ANNAPOLIS – Baltimore County resident Rosemarie Kaufman believed the worst was behind her
Hospital Stays Growing Shorter for Mastectomy Patients
ANNAPOLIS – Women who go to major Maryland hospitals for mastectomies can expect to stay just one night — a stay that in some cases is 75 percent shorter than it was just three years ago
Maryland Has a Real `Pearl’ of a Patient Advocate
ANNAPOLIS – Pearl Lewis cannot sit or stand for long periods of time
Montgomery County Leaders Claim General Assembly Successes
ANNAPOLIS – Montgomery County won $159 million in direct operating aid for education and $108 million in capital projects funding during the 1999 General Assembly session, prompting county leaders to call it their best showing yet
Health Professionals Battle for Patient Access
ANNAPOLIS – Doctors are battling to keep their title as primary care physicians, while specialists and nurse practitioners plead with state legislators to give them more direct access to managed care patients
Children’s Advocates Fear New Law Could Hurt Poor Kids, Mothers
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland children’s advocates fear a new law that takes effect July 1, will hurt a successful health program for the state’s poor children and pregnant women and force many of them to go without coverage
Rewritten Food Allergy Bill Approved
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland House of Delegates Wednesday passed a revamped version of a bill to provide safeguards for restaurant diners who suffer from food allergies
Breakfast Bill Gains Support
ANNAPOLIS Documented links between good nutrition and learning have fueled support to expand a successful in- classroom breakfast pilot program in Maryland