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The shared medical experience model, in which a group of patients with a common condition sees a physician for a long visit, is not new. But to make it work requires selecting the right high-impact specialty, working with a passionate physician leader and team, and designing the group visit with both providers and patients in mind. >>>
To identify which hospitals are the most and least likely to cause avoidable patient harm, The Leapfrog Group is generating report cards with letter grades—"one score that any consumer can understand before they walk into the door of a hospital." But the American Hospital Association calls many of the measures used by Leapfrog to evaluate safety "flawed." >>>
Ashland Health Center has found a recruiting tool that sets it apart from scores of other rural hospitals in small towns across the country. Attracting doctors and nurses who have a call to missionary work is "transforming the culture inside our walls," says Ashland's CEO. >>>
Over the last decade, accessing shared injectable medications with reused syringes and other unsafe practices have resulted in 130,000 patients being notified they were at risk of infection with viruses or bacteria, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. >>>
A physician researcher argues that there's little chance hospitals can consistently drive down infection rates to zero. That's because there are factors in play beyond a hospital's control, and scientists and doctors are clueless as to what those might be. >>>
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News Headlines
The New York Times, June 7, 2012
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek, June 6, 2012
Hartford Business Journal, June 5, 2012
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Houston Chronicle, June 4, 2012
Times Union, June 1, 2012
BBC, June 1, 2012
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