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Editor's Picks
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Wellness Programs Show Hard-dollar Savings
Until recently, it's been difficult to consistently demonstrate savings generated by wellness programs. But a just-published, four-year study finds that over several years, healthcare costs of wellness program participants rose at demonstrably slower rates than a control group.
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Healthcare Leaders Reveal Uncertainties About Industry Direction
Dedication to mission is strong and getting stronger, but just how to accomplish that mission is less certain, according to the just-released results of the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey.
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Top 12 Most-Read HealthLeaders Stories February 2011
Our hot stories in February were about HIPAA-scoffing hospital staff, a major management shakeup at HCA, Medicare fraud busts, the rise of a nurse practitioner to medical staff president, and barriers to success with telemedicine systems.
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Prescription Instructions Confuse Even Educated Patients
Following instructions to take multiple medications a day is a complex task that led 85% of patients in a study to incorrectly administer doses. Now researchers are calling for a Universal Medication Scheduling system. [Read More]
Primary Care With a Twist: Docs Go Uninsured
A Seattle physician shuns insurance and puts his beliefs into practice. The power of shopping and the free market, he says, will cut prices for medical care, and remove the complexity—at least from the primary care system.[Read More]
Rounds: Orthopedic Leadership Strategies: Engage, Measure, and Perform
Forward-thinking orthopedic leaders are ensuring high performance and coordination among a carefully constructed caregiver team. Those leaders are also exploring the right metrics to know whether the outcomes they are tracking are the most meaningful to patients. Join the executive and clinical leadership team from nationally renowned MemorialCare Health System and orthopedic innovator Marshall Steele, MD, on March 29 for a three-hour dive into essential orthopedic leadership strategy.
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Leaders Forum
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RAC Tip: How to Determine Inpatient Admission Date, Time
While Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released guidance on hospital inpatient admission decisions, it remains a hot-button issue for hospitals that wish to avoid Recovery Audit Contractor audits.
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Sponsored Headlines
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This Week's Headlines
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Adverse Drug Events Raise ED Costs, Hospitalizations
HealthLeaders Media, February 28, 2011
Healthcare Quality Shows Slow Improvement
HealthLeaders Media, March 2, 2011
HIMSS 2011: 4 Long Days; 5 Short Stories
HealthLeaders Media, March 1, 2011
Patient Check-In Technologies Cut Cost, Wait Times
HealthLeaders Media, February 28, 2011
Medicare's Three-Day Payment Window, Demystified
HealthLeaders Media, February 25, 2011
Midwifery a crime? In North Carolina, it is
The Charlotte Observer, March 2, 2011
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Webcasts/Audio Conferences
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Productivity Incentives for Direct Employment Compensation Models (December 8)
More Patients, Less Money, Higher Quality (November 8)
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Does E-Health Stand a Remote Chance?
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| As technology advances and costs fall, the use of telemedicine expands, but obstacles to achieving e-health success remain. [Read More]
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A Telestroke of Genius
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| As hospitals take to the idea of telemedicine, they're partnering up to provide the best stroke care possible, even if from afar. [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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