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Opinion: A moderate ruling with risks ahead
Relief, uncertainty at county hospital after ruling
Gawande: Something wicked this way comes
June 28, 2012
Supreme Court Upholds Key Provisions of PPACA
AHA: Leapfrog 'Manipulated' Data
Healthcare countdown: Who wins, loses—pays?
Healthcare patient data laws outdated, says Consumers Union
Opinion: Limits on residents' work hours may adversely affect patient care
Jury awards family $55M in Hopkins malpractice case, largest in state history
Culture of medicine runs on people power, not tech
June 27, 2012
Seeking ROI Via Population Health Management
New Accretive allegations: Debt collector told new mom to pay or baby would stay
Alaska's Medicaid to pay OCR $1.7M for potential HIPAA violations
Overhaul of healthcare in VT arrives for cancer patients
Study: Hospital costs drop when infants treated better
Doctor shortage raises rural C-section rate
How doctors can ethically harness the placebo effect
June 26, 2012
E-records linked to fewer malpractice claims
UPMC's electronic health information exchange begins
Why don't more hospitals use electronic health records?
June 25, 2012
AHIP: Gawande, Gladwell on Healthcare's Chauffeur Problem
AHA Rejects Proposed Readmission Penalties
Opinion: Berwick on how 'Obamacare' has put nation on right track
11 facts about the Affordable Care Act
OR study shows benefits, price, for newly insured
US healthcare reform efforts through history
Hep C suits might not tap hospital's 'deep pockets'
Taxpayers increasingly foot bill for bariatric surgery
Doctor takes on medical board
June 22, 2012
Care Coordination Advancing Slowly
US attorney, FBI join probe into hospital hepatitis C outbreak as lawsuits emerge
Rare drug-resistant bacteria spotted in US hospital
AZ hospital abruptly closes
Opinion: Getting doctors to practice what they preach
Ghost patients: Hospitals hold off admitting Medicare patients
The Measured Man
June 21, 2012
HHS: 3.1M Young Adults Covered Under PPACA
Getting past healthcare's individual mandate
Medicaid's future tied to court decision on healthcare reform
Even if healthcare law dies, many of its changes won't, industry says
26,000 uninsured Americans die each year
June 20, 2012
10 Tips and 32 Strategies for Healthcare CEOs
Wendell Potter: Health Insurance Industry Lacks Unified Opinion on Reform
Health reform with a mandate: the MA story
Trauma in the ER: Who covers the uninsured?
Fix health care after Supreme Court ruling, poll says
CA hospitals collect duplicate payments for spinal surgeries
Geisinger, Merck team up to make sure patients follow doctors’ orders
More hospitals protect gay patients, report says
Healthcare sees emerging future in frugal innovation
At NY's Wyckoff Hospital, ex-chairman breaks neck
June 19, 2012
Rounds Preview: Excelling in Cardiac Care
CEO expresses concern over future of NH's Exeter Hospital
Fast access to medical records helps fight epidemics
CA court allows unsupervised nurses to give anesthetics
When smart mobile technology meets good science
June 18, 2012
AMA, AHA at Odds Over 'Surprise' Medicare Final Rule
Hep. C outbreak at Exeter Hospital raises questions
Professor takes on hospital in Utah Medicaid breach
Hospital systems at odds over 'poaching' physicians
Fairview's new goal: Less repeat business
Knee surgery turned deadly at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
Parkland Hospital getting ready-made bathrooms
June 15, 2012
Hospitalists ID Unprofessional Physician Behaviors
Insurer Hikes FFS Pay, Providers Notch Savings
AMA, key backer of healthcare law, looks into reboot
For hospital CIOs, mergers complicate move to electronic records
Hep C outbreak at NH hospital likely caused by employee drug abuse
Hospital units for elderly could cut nation's healthcare costs
Many doctors use limited Spanish skills with patients
June 14, 2012
Commentary: What we learned from cutting colon surgery infections
Reinventing healthcare in one of America's poorest cities
June 13, 2012
Art of patient satisfaction meets the science of medicine
Centralizing healthcare big data in the cloud
All 4 trauma surgeons leave one ME hospital to work for another
Opinion: Doctors, practice what you preach
June 12, 2012
6 Ways to Get Physicians on Board with Decision Support
Lab's Non-Coverage Notice Deters Medicare Patients
Can hospital execs walk the tightrope over the cost-quality chasm?
Sick (and poor) in MA: Longer waits, less satisfied patients
Ready or not, genomics is coming to hospitals
Insurer's 30-day prescription limit aims to cut painkiller abuse
The largest U.S. pill mill's rise and fall
Wireless sensors reduce ICU days
Freestanding ED to hospital: The new wave?
High-risk pregnancies increasing, hospitals specializing
Noisy hospitals need Rx for quiet as patients rest
June 11, 2012
Best EDs Focus on Flow
Healthcare law's fate aside, hospitals evolve
MD's hospital rating system in danger of failing
U of I sharing patient details with fundraiser
Healthcare alliance creates massive virtual care community
Nationwide Children's Hospital expands
June 8, 2012
4 Keys to a Better Emergency Department
iPad Solves Healthcare Providers' Clipboard Conundrum
CareFirst to pay doctors $23M under primary care program
Opinion: Health reform—What if Obama hadn't tried it?
NH public health director: Viral outbreak 'clearly tied' to hospital lab
Geo-medicine new frontier in medical informatics
Should nurses be practicing alone?
Doctors returning to practice face challenges
June 7, 2012
Group Medical Appointments Get Another Look
Deal reached on online prescription reporting
MA House passes healthcare cost-control bill
Top 10 medical data breaches include public health departments
What surgeons get paid, and what patients think surgeons get paid
Are computers getting between patients and doctors?
Wellmark inks ACO deal with Genesis Health System
The real stakes in the healthcare case
June 6, 2012
Leapfrog Issues Hospital Safety Report Cards
Hospital billing shifting the cost to Medicare patients
University hospitals: Cost-efficient leaders in care and research
Cancer doctors push Congress to help end drug shortages
Behind one hospital's fight against deadly infection
Opinion: The trouble with 'doctor knows best'
Opinion: Health professionals will respond to incentives, if we only let them
Squeezing out the doctor
June 5, 2012
Hospitals add palliative teams at feverish pace
Health reform gets messy in MA
Poll: Only 36 percent of Americans support the ACA
ER doctor bets on urgent care chain
Do doctor-payment sunshine laws work?
Dangerous Injection Practices Still a Threat
'Body Area Networks' should free hospital bandwidth, untether patients
Can patient photos help cut medical errors?
Doctors swap pagers for smartphones
Gawande on failure and rescue
June 4, 2012
13 Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations in CA
Reshaping Medicaid care to affect many
Health subsidies vs. med-tech tax
IN considering statewide trauma network
Cardiologist says doctors ready for more active role
CA surgery clinics overbilled, insurance giant claims
Q&A: Wheeling Hospital CEO Ronald Violi on expansion
Prodigy set to graduate from med school at 21
June 1, 2012
Hospitals fight drug scarcity, fear patients harmed
Medicare mandates to reduce chemical restraints
Consumer Reports begins rating MA doctors
State health insurance exchanges choke on health IT
Sen. Franken: Encrypt laptops with medical info
Opinion: We should be in a race for prevention, not cures
Touchless technology put to test by surgeons