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Clinton details premium cap in health plan
New York Times, March 28, 2008
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Washington insurer first to drop loophole, will pay for liver transplant
Seattle Times, March 28, 2008
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Survey: High-deductible employee benefit plans triple
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 27, 2008
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Nurse practitioners fill key role in Tennessee
The Tennessean, March 28, 2008
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Minnesota healthcare bill passes key hurdle
Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 28, 2008
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Spotlight:
Video: Innovative Investing
Hospitals benefit both financially and through healthcare product development. Plus, P4P drugs and more. [Powered by Trinity Healthforce Learning.]
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Clinton details premium cap in health plan
New York Times, March 28, 2008
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Washington insurer first to drop loophole, will pay for liver transplant
Seattle Times, March 28, 2008
Survey: High-deductible employee benefit plans triple
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 27, 2008
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Nurse practitioners fill key role in Tennessee
The Tennessean, March 28, 2008
Most older Americans living longer and better
HealthDay/Washington Post, March 28, 2008
Medical groups' anti-obesity drive urges exercise, healthy eating
Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2008
Komen for the Cure to distribute $1.1 million to Sacramento area health programs
Sacramento Bee, March 27, 2008
Dad wins e-mail fight over daughter's healthcare
Newhouse News/Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2008
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Minnesota healthcare bill passes key hurdle
Minneapolis Star Tribune, March 28, 2008
Georgia insurers get break, critics say
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 28, 2008
Florida Senate plan would cut programs for medically needy
Orlando Sentinel, March 27, 2008
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Doctors want Medicare pilots continued, Healthways says
The Tennessean, March 28, 2008
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For big surgery, Delhi is dealing
Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2008
Dominican Republic: Doctors launch third strike this month for better pay
AP/South Florida Sun-Sentinel, March 27, 2008
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McCordsville, IN, could get medical site of its own
Indianapolis Star, March 28, 2008
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Florida Hospital, Burnham Institute join forces for research
Orlando Sentinel, March 27, 2008
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News:
Most Organizations Use Form to Facilitate Handoffs
National Patient Safety Goal No. 2 requires hospitals to improve staff communication, but it does not require them to do so with a form. Still, 77% of AHAP members have a form to facilitate handoffs, according to AHAP's 2008 handoff communications benchmarking survey. And only 27% make the forms part of patients' permanent records.
Association for Healthcare Accreditation Professionals
March 27, 2008
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Commentary:
March Madness
For many medical students, March Madness has nothing to do with basketball. This is the time of year they find out which residency program accepted them.
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media
March 27, 2008
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Magazine:
Rankings Under Fire
Amid calls for greater transparency in payers' physician ranking programs, many health plans have agreed to a new national model
Kathryn Mackenzie, for HealthLeaders Magazine
March 2008
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Audio:
Finding Inspiration Beyond Healthcare
Stan Nowak, CEO of Silverlink, a healthcare communications company, talks about how his company tapped into the experience of consumer-based industries to engage healthcare consumers.
Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media
March 26, 2008
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