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Patient Experience: Hospitals' Holy Grail?
Death raises questions after IL hospital closure
Doctor at LA clinic faces jail time for bogus cancer cures
Stenting's Steep Learning Curve Linked to High Mortality Rates
Hospitals Push to Raise Patient Experience Scores
September 29, 2011
More deaths when green doctors place neck stents
Parkland Signs Improvement Agreement, Remains Open
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
Dartmouth Atlas: Readmission Rates Show 'Not Much Progress'
September 27, 2011
Nurse in fatal error put supplement in wrong tube
Many docs feel they’re delivering too much care
Some fear Piedmont will be last choice
20% of MA hospitals workers refuse flu shot
VT medical board weighs liability of director overseeing improper prescriptions at UVM
September 26, 2011
Berwick on CMS: 'Best job I've ever had'
Designing a smarter patient
MA Hospitals Cry Foul Over State Readmission Fines
MN medical examiner raised flag about former neurosurgeon
September 23, 2011
Nurses at nearly three dozen CA hospitals strike
Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly
Blumenthal: Electronic health records, despite flaws, make doctors better
Surgeons object to new CDC organ-screening guidelines
September 22, 2011
E-prescribing threshold too low to reduce deaths: RAND
MA family sues hospital, nurse after patient death linked to ’alarm fatigue’
CDC Issues Draft Guidelines for Testing Donor Transplant Organs
September 21, 2011
UPMC sued over botched kidney transplant
Hospitals take service cues from Disney, hotel chains
Co-payments or not; Affordable Care Act may confuse consumers
Whooping cough vaccine fades after 3 years
Data breaches affect 2M in MA
September 19, 2011
Drug deaths now outnumber traffic fatalities in US, data show
Flu shot could have prevented nearly half of children’s deaths, CDC says
September 16, 2011
Health Affairs: Real benefit will come later for meaningful use, CPOE
MI governor takes on health reform
CFO Exchange: Weighing Expenses Against Quality Mandates
Fake Doc Pleads Guilty in $1.2M Fraud Scheme
Improving Quality of Care Through Executive Incentive Plans
September 15, 2011
As US poverty rates climb, so may health woes for the poor
Hospital staffs face calls to get flu shots
Botox scandal lands MO doc on probation
Joint Commission Top Hospitals List Shuns Academic Medical Centers
September 14, 2011
Woman pleads not guilty to chemotherapy fraud charges
MI to require doctors to file BMI reports on children
HHS Launches Heart Disease Prevention Campaign
CIED-Related Infections, Costs Rising
September 13, 2011
Faster care for blood infection
Data show difficulties in controlling patient ’rebound’ at care facilities
Should ban on HIV-positive organ transplants be lifted?
Las Vegas doctor sues Medical Board over reprimand
Proposed CLIA Rules Amendment Skirts Doctors
September 12, 2011
NYC 9/11 rescuers experience lingering health problems
A big risk in the healthcare handoff
September 9, 2011
Patient data posted online in major breach of privacy
HHS: More than 5.4M patients affected by data breaches in 2010
MO patients can now find out more about their doctors
Weight-loss programs might save Medicare billions
September 8, 2011
Heart Transplant Scores Predict One-Year Survival Rates
12 CA Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations
September 7, 2011
Patient Safety a Catalyst for Tighter Infection Controls
September 6, 2011
Critical (Re)thinking: How ICUs are getting a much-needed makeover
Brain Attack Coalition Strengthens PSC Guidelines
September 2, 2011
MA parents get $7M in death of infant
Drug makers take new tack against generics
FL pharmacy linked to blindness in patients
Antibiotic prescriptions for kids fall, but the news isn’t all good
September 1, 2011
Disease exposure via medical devices a growing concern, CDC says
NYC Medicaid near critical condition