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Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors
AP/Yahoo News, April 15, 2008
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Study: Boomers to flood medical system
Associated Press, April 14, 2008
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AMA calls for more physician training in response to IOM report
American Medical Association, April 15, 2008
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Sutter Health's 2007 financial report reflects a 'pretty stable' company
Sacramento Bee, April 14, 2008
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Factories fading, hospitals step in
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), April 15, 2008
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Spotlight:
Claims Quagmire
Despite federal laws to facilitate transactions, reimbursement claims processing remains mired in a complex tangle.
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Feds try to cut costs of hospital errors
AP/Yahoo News, April 15, 2008
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Study: Boomers to flood medical system
Associated Press, April 14, 2008
Briefer hospitalizations are not always best, Pennsylvania study finds
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 15, 2008
Factories fading, hospitals step in
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), April 15, 2008
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AMA calls for more physician training in response to IOM report
American Medical Association, April 15, 2008
New twist on the old house call
Boston Globe, April 14, 2008
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Sutter Health's 2007 financial report reflects a 'pretty stable' company
Sacramento Bee, April 14, 2008
Tenet to sell two hospitals to USC
Los Angeles Times, April 15, 2008
Houston hospital has adopted a business approach to efficiency
Houston Chronicle, April 15, 2008
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Iowa legislators navigate raft of healthcare proposals
Des Moines Register, April 15, 2008
San Francisco mayor seeks better response to 911 calls
San Francisco Chronicle, April 15, 2008
Project gives safety net for healthcare that can't wait in North Carolina
Raleigh News & Observer, April 14, 2008
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Web service addresses health, wellness at companies
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, April 15, 2008
Insurers, FDA team up to find problem drugs
Wall Street Journal (subscription required), April 15, 2008
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In Rwanda, visionary doctor is moving mountains again
Boston Globe, April 14, 2008
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Commentary:
Pillar Talk
Nothing makes my eyes glaze like the ubiquitous "pillars" of healthcare. At too many hospitals, they are nothing more than the rhetoric of media interviews and filler for Web sites and marketing.
Molly Rowe, for HealthLeaders Media
April 11, 2008
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Audio:
Supply Chain Management
HealthLeaders Media Finance Editor Philip Betbeze interviews Jim McManus, vice president of finance at St. Joseph Health System in Orange, CA.
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media
March 31, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
Estimating Problems and Potential in Employee Health Management (Part I)
The number of hospitals and integrated systems investing in employee health management is increasing all the time. Their investments may be limited to their own employees, in order to control costs and optimize workforce performance, or be focused on EHM as a revenue- or
"public relations-"generating service line for other employers.
Scott MacStravic, PhD, for HealthLeaders Media
April 14, 2008
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Video:
Merger Advice
Some tips on successful hospital consolidation. Plus, a model for "urgent care light" and more. [Powered by Trinity Healthforce Learning.]
HealthLeaders Media
April 10, 2008
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