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Hospital Creates Electronic Medication List to Achieve Consistency, Help Patients
Collaborative Looks to Reduce Hospital Readmissions
Will the iPad Revolutionize Healthcare?
Massachusetts AG finds clout of hospitals drives cost
Healthcare reform: Can Mayo emerge a winner?
January 28, 2010
New Data Bank Will Help Hospitals with Background Checks
What Stays, What Goes in Health Reform?
California Hospitals Fined for Alleged Immediate Jeopardy Mistakes
13 California hospitals fined for medical errors
January 27, 2010
Nurses Debate Whether Hospital Shouldn't Hire Smokers
Joint Commission Issues Alert About Preventing Maternal Death
Florida Temporarily Suspends Nursing Requirements to Deal with Shortage
Four Ways Hospitals Can Avoid Readmissions
Democrats put lower priority on health bill
Kaiser Permanente workers vote to split from Service Employees International Union
Top surgeon Atul Gawande urges doctors to use checklist
While technology surges, radiation safeguards lag
January 26, 2010
Needlestick Injuries Remain a Problem for Hospitals
Preparing for Emergencies Requires Better Communication, Says GAO
Florida health workers return from Haiti trips
January 25, 2010
Does Mandating Nurse-Patient Ratios Improve Care?
Healthcare unions await Los Angeles workers' vote results
January 22, 2010
A new search for consensus on healthcare bill
Report: Philadelphia hospital's violations led to waiting-room death
Group tries to bring back Connecticut licensed practical nurse program
More problems discovered at University of California-Irvine Medical Center
Democrats are urged to preserve broad healthcare overhaul
January 21, 2010
Healthcare Leadership, Policymakers Should Listen to Nurses, Says Gallup Survey
10 Health Reform Provisions That Affect Women
Obama weighs paring goals for health bill
Dialysis patients at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital emotionally exhausted
January 20, 2010
Democrats ponder healthcare reform plans in wake of MA Senate race
Insurer Anthem invests in hospital initiative to improve safety, cut costs
January 19, 2010
Devising New Code of Conduct Can Improve Hospital Employee, Patient Satisfaction
Five Lessons U.S. Hospitals Can Take From Haiti
Senate election in Massachusetts could be harbinger for healthcare reform
Democrats may seek to push health bill through House
Massachusetts medical team becomes first from U.S. to treat earthquake victims
Users pan University of Iowa Hospitals' records system
Catching deadly drug mistakes
January 18, 2010
New Nurse Testing Standard Raises Bar
Maryland hospital's patients learn they might have unneeded stents
Blood infections plague TN hospitals
Recession Could Be Hurting Medication Safety, Says Survey
January 15, 2010
Broad Demand for Healthcare Workers Seen in Most US Markets
Health Reform Pilot Projects Look to Transform Healthcare
Healthcare Community Rushes to Aid Haiti Earthquake Victims
Two Hospital Workers Fired for Refusing Flu Shots
Nurses ready to go, but few flights to Haiti
January 14, 2010
Top Joint Commission Citations: Corridor Clutter, Door Wedges
Reform Provision Would Require Providers to Buy Testing Equipment for Obese Patients
Obama joins congressional leaders in talks to work out healthcare kinks
Minnesota hospitals: Deaths, falls decrease but errors persist
January 13, 2010
High numbers of bloodstream infections logged in PA hospitals
Walgreen to test diabetes services
January 12, 2010
NYC Agrees to Fix Troubled Kings County Hospital Center
Three Areas Where Quality Could Save Costs in Health Reform
Groups Push for Healthcare Workers to Get H1N1 Vaccination
For severely ill children, a dearth of doctors
New breast screening limits face reversal
January 11, 2010
New hospice program focuses on cancer patients in Tennessee
Is sorry the hardest word in healthcare?
January 8, 2010
Healthcare Created 267,000 New Jobs in 2009
House Democrats confer on healthcare reform
States Not Reporting Adverse Events May Harm Patient Safety, Says Inspector General
Deal made to monitor Brooklyn hospital
January 7, 2010
HHS Unveils Health Security Strategy for Emergencies
January 6, 2010
Healthcare Online Job Ads on Upswing
House Starts Health Reform Reconciliation Process
Democrats holding final intraparty talks on healthcare reform
Grady reprieve eases medical crisis for illegal immigrants
January 5, 2010
Union and Hospital System Agree on Pandemic Pact
Grady Memorial Hospital dialysis patients get another treatment reprieve
California board accuses octuplets doctor of negligence
January 4, 2010
Senate healthcare bill would still leave millions uninsured
Nursing students turned away amid Indiana faculty shortage
Ensign announces it bought three nursing facilities