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Hospital Uses EMRs to Avoid Drug Errors
The Fight to Prove the Value of Hospitalists
Hospital executives worry about the what-ifs of reform
Bus tour, campaign-style events to promote healthcare reform
Health bill would cut drug spending for many on Medicare, budget office says
Healthcare overhaul's quandary: Costs vs. fairness
Clinic at Atlanta airport to add kiosks for flu shots
Hospitals expanding duties of chaplains
August 28, 2009
Weak Link Between Family Health Histories, Chronic Conditions
Medicare Addresses Payment Concerns Related to H1N1
Medtronic defends payments to physicians
University of Miami medical school gets $20 million gift to fight autism
Amid the acrimony, Congress has consensus on some healthcare issues
H1N1 flu sends more African Americans, Hispanics to hospitals
Kids 14 times more likely than elderly to get swine flu
August 27, 2009
Medical price shopping hits Web in Minnesota
Many Hospitals Not Allowed Access to Names of Disciplined Nurses, Pharmacists
McCaughey vs. Emanuel on healthcare ethics
Doctors unaware of many drug approval uses
Organization, not experience, may play chief role in trauma patients' survival
Universal Patient Floor Increases Flow, Decreases Handoffs
Seniors' Healthcare Costs Soar, Even With Inflation Adjustment
Hospitals in Nine States Jeopardize Patient Safety With Lack of H1N1 Readiness
Can Healthcare Reform Become Reality Without Sen. Kennedy?
Kennedy's cancer puts focus on quality of life
Two-thirds get medical tests with radiation dose
White House enlists help of doctors in healthcare overhaul
August 26, 2009
Latest CBO Estimates Show Need to Tackle Rising Healthcare Costs
Announcing the 2009 Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare
Feds put focus on swine flu vaccines
CDC urges caution on estimates of swine flu
Half of health workers reject swine flu shot
August 25, 2009
AMA President Dives into Blogosphere
Americans Doubt Healthcare Reform Will Improve Quality, Cost
Feds Clarify Hospital Triage Rules in Event of H1N1 Frenzy
Five Steps to Improve Your Hospital's H1N1 Readiness
The return of house calls?
Swine flu could infect half of U.S.
Pitching patient safety and hospital transparency on YouTube
Hospitals own up to errors
Grassley airs doubts about health bill
GOP tees up Medicare manifesto
Group aims at 8 senators for public option
Research trove: Patients' online data
Policy experts call fear of medical rationing unfounded
August 24, 2009
Hospitals Must Meet Guidelines Before Recruiting Visa Waiver Practitioners
Going Low Tech Might Reduce Costly Hospital Admissions in Chronic Heart Failure
No push for national medical-errors database
Overuse of antivirals could make H1N1 pandemic even worse
Developing world's parasites, disease hit U.S.
Mass General to target adult autism
August 21, 2009
Physician Quality Officer Model Takes on a Successful New Look
No Health Reform Plan Features Major Medicare Changes
Public Plan is Being Swiftboated
Taxing Health Benefits Would Hurt Poor Working Families More Than The Rich
Health premiums up 95% since 2000
U.S. to dole out $1.2 billion for health records technology
Study questions U.S. flu vaccine guidelines
Key senators discuss trimming health bill
Faith in Obama drops as reform fears rise
Elderly concerned about health reform
Obama faults GOP in health debate
A floundering campaign on healthcare
August 20, 2009
HHS Puts More Teeth Into HIPAA Regulations
Overspending millions on purchases based on physician preference?
Senator moves to block medical ghostwriting
Many Hospitalized Patients Leave Facilities Against Medical Advice
18 Medication Management Measures Released by National Quality Forum
Obama calls health plan a moral obligation
New Rx for health plan: Split bill
In New Jersey, testing a new doctor-pay method
August 19, 2009
Docs Say Goodbye to Bureaucracy, Hello Health
No Final Guidance on Unsecure PHI—Yet
Physician Groups Earn Over $25 Million for Quality Improvements
Medical groups promoted HPV vaccine using drug company money
Democrats seem set to go it alone on a health bill
University of Chicago organ transplant services comes to Evanston Hospital
Health co-ops' fans like cost and care, but successful models still rare
Tackling the mystery of how much healthcare costs
August 18, 2009
Inspector General Fines Three Hospitals, One Doctor, and a DME Firm
In Times Like These, Take One Dose of Laughter
Public option called essential
Cooperatives being pushed as an alternative to a government plan
Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull
Developers of Dallas medical complex sell land to physicians group
Is economic growth back?
August 17, 2009
Focusing on Wellness During Residency Can Ward Off Burnout Later
HHS takes on health records
Medicare test pays for hospital performance
Cedars-Sinai offers a model for fighting some diseases where they start
Voicemail puts Boston hospitals' aggressive recruiting efforts in spotlight
August 14, 2009
Senate Finance Expected to Kill House's End-of-Life Care Provision
Expect Greater Focus on Safe Patient Handling from D.C.
Bioethicists Counteract Three Healthcare Reform Myths
House Reform Bill Would Give Dollar Rewards To States That Pass Tort Reforms
Obama Missteps on Foot Amputation Pay to Surgeons
Obama to take on healthcare critics
Ad campaign counterattacks against overhaul's critics
Study urges action to get patients to follow prescriptions
Doctor fired over America Dies on Dunkin sign
End-of-life provision loses favor
August 13, 2009
Surgeons fire back at Obama
AMA defends end-of-life discussions
Four Ways Health Reform Can Improve Patient Medication Adherence
Poll numbers steady on healthcare debate
Dakotas hospitals: Merger will not mean layoffs
Chicago retail clinic to be staffed by doctors instead of nurse practitioners
Massachusetts takes extra steps to battle flu in fall
August 12, 2009
AHIP Criticizes 'Exorbitant' Out-of-Network Charges
Three Alternatives to Achieve Tort Reform
Office for Civil Rights to Hire HIPAA Privacy Enforcers
Biologics Get 12-Year Exclusivity Period Under Proposed Reform Bills
Finances, EHRs Top Challenges for Practices
Senator goes face to face with healthcare dissent
University of California-SF Medical Group joins forces with Hill Physicians
Obama sees savings in hospital readmission payments
August 11, 2009
Joint Commission Tailors Speak Up Campaign to Prevent Pediatric Errors
12 Ways Health Reform May Improve Care and Save Costs
Prevention May Prove Costly
Obama heads to town-hall meetings to discuss healthcare
University of South Florida plans $4 million surgery center
Vaccine trials off to fast start for pandemic flu
'Ventilation outage' delays surgeries at Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Do hospitalists improve the quality of care?
August 10, 2009
MRSA Cases Drop After Facilities Agree to Self Report
A primer on the details of healthcare reform
Expanding preventive care may add to costs, CBO says
Seniors remain wary of healthcare reform
Within healthcare hides massive, avoidable death toll
Isotope shortage means a healthcare crisis
South Florida doctors paid thousands by Eli Lilly
U.S. health bill might aid rural Maryland
August 7, 2009
10 'Basic Patient Safety Reforms' to Save 85,000 Lives, $35 Billion
AHRQ Spearheads Effort to Add Patient Voice to Error Reporting
Senate healthcare negotiators hope to keep deal alive during break
Governors fear added costs in healthcare overhaul
Senators hear concerns over costs of health proposal
August 6, 2009
Is There a Healthcare Reform Ad That Will Resonate with the Public?
Business Associates and Covered Entities Should Comply with HITECH Requirements Now
Medicare Rule Puts Patients at Risk
Could A Massachusetts-Style Individual Mandate Work Across the Nation?
Senators closer to health package
Centrist Democrats upbeat on healthcare bill
Pennsylvania heart-surgery report finds improvements
Blue Island, IL-based MetroSouth Medical Center boosted by investments
Joint Commission urges parents of hospitalized kids to be vigilant
GOP activists pack town-hall meetings, shake support for healthcare bills
August 5, 2009
Consistent Measures of Quality, Cost Needed to Support Reform Efforts
Voters Reject Deficit Spending for Healthcare Reform
Consumers Spent $33.9 Billion on Alternative Treatments in One Year
Health lobbyists blitz Congress
Obama pushes Democrats for unity on health plan
Groups take health-reform debate to airwaves
White House using Internet campaigns to try to influence healthcare debate
New certification for doctors in obesity
To ensure they get paid, doctors seek entire bill for patient share upfront
Medical papers by ghostwriters pushed therapy
August 4, 2009
OCR's HIPAA Enforcement: More Bark or Bite?
Comparing the Three Main Health Reform Bills
Health plan opponents make voices heard
Lawmakers ask: What if patients shared in medical decisions?
Doctors in Cuba start over in the U.S.
Dallas-based Parkland hospital replacing McDonald's with healthier fare
New epidemic fears: Hackers
August 3, 2009
Bariatric Study Raises Larger Issues of Healthcare Costs, Quality, and Consumerism
Democrats find rallying points on health reform, but splinters remain
Obama seeks to rally healthcare support by promising less
Debating prevention's place in healthcare bill
Agencies seek to use stimulus funds to find cheaper healthcare
Eli Lilly's payments to doctors revealed