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To The HCB Newsletter feeder publication to the San Antonio Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine and website.
In this weeks news you'll hear about the Robert Wood Johnson grant to the Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation to address the nursing workforce shortage; you'll learn more about the Texas Life Sciences Conference to be held in Houston, Nov. 5-7th; how changing technology is changing the face of healthcare construction; how some physicians are managing to keep their practices thriving even in the face of economic mayhem; and an invitation to join the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association for an evening celebrating Women in Healthcare.
These are just some of the latest news and updates available this week through The HCB Newsletter. For more industry news and archived stories, log onto www.hcbmagazine.com for the full stories and more or click on the stories attached.
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Melba Romero
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| Robert Wood Johnson Grant Awarded To Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation To Establish Workforce Management Center |
 Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation, San Antonio, TX - October 22, 2008--The Partners Investing in Nursing's Future has awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant to the Greater San Antonio Healthcare Foundation for the creation of the Workforce Management Center.
The GSAHF has established a program called STAND, (South Texas Acts for Nursing Development) to address and resolve the projected nursing workforce shortage. A collaboration of government officials, area hospitals, local healthcare foundations and nursing schools have come together to address these issues and work to increase enrollment in local nursing programs. Full Story. |
| San Antonio Bioscience Companies Encouraged to Participate In Texas Life Science Conference Nov. 5-7, 2008 |
 BioMedSA, San Antonio, TX - October 28, 2008--Emerging bioscience companies from San Antonio will have an opportunity to present to investors, researchers and entrepreneurs at the Texas Life Science Conference November 5-7 at the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine in Houston.
BioMed SA serves as a Community Partner for the statewide conference, organized by BioHouston and the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute. The conference is expected to bring together more than 300 of the life science industry's preeminent venture capitalists, leading researchers, and emerging company executives. Full Story. |
| The Growth of the IT Backbone: Becoming A Smart Hospital |
 Medical Construction & Design Magazine - October 28, 2008--The convergence of information technology systems in healthcare building is causing us to look at more effective integration of technologies.
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| Texas Cord Blood Bank Announces Growing Partnership with Baptist Health System |
 Texas Cord Blood Bank, San Antonio, TX - October 27, 2008--Northeast Baptist Hospital joins list of Texas cord blood collection sites
The Texas Cord Blood Bank (TCBB), a publicly and privately funded non-profit program established to create a public supply of umbilical cord blood, announced today that it has begun collecting the life- saving resource from Northeast Baptist Hospital. Northeast Baptist is the tenth hospital in Texas, and the fourth one in San Antonio, to collect cord blood for the Texas Cord Blood Bank. Full Story. |
| Model for Success-A Physicians Practice |
 Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media, October 13, 2008--With expenses rising, reimbursements falling, and everyone from the government to patients demanding more sophisticated technology and improved quality, running a medical group has never been more complex. But many practices have found ways to not only survive-but thrive. |
| HBA San Antonio, Celebrating Women in the Business of Healthcare |
 Healthcare Businesswomen's Association, San Antonio, TX - October 28, 2008--HBA cordially invites you to an Evening in Celebration of Women in the Business of Healthcare featuring HBA's Woman of the Year Charlotte E. Sibley.
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| 2008 Ewing Halsell Distinguished Lecture Event - Changing the Face of Medicine |
 UTHSCSA - The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics, San Antonio, TX - October 27,2008--The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics invites you to attend The 2008 Ewing Halsell Distinguished Lecture event, Changing the Face of Medicine,
Featuring the one-woman play, A Lady Alone, with presentations by Author N. Lynn Eckhert, MD, and Actress Linda Gray Kelley Monday, November 3, 2008, from 6 to 8 p.m. HSC Auditorium Reception at 5:30 p.m. in the AAB Foyer, Telecast live to RAHC in Harlingen and the Laredo Extension Campus. Full Story. |
| American Cancer Society's Cattle Barons Gala Sets New Fundraising Record |
 American Cancer Society, San Antonio, TX - October 28, 2008--Denim and boots party nets $438,000 for cancer research and patient service
The numbers have been tabulated, and it's official. The American Cancer Society's 2008 Cattle Barons Gala held October 18 at Sunset Station raised $438,000 for cancer research and patient services - a new fundraising record for the 30-year-old local event. Full Story. |
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