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Deaths raise questions in Indian hospitalInteresting piece here from the global quality arena about the debate over whether patient care quality was slighted in favor of clinical trials at a government hospital in India. The father of a pediatric patient at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences questioned the hospital after hearing other parents complain that their children were not admitted because the hospital's beds were filled with patients in clinical trials—specifically, he asked how many trials the hospital has conducted involving how many children and resulting in how many deaths. Forty-nine children have died, although the hospital says those deaths were due to underlying illnesses. It's a complex story and a nice read. [ Read More]
U.S. emergency rooms find ways to fix what ails themSome of this story is old news to those of you who deal with emergency department challenges on a daily basis, but the piece does offer some easy-to-digest bullet points on what various hospitals are doing to improve efficiency while keeping patient safety in mind. [ Read More]
Happy Holidays!From all of us at HealthLeaders Media, have a happy and safe holiday. HealthLeaders Media QualityLeaders will not publish next week, but will be back on January 2, 2009. |
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20 People Who Make Healthcare Better
| In our annual HealthLeaders 20, we offer profiles of individuals who are making a difference in today's complex healthcare world. [Read More] |
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Service Line Management |
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Here Come the Seniors
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The well-documented influx of baby boomer patients promises to increase the already high demand for senior services. But the prospect of expanding a service line that relies so heavily on Medicare has some hospital leaders jittery. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
A Necessity, Not an Option: Rethinking ED Systems
Emergency departments nationwide deserve gold stars for their creativity in mitigating the effects of overcrowding by making processes more efficient through quick registration, provider in triage, bedside registration, standing orders, and the use of fast track and sub-waiting areas, to name a few. [Read More]
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Audio Feature
Tracey Moorhead, president and CEO of DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance, discusses the opportunities for population health improvement and DM companies in a medical home and the changes they may need to make. [Listen Now] |
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