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Editor's Picks
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Senator Urges FTC to Examine Link Between Drug Shortages, Pharma Consolidation
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl wants the Federal Trade Commission to examine the impact that consolidation in the pharmaceutical industry may be having on the availability of prescription drugs to hospitals and patients. [Read More]
CMS Listening, Trying with Adjustments to ACO Rules
After only a month and a half of carping, hospital and health system leaders have already pushed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to at least partially change the proposed requirements of participating in an accountable care organization. [Read More]
5% of Hospital Costs Attributed to Maternal Care
In 2008, the U.S. spent one of every $20 in hospital costs on care for the 94% of women who gave birth and had some sort of complication that year, an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report shows. [Read More]
Up to 1 in 4 Patients Skip Oral Cancer Drugs on Costs
High copayment costs prompt between 6% and 25% of oncology patients to forgo filling prescriptions for eight oral cancer drugs, a report funded by five pharmacy manufacturers says. [Read More]
Webcast: Beyond Medicare Shared Savings: Effective ACO & Clinical Integration Strategies
Go beyond the ACO regs furor to uncover commercial and Medicare alternatives for your ACO strategy. Join HealthLeaders Media for this 90-minute Webcast, including Q&A, for a deep dive with leading experts savvy on the legal and business operation of ACOs in commercial markets and CMS programs other than Medicare Shared Savings.
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Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
Whether your hospital system is pursuing an accountable care organization or a broader program of clinical integration, the real work of creating high-value, cost-effective healthcare is in transforming the systems of care. But the solutions may not be as big and unmanageable as you think. Join us live or via live webcast from Gundersen Lutheran Health System with Gundersen's clinical and executive leadership team and invited guest Fairview Health Services, two of the nation's health system pioneers in high-quality, lower-cost healthcare.
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NurseLeaders Forum
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Patient Classification Systems Address Nurse Staffing Balance
A patient classification system applies an evidence-based approach enabling hospitals to assign, match, and schedule nurses where they are needed the most, experts say. [Read More]
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Nursing Headlines
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NPA Names 'Top 5' Cost Drivers in Primary Care
HealthLeaders Media, May 24, 2011
Lower Risk of Death Linked to Optimism in Heart Patients
HealthLeaders Media, May 24, 2011
Making Progress on Patient Satisfaction
HealthLeaders Magazine, May issue
Inside MO hospital, mix of chaos and bravery
CBS News/Associated Press, May 24, 2011
KS Tornado devastates Joplin's St. John's Medical Center
News-Leader, May 23, 2011
CDC advises on zombie apocalypse...and other emergencies
The Wall Street Journal, May 19, 2011
Saint Vincent nurses OK 3-year pact
The Boston Globe, May 19, 2011
96 minutes without a heartbeat
The Wall Street Journal, May 18, 2011
Fewer ERs available as need rises
The New York Times, May 18, 2011
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Webcasts/Rounds
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June 7: Webcast: Beyond Medicare Shared Savings: Effective ACO & Clinical Integration Strategies
June 9: Rounds: Coordinating Systems of Care
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The Challenge of the ICU
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Health systems are in the midst of an ICU makeover
as healthcare leaders rethink
how they are providing care
in the costliest area of the hospital,
to improve outcomes and attain ROI.
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Audio Feature
Tony West: Waging War on Medicare, Medicaid Fraud
Tony West left a thriving private law practice to return to the Department of Justice as a political appointee when President Obama took office in 2009. Over the last year and half, the department has recovered more than $4 billion lost to healthcare fraud.[Sponsored by Emdeon] [Listen Now]
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