- Supreme Court won’t hear Nevada patient dumping case (rgj.com)
..Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Nevada over a lawsuit that claims the state wrongfully bused indigent psychiatric patients to San Francisco without paying the costs of their medical care.
- Nevada Board of Pharmacy: Chart Order Versus Prescription (bop.nv.gov)
…some hospitals are providing pharmaceutical services to hospital patients being discharged, and that some retail pharmacies are providing pharmaceutical services to long-term care facilities and/or skilled nursing facilities in violation of Nevada Revised Statutes and Nevada Administrative Code.
- National “Right To Try” Website Launches; Patients Asked to Share Their Stories (businesswire.com)Right To Try website (righttotry.org)Sandoval signs ‘Right to Try’ bill for the terminally ill (reviewjournal.com)
Goldwater Institute launched RightToTry.org, the official website of the national movement to adopt Right To Try laws in all 50 states….allow doctors to prescribe treatments to the terminally ill that are being used in clinical trials but are not yet on pharmacy shelves…expands access to potentially life-saving treatments…
- University of Nevada School of Medicine, Aurora Diagnostics Western Pathology Announce Partnership (medicine.nevada.edu)
The University of Nevada School of Medicine and Aurora Diagnostics,…announced today a new educational and clinical affiliation,.. This unique public-private partnership is designed to enrich learning opportunities for students at the School of Medicine,…
- Prosecutor baffled by doctor’s sealed records in child porn case (reviewjournal.com)Sealed sex crimes case against doctor leaves unanswered questions (reviewjournal.com)
Confusion reigned in Clark County District Court...all parties tried to determine how and why records of a sex crime case involving a Las Vegas doctor were sealed in 2006.
- Western Nevada College Jump Start program fast tracks Carson City student’s plans to become a nurse (nevadaappeal.com)
Discipline, ambition, dedication and hard work made it possible for Morgan Tingle to…became the first student directly out of high school to earn acceptance into WNC’s nursing program. The college’s Jump Start College program…. allowing students the opportunity to earn up to an associate degree before graduating from high school.
- VA braces to bust its budget (reviewjournal.com)
Failure to predict workload increases in cities where more veterans are coming forward for services was just one of the reasons the VA is facing a $2.6 billion shortfall…..Southern Nevada,…the number of veterans receiving care since the new North Las Vegas VA Medical Center opened in 2013 has jumped 18 percent.
- No health insurance? Two free medical clinics announced (rgj.com)
University of Nevada School of Medicine will offer two free outreach clinics in July. The clinics are open to people of all ages and are geared to serve Washoe County's medically uninsured population...Patients can be seen for...work physicals, blood pressure monitoring and referrals to specialists. Lab work is available for discounted fees.
- Las Vegas Review-Journal asks to unseal doctor’s sex crime records (reviewjournal.com)Sealed sex crimes case against doctor leaves unanswered questions (reviewjournal.com)Las Vegas doctor taped himself having sex with sedated girl, woman, police say (reviewjournal.com)
….to determine why the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners allowed a doctor accused of a sex crime to continue practicing, the Las Vegas Review-Journal filed court papers Friday, asking a judge to unseal records from a 2006 criminal case.
- Sealed sex crimes case against doctor leaves unanswered questions (reviewjournal.com)Las Vegas doctor taped himself having sex with sedated girl, woman, police say (reviewjournal.com)
Police knew in 2006 that a Las Vegas doctor had been accused of sex crimes against a teenager. But that case was sealed; its outcome unknown. The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners…knew about the 2006 charges….now accused of having sex with a sedated girl while in his office and videotaping it….