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Politics, casino dominate 2008 (The Atmore Advance)
The year 2008 was one where politics ranging from local to national dominated conversations, while the new Wind Creek Casino and Hotel more than took over it created a skyline for Atmore.
Read more...Tahoe Forest Hospital awarded accreditation (Reno Gazette-Journal)
The Nuclear Medicine Department at Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee was recently awarded a three-year accreditation as a result of a survey by the American College of Radiation. The ACR grants accreditation only to facilities that meet the criteria for the achievement of high practice standards.
Read more...Year in Review (Bethel Beacon)
There were some notable events in Bethel in 2008, particularly the completion of the new addition to Bethel High School, a flu epidemic triage exercise, the establishment of an Emergency Medical Services Commission and paid EMT plan to supplement the staffing at the town's two volunteer fire departments; Saint Mary School's earning a coveted Blue Ribbon School designation; and a highly contested ...
Read more...PERSPECTIVE: Revisiting Duty-Hour Limits -- IOM Recommendations for Patient Safety and Resident Education (New England Journal of Medicine)
On December 2, about 5 years after the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) imposed national limits on the duty hours of medical residents, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) ...
Read more...Weather makes employers make payroll decisions (South Sound Business Examiner)
It's what some are calling the storm of the decade and it seems out of place in the Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the storm is here and businesses are having to make unfamiliar payroll decisions.For example, should employees who can't leave their houses due to the snow be docked a day's pay? Must the employer treat salaried and hourly employees differently? Are employees allowed to make up work ...
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