• Education roundup

Bright Ideas grants North Carolinaâs electric cooperatives, including EnergyUnited, have earmarked more than $590,000 for the Bright Ideas education grant program and teachers are urged to apply before the final deadline on Sept. 20 in order to b ...

Care Communications, Inc. Named an Elite Winner Among Top Chicago Employers

CHICAGO----Care Communications, Inc. , a national health information management consulting and staffing firm, has received the Elite Award for “Recruitment and Selection” from the National Association for Business Resources , one of just eleven elite awards given out as part of Chicago’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For 2010 annual awards competition.

It’s official: Bayshore merges with Meridian

BY JACQUELINE HLAVENKA Staff Writer Following an extensive state review, Bayshore Community Hospital, Holmdel, merged with Meridian Health system, Neptune, on Sept. 1, a move that promotes shared efficiencies and an expanded health care network in Monmouth County. read more

New Laws Effective January 1, 2010

The following legislation will take effect beginning Jan. 1, 2010.

CentraCare plans to absorb Sauk Centre hospital, clinic

CentraCare Health System could lease or buy St. Michael's Hospital in Sauk Centre and the hospital's Lakeview Medical Clinic, depending on the outcome of a long-term study.

HealthStream Announces the Addition of C. Martin Harris, M.D. and Deborah Taylor Tate to the Board of Directors

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthStream, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSTM), a leading provider of learning and research solutions for the healthcare industry, today announced that C. Martin Harris, M.D., Chief Information Officer at Cleveland Clinic, and Deborah Taylor Tate, former commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, have joined its Board of Directors. Both Dr. Harris’ and Ms. Tate ...

Pick a Winner

Let’s not waste time. In a cash-strapped city with ongoing endemic problems, there isn’t any to spare. The state primary on Tuesday, Sept. 14, will go a long way toward determining the content and character of some of our state’s highest elected positions, the city’s legislative delegation to Annapolis, and city offices from the obscure (judge of the Orphans’ Court) to the critical (state’s ...