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Editor's Picks
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Twittering surgery, live, at Henry Ford Hospital
I started using Twitter about a month ago. It's a micro-blogging, social media site. At first I was surprised at how many healthcare organizations were on Twitter, but then I discovered that too many of them were not really using it effectively. Then there's Henry Ford Hospital. The Detroit system decided that the platform isn't just for providing health education to the community, it used Twitter to post live updates during a robotic partial nephrectomy. Since Henry Ford tweeted about the surgery yesterday, many others in the blogosphere—and even some old-school print papers—have written about the successful surgery. [Read More]
Injured man dies after rejection by 14 Japanese hospitals
Sometimes I attend a healthcare conference and find that there's a session about how healthcare can learn from Toyota's lean production system. I understand that some healthcare execs have sent their entire leadership teams off to Japan to take part in Toyota's seminars. Every time I see one of these sessions in a conference catalog I think, "But Japan's health system is a mess." Case in point, this awful story about a dying patient who was carted to 14 different hospitals. Perhaps health leaders in Japan should visit Toyota. [Read More]
Palestinians stop paying Israeli hospitals for Gaza and West Bank patients
Scores of Palestinian patients being treated in Israeli hospitals are being sent home because the Palestinian Authority has stopped paying for their treatment. Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem says that for the past week, no payments have come in and Palestinians whose children it is treating have been instructed by Palestinian health officials to place them in facilities in the West Bank, Jordan, or Egypt. [Read More]
U.S. surgeon faces manslaughter, negligence charges in Australia
An American doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at a rural Australian hospital repeatedly botched operations and performed surgeries he was not capable of handling. Prosecutor Ross Martin has also said the doctor lied on his application to Bundaberg Base Hospital by neglecting to reveal he had been reprimanded by medical boards in the United States. [Read More]
Two hospital chiefs quit after waiting time failures
Two NHS hospital chief executives have resigned following mistakes that led to long wait times and ultimately compromised patients' safety. Both chiefs, one who headed Bart's Hospital in London and the other who led West Middlesex University Hospital in Isleworth in west London, failed to meet waiting time targets and failed to record lapses correctly. Also, the strategic health authority was not informed of any difficulties, which is required under procedures to help hospitals share the strain in times of exceptional demand. [Read More]
Hospitals hit by walkouts
Doctors at several state hospitals launched a 48-hour walkout this week in protest of the Health Ministry's changes to a collective labor agreement. The doctors say the agreement they signed was altered before being included in a bill sent to Parliament. They claim that the final document proposes a smaller base salary increase and does not include a proposal to hire 2,500 new doctors by 2010, as was originally agreed to. [Read More]
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Global Health Headlines
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NHS forced to turn away women in labour
The Observer - February 8, 2009
Medical tourism to Turkey grows significantly
Balkan Travellers - February 10, 2009
Ministry reveals plan to promote medical tourism
The Korea Herald - February 10, 2009
Hospital volunteers help third-world countries with medical supply needs
News of the North - February 9, 2009
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From HealthLeaders Magazine |
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Back to Basics
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The strategy for surviving the economic downturn? Invest in core strengths, scrutinize staffing and operations, seize partnership opportunities—and get down to work. [Read More] |
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Service Line Management |
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Essential and Expensive
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Patient demand for intensive care services continues to rise—but ICUs cost a ton of money. Here's how some providers are making intensive care worth their financial while. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
Industry Survey 2009: HealthLeaders Editor Round Table: HealthLeaders Media Editors react to the findings of the Industry Survey 2009. [Listen Now]
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