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Editor's Picks
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Hospital Drug Shortages Reach 10-Year High
A dearth of chemotherapy, sedation, and pain relief medications is endangering patient safety and adding millions of dollars in costs for higher priced substitutes annually, report finds.
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How a CEO Empowered Staff to Save $3M and Their Jobs
During the recession, Chicago's Swedish Covenant Hospital chief Mark Newton was unwilling to take draconian measures such as layoffs. Instead, he deployed a tactic from his entrepreneurial background: He challenged his staff to find ways to cut costs themselves.
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Nursing Staff Increase Can Improve Outcomes, Study Shows
In non-safety net hospitals, higher nurse staffing rates were associated with fewer deaths, life-threatening situations, and rates of infection, one study shows.
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Are ACOs Unaffordable?
Startup costs to join an accountable care organization are likely too high for many healthcare providers to overcome in the near term, according to a report written by a group purchasing organization.
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Webcast: Boost Market Share with Your Oncology Services
Given the growing trend toward all-inclusive cancer centers, do you know how to differentiate your own oncology services to protect and grow your market share? Your oncology care is distinct. Its marketing should be, too. Join HealthLeaders Media on March 31 for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A and a case study, for valuable lessons from marketing leaders. [Read More]
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Leaders Forum
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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 results of the 2011 HealthLeaders Media Industry Survey.
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This Week's Headlines
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Top 100 Hospitals Named by Thomson Reuters
HealthLeaders Media, March 29, 2011
AMA Launches Mobile App and Challenge
HealthLeaders Media, March 30, 2011
Hospital Chiefs Still Grappling With Reform
HealthLeaders Media, March 24, 2011
Telemedicine connects big-city specialists and rural patients
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 29, 2011
Hospital Construction Methods Lower Costs, Raise Benefits
HealthLeaders Media, March 25, 2011
Ranks of MA for-profit hospitals may grow
The Boston Globe, March 30, 2011
Better use of antibiotics will reduce spread of drug-resistant 'superbugs'
Los Angeles Times, March 30, 2011
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Webcasts/Rounds
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Rounds: Orthopedic Leadership Strategies: Engage, Measure, and Perform (March 29)
Boost Market Share with Your Oncology Services (March 31)
Productivity Incentives for Direct Employment Compensation Models (On demand)
More Patients, Less Money, Higher Quality (On demand)
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Waking Up to Sleep Centers
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| With a growing volume of patients with obstructive sleep apnea related to pulmonary conditions, hospitals are finding opportunities to develop or partner with sleep centers.[Read More]
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Audio Feature
For 31 years, David B. Nichols, MD, commuted once a week to Tangier Island, VA, piloting his own plane or helicopter. The 15-minute flight over the Chesapeake took Nichols to an area where the residents have triple the rate of disease he had seen any place else. In one of his final interviews, Nichols looked back on his legacy as a primary care leader.[Listen Now]
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