Dr. Danyal Ibrahim is rewarded when he helps a patient suffering from accidental or intentional poisoning, adverse reaction to medications or a serious sting or bite. He specializes in toxicology as an emergency department physician at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center.
The state's chief hospital lobby announced last month that the industry shed 1,400 jobs and saw their collective operating income fall by $175 million in 2013 thanks to Medicare and state funding cuts as well as a new provider tax.
More than 16,000 employees and residents at the University of Connecticut Medical School and its teaching affiliate hospital Hartford HealthCare can text away, now that they have a new communication platform.