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Living, not dying: A couple's ALS journey
It all started, Donna Wolski remembers, with something that seemed so trivial. But it was the start of a two-year battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, perhaps best known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Click here to read full story.
Sarasota among state's healthiest counties
Sarasota County ranked fourth among the state's 67 counties for the overall health of its residents, according to a first-ever nationwide study of counties' health performance released this morning. Click here to read full story.
In Haiti, healing and coping with hardship
On a relief mission to a devastated outlying city, one Sarasota surgeon has a life-changing experience, and a colleague helps him cope with the overwhelming need. Click here to read full story.
Click here to see a photo gallery from the Haiti relief mission.
By the books: Signs of a turnaround at SMH
The most impressive figure in Sarasota Memorial Hospital’s audited financial report, may be in red ink. The hospital lost just $8.5 million on operations last year, its best showing since 2002, according to the recent report. Click here to read full story.
Click here to see a copy of the hospital's financial report.
$37M dispute between hospitals and county spreads to Sarasota Memorial's tax authority
A $37 million financial dispute between three Sarasota County hospitals and the county government has triggered a lobbying battle over the law that created Sarasota Memorial Hospital and its tax authority. Click here to read full story.
Previously: Hospitals bill county $31 million for uninsured
New feature: Hospital performance reports
Sarasota Health News is taking data on hospitals' performance and making it more user-friendly, allowing broader comparisons and tracking changes over time. First addition: a federal survey of patients' perceptions of hospital quality. Click here to read full story.
For all Sarasota Health News coverage of reform efforts, click here.
For all Sarasota Health News coverage of H1N1 flu, click here.
To browse the Sarasota Health News archives, click here.
July, 2010
Over the course of a year, we've steadily added more and more content and features -- almost 100 stories, the SHNstat section, hospital report cards and a health events calendar. And that created some design logjam problems we never anticipated when we built this website. So we began tinkering with a new design on our .com sister site, and a few weeks ago, we shifted over to it for good. This site will stay live a while longer, and will serve as a story archive. But to see what we're up to lately, stop by the new site. Thanks - David
