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Patient Experience: Hospitals' Holy Grail?
Stenting's Steep Learning Curve Linked to High Mortality Rates
Hospitals Push to Raise Patient Experience Scores
September 29, 2011
Parkland Signs Improvement Agreement, Remains Open
Health 2.0: ONC Pledges to Make Patients Meaningful Users, Too
Healthcare Online Job Postings Up in September
HHS Introduces Coordinated Care Pilot for PCPs
September 28, 2011
Hospital Focus Misdirected Toward Parents, Survey Suggests
Health Insurance Premiums Top $15K for Family of 4
Dartmouth Atlas: Readmission Rates Show 'Not Much Progress'
September 27, 2011
Videos as Instruments of Physician Engagement
HIPAA Summit West: 1 in 4 Organizations Report Data Breaches
Health 2.0: Do e-Health Tools Need Peer Review?
September 26, 2011
CLASBI Eradication Collaborative Saves $100M
MA Hospitals Cry Foul Over State Readmission Fines
Debating the Proposed CLIA Rule
Patient Dies During Lockout in CA Nurses’ Strike
September 23, 2011
SHSMD: CEOs Discuss Cultural Change Leadership
How Revised RAC Statement of Work Will Impact Providers
September 22, 2011
MGMA: Docs Trim Practice Expenses, But Operating Costs Soar
HHS Gives States $109M to Bolster Premium Hike Oversight
CDC Issues Draft Guidelines for Testing Donor Transplant Organs
September 21, 2011
Women's Health Services Hold 'Significant' Potential in ACOs
Groups Call for Transparency in Hospital Accreditation Survey Findings
Data Predicts Erectile Function After Cancer Treatment
IPAB to Kick In Early to Ease Impact of Medicare Cuts
September 20, 2011
Trauma Survival Study Reveals Racial Disparities
MedPAC Releases SGR Repeal Proposal
September 19, 2011
Geisinger, PA's Bloomsburg Health to Merge
Medicare Advantage Enrollment Expected to Spike
September 16, 2011
CFO Exchange: Weighing Expenses Against Quality Mandates
Healthcare Costs Accelerate Slightly
Fake Doc Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Fraud Scheme
SHSMD: 10 Tips for Strategic Planning
Improving Quality of Care Through Executive Incentive Plans
September 15, 2011
ASHHRA: Learn to Live with Lower Medicare Reimbursements
Joint Commission Top Hospitals List Shuns Academic Medical Centers
CMS Releases Medicaid RACs Final Rule
September 14, 2011
Seeking Solutions for Brain Tumors
HHS Launches Heart Disease Prevention Campaign
CIED-Related Infections, Costs Rising
U.S. Census Finds 16.3% of Americans Uninsured
September 13, 2011
America's Next Top HIE Model...
ASHHRA: 'Jerk Bosses' Derail Nurse Retention Strategies
Proposed CLIA Rules Amendment Skirts Doctors
Private Sector ACO Models Rooted in Rugged Individualism
September 12, 2011
HHS Protects Same-Sex Partners' Rights in Hospitals
Overhaul of Physician Education System Recommended
Methodist Dallas Corrective Action Plan Accepted
CMS Compromise Gives Parkland Reprieve
September 9, 2011
Appeals Court Tosses VA Challenges to Health Reform Law
PA: Understaffing Not a Factor in Carlisle Deaths
U.S. Physician Assistant Workforce Doubles in 10 Years
September 8, 2011
Appeals Court Upholds Individual Mandate
Feds Nab 91 Suspects in Medicare Billing Schemes Totaling $295M
Heart Transplant Scores Predict One-Year Survival Rates
12 CA Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations
September 7, 2011
CA Medical Biller to Pay $4.6M to Settle Fraud Allegations
Patient Safety a Catalyst for Tighter Infection Controls
Half of Internal Medicine Residents Report Burnout
September 6, 2011
Brain Attack Coalition Strengthens PSC Guidelines
EHRs Beat Paper in Head-to-Head Competition
September 2, 2011
Healthcare Creates 1 in 5 New Jobs
Strategic Options: It's Not ACO or Nothing
Insurers Eye Medicare Advantage Acquisitions
Healthcare Online Job Postings Rise in August
Final CMS e-Prescribing Rule Eases Requirements
September 1, 2011
Clinicians' Clothing Found to Carry Pathogens
Nurses to Take Tax Push to Congressional Districts
Parkland: Leadership Change Unrelated to Report of Deficiencies