Our hospitals need to be able to take care of the incoming sick. With the NDMS system you can take care of what you currently have outside of the state.

We have thousands of people who are getting ill ... our hospitals need to be prepared to take care of the incoming sick.

Our focus is on getting the people still with us out.

We understand that the Louisiana attorney general is investigating all deaths that occurred at New Orleans hospitals and nursing homes after the hurricane, and we fully support and are cooperating with him.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.

In the case of emergency angioplasty, for hospitals, it seems that it's not just how many you do, but how used to doing them you are. The overall commitment to doing emergency angioplasties, and the protocols and staffing that come out of that commitment, appear to be key.