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HealthLeaders Media QualityLeaders offers weekly reports on the top quality issues facing healthcare leaders. It also features audio interviews with industry experts, along with expert analysis, top headlines, news briefs and research reports. December 27, 2012 - Issue 51
   A Hospital Chief’s Auld Lang Syne for 2013 December 20, 2012 - Issue 50
   Hospital Care '3,000 Times Less Safe Than Air Travel,' Says TJC Chief December 13, 2012 - Issue 49
   IHI: Time to Get Serious About Healthcare Quality, Costs December 6, 2012 - Issue 48
   Q&A: Don Berwick Reflects on Healthcare Reform, Part I November 29, 2012 - Issue 47
   "Last Shot" for Embattled Exeter Hospital November 15, 2012 - Issue 46
   Why Healthcare Costs Trillions Less in Canada November 8, 2012 - Issue 45
   The Election Is Over, But Not the Shouting November 1, 2012 - Issue 44
   Why Did NYU Langone’s Emergency Generators Fail? October 25, 2012 - Issue 43
   Q&A: Readmissions Prevention Expert Warns of Penalties October 18, 2012 - Issue 42
   Medical Harm Complaint System Could be Quality Data Goldmine October 11, 2012 - Issue 41
   Hospital Concerns Over Drug Supplies Mount October 4, 2012 - Issue 40
   Failure to Manage Diabetic Eye Disease Screenings Carries Staggering Costs September 27, 2012 - Issue 39
   Take ’Healthcare 101’ and See the Doctor September 20, 2012 - Issue 38
   Pronovost Calls for an 'SEC' for Healthcare Quality September 13, 2012 - Issue 37
   Hopkins Surgeon Blasts Healthcare Safety, Ethics September 6, 2012 - Issue 36
   $9.25M in Fines for Medical Errors Goes Largely Unspent in CA August 30, 2012 - Issue 35
   HCA Probe Spotlights Cardiologists’ ’Irresistible Temptation’ August 23, 2012 - Issue 34
   ’Hospital of the Future’s’ Top 20 Features August 16, 2012 - Issue 33
   'Informed Decision' May Irk Surgeons as it Cuts Costs, Improves Quality August 9, 2012 - Issue 32
   Adverse Events and Other Rants: 10 Favorite Reads August 2, 2012 - Issue 31
   ’Serial Infector’ Investigation Points to Need for Federal Registry July 26, 2012 - Issue 30
   Hospitals' Adverse Event Reporting Systems Inadequate July 19, 2012 - Issue 29
   7 Ways the PPACA Hurts Safety Net Hospitals July 12, 2012 - Issue 28
   PPACA's Impact on Quality of Care Isn't Getting Its Due July 5, 2012 - Issue 27
   MoMs Hips a Grinding Dilemma for Hospitals, Doctors, FDA June 28, 2012 - Issue 26
   Hospital’s Drug Diversion Nightmare Spawns Multiple Infections June 21, 2012 - Issue 25
   Hospital-Acquired VTE Still a Leading Cause of Death June 21, 2012 - Issue 25
   Hospital-Acquired VTE Still a Leading Cause of Death June 14, 2012 - Issue 24
   Leapfrog's 'License Fees' for Promoting Hospital Scores Rankle June 7, 2012 - Issue 23
   Hospitals Give Leapfrog Safety Scores a Failing Grade May 31, 2012 - Issue 22
   Surgical Site Infections Persist, But Why? May 24, 2012 - Issue 21
   Facebook Page Gathers Stories of Medical Harm May 17, 2012 - Issue 20
   Beyond HCAHPS, Patient Surveys Dig Into Functional Outcomes May 10, 2012 - Issue 19
   Meaningful Use Quality Measures May Be Meaningless May 3, 2012 - Issue 18
   How IPPS Proposed Rules Would Affect Quality Measures April 26, 2012 - Issue 17
   Hospital Readmissions, Mortality Incentives Alarmingly Misaligned April 19, 2012 - Issue 16
   Feds Urge Cuts in Use of Anti-Psychotic Drugs for Seniors April 12, 2012 - Issue 15
   Preventing Hospital Readmissions Takes a Village April 5, 2012 - Issue 14
   Why Process Measures Fail to Budge 30-Day Mortality Rates March 29, 2012 - Issue 13
   10 Things We Don’t Know About Looming Readmission Penalties March 22, 2012 - Issue 12
   ACA Turns Two; Has it Improved Quality of Care? March 15, 2012 - Issue 11
   Patients Set to Unleash Feedback on Doctors March 8, 2012 - Issue 10
   PCORI Nails Down a Definition, at Last March 1, 2012 - Issue 9
   ICD-10 Proponents Cry Foul February 23, 2012 - Issue 8
   HIMMS: Don’t Let HIT Obscure Patient Safety Needs February 16, 2012 - Issue 7
   When a Surgical Site Infection Sends a Friend Through Hell February 9, 2012 - Issue 6
   CMS Reveals Central Line Infection Rates, Finally February 2, 2012 - Issue 5
   Hospitals Urged to Track Quality in Obstetrics January 26, 2012 - Issue 4
   Physician Referral Patterns Ripe for Scrutiny January 19, 2012 - Issue 3
   8 Reasons Why Ambulatory Care Quality Matters More Than Ever January 12, 2012 - Issue 2
   7 Reasons Hospitals Buy Technology They Don’t Need January 5, 2012 - Issue 1
   Stop Using In-Hospital Mortality Rates to Judge Quality