesting that, inside, facials and manicures await. But as a boutique for women coping with the often-demoralizing aftereffects of mastectomies, this small business helps bring back confidence and self-esteem in ways a shade of nail polish never could.
The seas were rough for the Medical Center when the Office for Protection from Research Risks shut down most clinical research studies for four days, but there is now a sense of calm after the storm.
Durham Regional Hospital teamed up with the Medical Center last July, and in its time at bat, the hospital has been thrown a few curve balls. But despite its growing pains, the hospital is alive and slugging.
Medical Center officials have begun to look into restructuring approximately 150 jobs in discharge planning, which will affect mostly social workers and nurses in Duke Hospital.
