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Beware Flaws in Online Physician Rating Sites
More Male Nurses, But Wage Disparity Persists
For Medicare providers, looming cuts less painful than budget deal
Hopkins clinic where Levy worked had limited state oversight
AHRQ: ED costs hard to predict with $4 to $24,000 swings
Second insulin-pen lawsuit announced in NY
CPOE cuts medication errors by 48%, says study
A medical lab in your smartphone
Why do we want prices in healthcare?
February 27, 2013
Intubation in ICU Linked to PTSD
Truven Top 100 Hospital Scores Measure 'Leadership Impact'
Can the Cleveland Clinic save American healthcare?
Coordinated healthcare could save CA $110B
Drug shortage spreads to EMS
NH bill to require hospital workers to get drug tests criticized
Opinion: The unfulfilled promises of HIT
US docs head overseas to train, not just treat
February 26, 2013
Don't Blame Hospitals for All Diagnostic Errors
Nonprofit Hospitals Urged to Diversify Endowments
The rest of the story on MA cost control
C. Everett Koop, forceful US Surgeon General, dies at 96
UPMC, Altoona Regional to negotiate affiliation deal
Female surgeons say explicit bias is rare, but subtler obstacles persist
For docs, hospitals, 'sorry' is a hard word to say
MGH employees watch customer service video—for $250
February 25, 2013
Business Roundup: Summa Health Finds a Partner
Healthcare Imaging Strategies Not Exactly a Snap
Healthcare braces for sequester
Panel on healthcare work force, lacking a budget, is left waiting
Rochester MN ponders $6B Mayo expansion
Few saw warning signs in case of Hopkins doc accused of secretly taping patients
MI lawsuits shed light on practice of allowing patients to refuse treatment based on race
Louisville hospitals embracing alternative medicine
Opinion: Overcoming obstacles to better healthcare
February 22, 2013
Early Elective Delivery Still a Costly Health Risk
Obamacare is winning
Bitter pill: Why medical bills are killing us
Getting patients to think about costs
Robot docs will even make health insurance less painful
Docs delivering babies early much less often
February 21, 2013
Unlikely prescription from doctors: Less is more
Weight Loss Surgery Doesn't Cut Health Costs
FL Medicaid expansion could create 71,300 jobs
A digital shift on health data swells profits in an industry
Readmissions don't measure quality, Harvard doc says
MI hospital denies honoring father's racial request
Nurse practitioners push to help care for health law's newly insured
Proposed NV law would let hospitals refuse to hire smokers
February 20, 2013
Robotic Surgery Hikes Hysterectomy Costs
Can VBP Put Healthcare on Right Track?
CDC: Drug OD deaths climb for 11th straight year
Doctors-in-training face licensing delays in IL
Hopkins patients come forward as investigation into secret recording continues
Administration revives wage, overtime fight for home-care workers
Nurse sues, says hospital backs dad's request that no blacks treat his newborn
Intensive care MDs: More white coats, fewer piercings preferred
February 19, 2013
BCBSNC Kicks Off Orthopedic Bundles
NCQA Issues First ACO Accreditations
Kaiser seen as a model for health care overhaul
Hospitals team to find beds for psych patients
Hundreds sue KY hospital over heart procedures
Controversial address vaults Hopkins' neurosurgeon into political arena
Express Scripts 4Q profit jumps 74 percent
NJ hospitals pioneer cost-cutting model
Surgeon's illness gives new focus to her cause
February 15, 2013
Few States Choose to Operate Health Insurance Exchanges
US official touts health insurance markets, lawmakers leery
MedPAC chief warns of Medicare payment crisis
Healthcare workers need to explain insurance overhaul, Sebelius says
EMRs probed for over-billing
Docs push back against health IT's workflow demands
Jackson Health System dismisses trauma petition
Hospital translators at the push of a button
Opinion: Afraid to speak up to medical power
24 hot and hiring healthcare jobs
February 14, 2013
Scripps Seeks to Acquire Assets of Troubled Hospice
House Republican aims to repeal Medicare doc pay cuts
CA health chief looks within for solution to rising health costs
Report: Fake drugs pose threat to US
MA finalizes rules allowing hospitals to share meds to ease shortages
Battle brews in MN over hospital nurse staffing
SD may condense medical school for some
Visiting the doctor, virtually
February 13, 2013
Moody's: Nonprofit Healthcare Debt Sees Record Downgrade
Weak Link Found Between Readmissions, Mortality
In SOTU address, Obama offers no new overtures on healthcare
WellPoint names Swedish from Trinity Health as new CEO
Dispute develops over discount drug program
Hospitals in US cut infection rates in 2011, CDC says
Community paramedics aim to cut health costs
Personal note from ER doc written after woman's death goes viral
February 12, 2013
DOJ, HHS Announce $4.2B in Medicare Fraud Recoveries
Dartmouth Readmissions Report Shows Scant Progress
Observation units may ease burdens of ER care, but at a price
Opinion: IBM's Watson could be healthcare game changer
Rule on 'essential benefits' sent to White House for final review
Facing doc shortage, CA lawmakers want to redefine healthcare roles
Online consults increasing, despite physicians' concerns
Split ruling goes against Duke in tainted instruments case
Should this doc have slammed her patient on Facebook?
February 11, 2013
Readmission Prevention Effort Focuses on Colon Surgery Patients
AMA Issues 5 Patient Safety Guidelines
No one fix to slow hospital readmission epidemic
Feds' 'e-health' initiative reaches out to patients
Montefiore's president, influential in Albany, is unknown by design
CA lacks docs to meet demand of national healthcare law
IBM's Watson supercomputer bears arms to battle cancer
Solving Maryland's health disparities
Comparison shopping coming to Highmark
How much off-the-clock behavior can the state regulate?
Deadbeat docs owe government millions
February 8, 2013
Some Flu Patients May Pose Greater Risk to Healthcare Providers
Hospital Chiefs: Cut Costs with Care
Obama renominates Tavenner to lead CMS
Boston hospital settles gender bias suit
Safety problems at pharmacies a recurring issue
HHS: Medicare prescription drug savings hit $5.7B
Fate of Brooklyn hospital in SUNY board's hands
Bellevue Hospital fully returns 99 days after evacuation
February 7, 2013
NQF, JC Name National Patient Safety Award Winners
Medical Errors Draw Fines for 7 CA Hospitals
CBO Analysis Renews Calls for SGR Repeal
Bipartisan 'doc fix' bill introduced
SUNY president to recommend closure of Long Island hospital
Florida Blue plans accountable care program with Cleveland Clinic Florida
Methodist files anti-trust lawsuit against OSF Healthcare
February 6, 2013
Hospitalizations Up For the Terminally Ill
'Sunshine Act' Gets Guarded Reaction
Cerner, McKesson cooperating for HIE, interoperability's sake?
Insurers press docs to file more claims electronically
U. of Colorado Health ponders creating its own HMO
Jackson Health, Kendall Regional battle over trauma
To love medicine again, physicians need to delegate
February 5, 2013
Adverse Drug Reactions ID'd by Phone
Feds to publicize drug and device company payments to docs next year
Docs concerned about gift disclosure rules
Healthcare spending in America, in 2 graphs
Obama urged to mandate medical error reporting
Catholic hospital takes surprise stance in lawsuit
No agreement on how to fund medical watchdog unit
LSU hospitals leader concerned about employee drop
'July effect' rexamined
February 4, 2013
CMS Unveils 4 Bundled Payment Models
Steward Health Care a force for change
Health insurers highlight excessive out-of-network charges
Docs, patients dealing with shortage of barium
NY St. Luke's Hospital quietly shut down pediatric unit
In TX, proposed bill clarifies end-of-life treatment
Medical clinic workers struggle with burnout
L.A. County removing metal detectors from some hospital facilities
February 1, 2013
Tick, tock: Administration misses some health law deadlines
Hospital chain defies NLRB rulings after court decision
EHR accuracy remains problem, CHIME says
Physicians' Persistent 'Overuse' of Care Continues
NC Senate committee moves to block participation in federal healthcare reform
As PPACA Deadlines Near, States Dawdle
Hospital error rate in MN isn't improving
Ask your doctor—but not via social media
Small surgeries, huge markups