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The article discusses the facilities offered by the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) for offering primary care to the patients irrespective of their ability to pay. It discusses the type of facilities including the correctional facilities, mental health centers and hospitals with critical access.

It includes 14-bedded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The covers include easy claim, hospitalisation cover, room or intensive care unit rent, ambulance assistance and teleconsultation [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The corporate cost of borrowing now exceeds the GDP growth rate by more than 4 percentage points [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports that Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc.'s Cubicin has met the primary endpoints in endocarditis and bacteremia in a phase III S. aureus trial. However, despite making history in being the first drug to be assessed in a registration study, uptake following a label-expansion, if granted, could be limited by the lack of an oral formulation. Unlike methicillin-susceptible S. aureus strains, methicillin-resistant strains (MRSA) pose a potentially greater threat as they are resistant to several antibacterial drugs. Furthermore, this threat is increasing as, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 57% of S. aureus infections in intensive care units are now caused by MRSA, representing a 13% increase over the last five years.

The article discusses the uncertainty in the Venezuelan political scene while Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is still in a Cuba hospital intensive care unit. Nicolas Maduro of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) will be in de facto control as vice-president, foreign minister and annointed successor of Chavez. National assembly head Diosdado Cabello agreed that he would not take over, apparently after a series of negotiations among PSUV leaders.

The article reports on a study by Dutch researchers which suggests that the use of radio frequency identification devices (RFID) could cause critical care medical equipment to malfunction. The study examines and classifies incidents of electromagnetic interference (EMI) by RFID on critical care equipment. Researchers believe that the implementation of RFID in intensive care units should require on-site EMI tests. However, the study has left a question on the harmful effect of RFID to patients.

The article discusses a study related to development and implementation of a Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) to enable patients and those close to them to share their lived experiences of care within the intensive care unit (ICU). It mentions that families of patients in the ICU at the time were involved in discussions on recruiting patients and family members to the council.

The article discusses ways to improve patient's experience while transferring to the High Dependency Unit from the Adult Intensive Care Unit. Topics include the project background which involves the Adult Intensive Care Unit (AICU), objectives of the project which aims at capturing the experiences of patients and the implications for practice in areas like communication between patients and health care professionals and innovations.