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Public Support for Health Reform Shifts
Government Agencies Are Not Ready for Predicted H1N1 Outbreak
Critically ill heart, pneumonia patients fare worse at four Nashville-area hospitals
July 30, 2009
Storage and Administration Changes Help Hospital Improve Insulin Safety
Life Safety Deficiencies Top Joint Commission's Citation List
New poll finds growing unease on health plan
Support Slips for health plan
July 29, 2009
Sicker Patients Seeking Emergency Care
July 28, 2009
California nursing board seeks to triple enforcement staff
July 27, 2009
Who Will be the Winners and Losers in Health Reform?
Coaching Project Helps Facilities Prepare for Patient Falls
July 24, 2009
Robot will be Rx for Grady Memorial Hospital's long prescription waits
Senators seek coverage for alternative therapies
July 23, 2009
Mayo Clinic, Other Healthcare Stakeholders Say Reform Should Mean Paying for Value
Florida hospital defends secretly deporting patient
July 22, 2009
30-Day readmission rates go public, fueling CMS desire for a "new normal"
July 21, 2009
Hospitals in the Washington, DC, region tally their avoidable mistakes
To quell criticism, some doctors require patients to sign 'gag orders'
Health Reform Bill Features Healthcare-Associated Infections Database
Saying sorry pays off for University of Michigan doctors
The new rules for outpatient surgery
July 20, 2009
Duke-Durham Partnership: Informatics Improves Health
Obama Pushes for New Health Oversight Group
After delay, Illinois hospital data to be published
July 16, 2009
Study questions popular practice in bypass surgery
July 15, 2009
Many Surgical Residents Say Current Duty Hour Restrictions Put Safety At Risk
Healthy habits may cut price of insurance
Fridley, MN-based Unity Hospital cited for failing to protect woman burned in MRI
Team focusing on those at high risk of readmittance can reduce rehospitalizations
California nursing board executive officer resigns
Criminal inquiry begins in waiting-room death at Brooklyn hospital
July 14, 2009
New Health Reform Features Public Option, Individual Mandate, Payment Changes
Experimental group therapy aims to help cancer patients
July 13, 2009
Sebelius: Michigan Partnership Could be National Model for Health Reform
Problem nurses stay on the job as patients suffer
July 10, 2009
Flu Pandemic Prep: What Your Facility Needs to Know Now
Hospital CPR Often Doesn't Work
When doctors make mistakes
July 9, 2009
New 30-Day Readmission Rates Listed at HHS Hospital Compare Web site
Process Maps Improves the Patient ID Processes
Dallas hospital leads way to lower heart failure readmission rates
July 8, 2009
Joint Commission Updates Position on Steam Sterilization
Hartford hospital hopes to resume non-emergency heart surgeries
July 7, 2009
Tennessee Medical Association Sues Recovery Contractor
Hartford hospital suspends elective cardiac surgeries
Hospitals push safe sleep practices for infants
July 6, 2009
Med Board Goes After Unlicensed Docs
Advancing Excellence in America's Nursing Homes
Care Card Technology Improves Health System's Patient Flow and Waiting Time
July 2, 2009
Nearly Half of U.S. States' Adult Obesity Rates Increased This Year
University of Chicago Medical Center brain surgery training program on probation
To fix healthcare, some study developing world
July 1, 2009
Eliminating Workarounds Prevents Medication Errors
Panel suggests US medical priorities
Rhode Island hospitals agree on safety protocol for surgeries