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1. Steve Jobs argues Apple’s iPhone 4 not only smart phone with reception problems
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... which found that BlackBerry, Samsung and HTC's Android phone experienced the same problem when held in a similar way. Motorola Inc. co-CEO Sanjay Jha disputed Jobs's claim that all phones work this way. ...

2. 2011 federal budget proposes deep cuts to N.J. hospitals
(Health/Healthquest)

... inadequate rates. "In football parlance, the Medicare payment proposal for next year is the equivalent of ‘piling on,'" said NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan. "The nation's hospitals agreed to shoulder ...

3. New Jersey hospitals report job losses and service cuts in 2009
(Health/Healthquest)

... hospitals continue to feel the economic pressures of the recession," said NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan. "But unlike other businesses, hospitals can't simply adjust by reducing their output or cutting ...

4. N.J. hospital profit margins reach lowest point in decade
(Health/Healthquest)

... hospitals ended 2008 with operating margins in the red, the report shows. "Many hospitals - far too many - are barely scraping by," said Betsy Ryan, NJHA president and CEO. "They have long endured woefully ...

5. ‘Insured For Sure’ program attempts to ensure New Jersey newborns have health coverage
(Health/Healthquest)

... various community-based organizations assisting the districts' enrollment. NJHA's Health Research and Educational Trust also received a $988,177 grant under the same program. While the state's efforts ...

6. Single women in India organize to address gender inequities
(World/International)

... ill," she states. Sudha Jha, 49, of Katihar district in the northern state of Bihar was widowed in 1998 and has since struggled to raise her three sons and one daughter single-handedly. "My in-laws ...

7. Report: Hospitals provide stability to New Jersey’s economy
(Health/Healthquest)

... services, but also an economic shot-in-the-arm," said NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan. "Their communities can count on them to provide endless benefits through jobs, local spending and community health ...

8. Nicholson, Doby among New Jersey Hall of Fame nominees
(N.J./State)

... cartoonist Thomas Nast and economist Milton Friedman. The public can vote for their selections to The New Jersey Hall of Fame on-line at NJHallofFame.org. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM ...

9. Medicare picks N.J. to test innovative incentive system
(Health/Healthquest)

... for all of us,” said NJHA President and CEO Betsy Ryan. “This is a bold test to see if we can redesign the failed system of the past and replace it with strategies that keep healthcare affordable while ...

10. 111 degree heat wave claiming lives in India
(World/International)

... deaths. Many of the victims belong to India's poorest states such as Orissa and Jharkhand. In Orissa, hospitals opened special wards for heat stroke victims. High temperatures are common starting May, ...

11. Bills address long waits for behavioral health patients
(Opinion/Commentary)

... no place for this fragile population. These patients deserve prompt access to specialized inpatient programs and state facilities to give them the right care in the right setting." NJHA President and ...

12. N.J. hospitals face $97 million in Medicare cuts
(Health/Healthquest)

... payment rules proposed to take effect in October, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Hospital Association. NJHA's Health Economics department examined the impact of three provisions under the ...