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Chronic pain affects 116M Americans, IOM says
IL poised to certify staph infections as killers
CT scans can help reduce lung cancer deaths, study finds
5 Questions to Determine Readmission Rate Effectiveness
June 29, 2011
RWJ Launches Healthcare Quality Data Website
HFMA: Kaiser Details $4B Investment in Health Management Tools
June 28, 2011
App Challenge: Battle Obesity with Public Health Data
June 27, 2011
Top 10 Infection Control Challenges
For Infection Prevention, Try Duct Tape
June 24, 2011
Berwick Pitches ACO Candidates
Lax Rules for Medical Residents an 'Abuse of Trust'
June 23, 2011
MA finds new system not cutting health costs
TX rule will prescribe fewer potent drugs to kids
Healthcare spending waste: The international edition
June 22, 2011
Walgreens, Express Scripts at a contract impasse
National Library of Medicine launches MedlinePlus Connect
Mortality Risk in STEMI Patients Linked to Slow Transfers
Tech Advances for Tonsillectomy Not Necessarily Better
CDC: Sepsis Cost $14.6B in 2008
June 21, 2011
Baptist, Emerus to Open 4 Emergency Hospitals in TX
June 20, 2011
Many hospitals overuse double CT scans, data show
Drug trials pose dilemma for some hospitals
Mass burial honors those who gave bodies to science
June 17, 2011
Healthcare quality improvement's big enemies: Data capture, staffing
J&J to cut back on stent business
A better way to detect infections in donated organs
June 16, 2011
ACOs and shared savings: Can IT get you there?
IL hospital plans fail to meet state standards
Healthcare Leaders Address Class of 2011
June 15, 2011
Time to focus on medical errors outside the hospital
FL family speaks out after mom dies during plastic surgery
Pronovost: Surveillance Bias Threatens Quality Payment Fairness
NQF Adds 4 Serious Reportable Events, Updates 25
June 14, 2011
Toll of caring for elderly increases
At Ramstein, America’s military aeromedical mission heats up
NJ hospital urged to consider medical mall instead
CABG, PCI Rates Decline in CA
Nonprofit Hospital Donations Up 8% in FY2010
June 13, 2011
When the treatment makes patients sick
Rush to robotic surgery raising flags
Mystery shoppers may be used to check up on TN doctors
Patient overload, death doomed TX kidney transplant program
NY hospital will keep LPNs for at least a year
PBGC Seeks $25M in St. Vincent’s Pension Case
Senators Urge OIG to Review PODs
Heart with no beat offers hope of new lease on life
June 10, 2011
MA Eye and Ear, Schepens to merge
FDA: Drugs for benign prostate tumors increase risk of cancers
Tropical disease buzzes back into US
Rounds: Leaders Detail Care Coordination Strategies
June 9, 2011
Senators request probe of surgeons
Pfizer touts first US ’virtual’ clinical study
TX to open tropical disease research center
June 8, 2011
Visits to ER rise despite MA health law
For veterans in rural areas, healthcare can be a battle
Should mobile health apps be regulated by FDA?
U.S. Senator Calls for CMS Probe of 12,400% Drug Price Hike
APIC, SHEA Seek to Block Infection Disclosure Rules in CA
June 7, 2011
Hospitals push to reduce 4.4M preventable re-admissions each year
Doctor must navigate contentious divide
Shifting hospital risks at night
End-of-life economics
Healthcare shopping proves stressful for consumers
Body imaging business pushes health scans many don’t need
Feds Earmark $42M for FQHC Demo Project
VA Cancer Care Rivals Private Sector Quality
June 6, 2011
'Major breakthrough' for deadly skin cancer treatment
Prison terms sought for 4 over deadly medical tests
NV hospital safety bills eyed in session
VA trauma center treats most grievously wounded troops
Central FL hospitals among worst in state for infections
Convicted sex offender OK’d to practice medicine in FL
June 3, 2011
Lost medical records complicate Joplin hospital’s tornado recovery
MD hospitals report more problems to state
IOM Calls for Medicare Reimbursement Formula Overhaul
June 2, 2011
The $30B healthcare tech gamble
CDC to build public health surveillance via EHR data
HHS to review same-day surgery notification rule for ASCs
Brain injuries are seen in new scans of vets
’Octomom’ doc’s license to be revoked, CA medical board rules
Night Surgery Not a Factor in Transplant Mortality, JHU Study Finds
June 1, 2011
Hospitals hunt for substitutes as drug shortages rise
MN hospitals teaming up against drug theft
A long-awaited advance in the war on high blood pressure
Breaches lead to push to protect medical data
Mobile Phones May Pose MRSA Threat
MGH Customizes CT Radiation Doses via 'Virtual Autopsy'