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Editor's Picks
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Doctor shortage forcing some Central New York hospitals to divert patients
A survey by the the Healthcare Association of New York State said there were times in 2009 when the doctor shortage led 28 percent of the Central New York hospitals surveyed to reduce or eliminate services and transfer patients to other facilities. because emergency rooms were without coverage for certain specialties.
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Patient Experience Scores Skew by Region, Providers Say
Patients in some parts of the country are just harder to please than others. "In New York City, they are grumpier than they are in Minneapolis,"says Blair Childs, senior vice president for public affairs for Premier Healthcare Alliance. So it's understandable that a federal proposal to base 30% of hospital incentive payments on patient experience scores is receiving resistance from providers, who say patient experience scores are skewed by regional differences.
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Salary Hikes for Healthcare Workers Expected to Lag Other Industries
Healthcare workers can expect an average base salary increase of 2.6% in 2011. That's up from the 2.3% base increase reported in 2010, but slightly below increases of 2.8% projected across all industries for 2011, according to a Hay Group survey.[Read More]
Rounds: Cardiac Care Leadership for Improved Alignment and Outcomes
Medical specialties are tied back to hospitals and health systems like never before; nowhere are the resulting alignment challenges more acute than in the cardiac service line, where independent practices find themselves seeking the financial shelter of integration. Join us on February 15 live from Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital and share in the lessons from executives at leading national cardiac service lines and medical groups on shared governance, clinical integration, and physician alignment.
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Webcast: Proven Strategies to Market Women's Services
Women are a vital audience to reach—is your marketing cutting it? As the primary healthcare decision-makers and the key to unlocking additional service audiences, you need up-to-date, effective marketing strategies to win women’s loyalty—thus, business—and expand your market share. Join HealthLeaders Media on January 31, at 1 p.m. (EST) for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A, and learn from women’s health marketing experts.[Read more]
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Leaders Forum
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It is Time to Act
With the signing of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, along with the Health Care and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act, major change will be coming to the way healthcare is organized, delivered, and managed in the United States. Healthcare leaders have been dealing with constant change for the past 30 years, but now the rate of change will need to accelerate in order to achieve success in a reformed healthcare environment.
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Sponsored Headlines
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This Week's Headlines
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Meaningful use from community health point of view
HealthImaging.com, January 18, 2011
Detroit hospitals offer employees up to $25K to live in Midtown
The Detroit News, January 14, 2011
Unexpected limits of new, free preventive care
The Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2011
Opposition to healthcare law eases
The Seattle Times/Associated Press, January 18, 2011
Proposed FL law would ban docs from asking if patient owns gun
First Coast News, January 17, 2011
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Webcasts/Audio Conferences
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Surgeon General Addresses Electronic Health Data Security Concerns (October 4)
Strategies to Manage ED Arrivals (October 1)
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Healthcare Reform Spawns Daunting Regulations
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| The volume of new regulations required by healthcare reform legislation is daunting, but what has healthcare leaders especially concerned are the particulars, which are still under development. [Read More]
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Improving Head and Neck Cancer Outcomes
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| New approaches are resulting in less devastating impact on speech, swallowing, and appearance. [Read More]
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Audio Feature
For 31 years, David B. Nichols, MD, has been commuting once a week to Tangier Island, VA, piloting his own plane or helicopter. The 15-minute flight over the Chesapeake takes Nichols to an area where the residents have triple the rate of disease he has seen any place else. Now, as Nichols oversees final touches on the launch of a modern health clinic on the island, he actively faces his own mortality.[Listen Now]
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