http://www.richmondbizsense.com Richmond's Homepage For Business News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:46:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/09/death-rate-high-for-heart-attack-victims-at-vcu/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/09/death-rate-high-for-heart-attack-victims-at-vcu/#comments Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:37:37 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=9253 A study by the government’s Center for Medicare and Medicaid did a survey of 4,200 hospitals nationwide. The study showed that VCU Medical Center had 19.8 percent death rate for people who are admitted with heart attacks]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/07/09/death-rate-high-for-heart-attack-victims-at-vcu/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/vcu-medial-center-already-paperless/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/vcu-medial-center-already-paperless/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 10:52:22 +0000 David Larter http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=7724 VCU Medical Center has gone almost completely paperless, putting the local hospital at the fore of a federal push to digitize records]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/05/21/vcu-medial-center-already-paperless/feed/ 0 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/31/biotech-center-raises-funds-for-foreign-investment/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/31/biotech-center-raises-funds-for-foreign-investment/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:12:55 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=5986 A private-investment fund being raised for the Virginia BioTechnology Research Park will provide support to international companies that want to add their presence to the research center. Debra Linick, assistant director for the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington, said the biotech park already has brought eight Israeli companies into its Virginia Israel Biosciences ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2009/03/31/biotech-center-raises-funds-for-foreign-investment/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/21/ferrari-driving-former-mcv-liver-surgeon-performed-unecessary-transplants-says-wsj/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/21/ferrari-driving-former-mcv-liver-surgeon-performed-unecessary-transplants-says-wsj/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2008 02:01:55 +0000 admin http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=3253 The Wall Street Journal has a fascinating story about a Ferrari-driving liver surgeon. According to the WSJ, Amadeo Marcos, who was pressured to leave the VCU School of Medicine in 2000 after a colleague filed a sexual assault complaint, was recruited to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to boost the number of lucrative liver ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/21/ferrari-driving-former-mcv-liver-surgeon-performed-unecessary-transplants-says-wsj/feed/ 1 http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/03/rbs-ad-report-card-vcu-hospital%e2%80%99s-strong-dose-of-scary/ http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/03/rbs-ad-report-card-vcu-hospital%e2%80%99s-strong-dose-of-scary/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:03:51 +0000 Aaron Kremer http://www.richmondbizsense.com/?p=2793 The ad’s goal is is to make sure people know that the new $184 million facility is available, but might the ads just be too darn depressing? The spot: “Every day in Virginia, babies will be born prematurely. People will suffer life-threatening burns,” a stiff female narrator says. “Many will suffer sudden or unexpected heart ]]> http://www.richmondbizsense.com/2008/11/03/rbs-ad-report-card-vcu-hospital%e2%80%99s-strong-dose-of-scary/feed/ 0