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Bill would toughen California regulators' hand with insurers over doctors' pay
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008
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Business balking at health changes in Massachusetts
Boston Globe, July 15, 2008
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Repeat super users are swamping New Jersey ERs
Newark Star-Ledger, July 14, 2008
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University of Chicago students to train at Evanston Northwestern hospitals
Chicago Tribune, July 15, 2008
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Los Angeles County plans to take disciplinary steps over medical employees with undisclosed offenses
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008
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Spotlight:
The CEO as Mentor
A growing number of organizations are discovering that formal mentoring programs can help develop leadership talent and give employees a better understanding of the entire business.
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Bill would toughen California regulators' hand with insurers over doctors' pay
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008
University of Chicago students to train at Evanston Northwestern hospitals
Chicago Tribune, July 15, 2008
Some health centers work with doctors' part-time needs
Detroit Free Press, July 15, 2008
Doctors hopeful easier blood thinners are nearing
AP/Yahoo News, July 15, 2008
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Business balking at health changes in Massachusetts
Boston Globe, July 15, 2008
Thousands call about new Connecticut health plan
AP/Hartford Courant, July 15, 2008
Support for Massachusetts healthcare law varies, poll shows
Boston Globe, July 15, 2008
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Repeat super users are swamping New Jersey ERs
Newark Star-Ledger, July 14, 2008
Charity clinics cropping up to serve Dallas-area immigrant workers
Dallas Morning News, July 15, 2008
Colon cancer screening rates remain low
HealthDay/Washington Post, July 15, 2008
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Los Angeles County plans to take disciplinary steps over medical employees with undisclosed offenses
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008
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University of California service workers strike over pay
Los Angeles Times, July 15, 2008
Chief of New Orleans hospitals is removed
New Orleans Times-Picayune, July 14, 2008
Baptist Health Buys Land for Texas Hospital
Kathryn Mackenzie, for Texas Healthflash, July 14, 2008
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FDA: CT scan may pose risk for some patients
Chicago Tribune, July 15, 2008
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Alabama-based group covers uninsured children
Birmingham News, July 14, 2008
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Commentary:
Sink Some Boats
One of the more misleading sayings is that "a rising tide lifts all boats." I have heard it pop up more than once recently in regard to the healthcare industry.
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media
July 11, 2008
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Magazine:
CPOE for the Smaller Set
Community, rural, and even county hospitals have found ways to master healthcare's toughest technology.
Gary Baldwin, for HealthLeaders Magazine
July 2008
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Commentary:
Set the Bar High
Two significant medical errors came to light recently, further demonstrating the importance of quality patient care.
Maureen Larkin, for HealthLeaders Media
July 9, 2008
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Contributed Feature:
The Myth of Length of Stay
When Medicare introduced its prospective payment system in 1983, the flat fee reimbursement method suggested that shorter length of stay would increase hospital profits. But the logic was flawed. Resource consumption did not decline, and physicians continued to practice exactly the way they did pre-DRG—but they did it in fewer days. Author Stefani Daniels says hospitals now have the tools available to dig deeper into solutions for these problems. If only they would use them.
Stefani Daniels, for HealthLeaders Media
July 14, 2008
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