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Patient Experience: Hospitals' Holy Grail?
Death raises questions after IL hospital closure
Defense opens case in nurse retaliation trial
September 29, 2011
Are hospital patients at greater risk during a nurses' strike?
Healthcare Online Job Postings Up in September
September 28, 2011
Des Moines hospital settles 2 lawsuits over availability of deaf services
CA hospital investigating death of discharged patient
Hospital Focus Misdirected Toward Parents, Survey Suggests
September 27, 2011
Nurse in fatal error put supplement in wrong tube
Many docs feel they’re delivering too much care
20% of MA hospitals workers refuse flu shot
HIPAA Summit West: 1 in 4 Organizations Report Data Breaches
September 26, 2011
Designing a smarter patient
Patient Dies During Lockout in CA Nurses’ Strike
September 23, 2011
Nurses at nearly three dozen CA hospitals strike
Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly
September 22, 2011
If San Francisco nurses strike, hospital services to remain operational
MA family sues hospital, nurse after patient death linked to ’alarm fatigue’
Doctors protest CEO at Knapp Medical Center
September 21, 2011
In cuts to health programs, experts see difficult task in protecting patients
Whooping cough vaccine fades after 3 years
CA nurses prep for Thursday statewide strike
UT health insurer offering ’medicine man’ benefit
September 20, 2011
Trauma Survival Study Reveals Racial Disparities
September 15, 2011
As US poverty rates climb, so may health woes for the poor
Hospital staffs face calls to get flu shots
September 14, 2011
Telemonitoring saves money when combined with traditional care
HHS Launches Heart Disease Prevention Campaign
CIED-Related Infections, Costs Rising
September 13, 2011
Hospital workers outspend others on medical care
Faster care for blood infection
Data show difficulties in controlling patient ’rebound’ at care facilities
ASHHRA: 'Jerk Bosses' Derail Nurse Retention Strategies
Proposed CLIA Rules Amendment Skirts Doctors
September 12, 2011
Misconduct in science
New labels coming for osteoporosis drugs
September 9, 2011
Learning to speak Iowan: Corn, pigs, cyclones and Hawkeyes
September 7, 2011
Jury still out on HIT workforce training programs
September 6, 2011
SF experiment in improving patient healthcare
September 2, 2011
Healthcare Creates 1 in 5 New Jobs
Getting doctors to wash their hands
MA parents get $7M in death of infant
Budget cuts will have far-reaching impact on NH hospitals
Healthcare Online Job Postings Rise in August
September 1, 2011
MI hospital workers' choice: Flu shots or ax
Longer CPR may be no better than shorter for cardiac arrest patients
Nurses to Take Tax Push to Congressional Districts