HealthLeaders Media Global - April 15, 2008 | The Messy Business of Keeping Clean
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The Messy Business of Keeping Clean
Rick Johnson, Senior Online Editor
Consider how hard it is in the healthcare industry to implement the seemingly simple and sensible. Case in point, the superbugs MRSA and C. difficile have had their way in hospitals around the globe, from the smallest clinics in the developing world to some of the finest state-of-the-art academic medical centers. Despite widespread acknowledgement of the problem, agreement and compliance with basic protocols are often hard to come by. [Read More]
    
 
April 15, 2008
 
Editor's Picks
Medical tourism booming in India
The Indian Planning Commission released a report comparing prices for procedures in India against other destinations for medical travel. The commission sees an even brighter future for the country's medical industry, based on the current cost comparison but also projections that medical travel will become more commonplace. While private hospitals in India can certainly offer many quality services for less, it remains to be seen how the growth of this industry will impact the country as a whole. [Read More]
UK doctors debate male-female practice styles
More female physicians are entering the workforce in Britain with even more expected in the near future. Women now outnumber men in most UK medical schools. This article on the BBC News site presents a dialog about whether there are any negative impacts from the changing work practices of these newer, female physicians. (My colleague, Elyas Bakhtiari discussed how part-time physicians are affecting medical groups in the US.) [Read More]
University of Washington hosts key players in global health effort
This just in from the Department of the Obvious: Healthcare quality organizations worldwide are not good at sharing and standardizing measurements. Sorry for being flip, but this article from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer gives an overview of a two-day conference at the University of Washington aimed at coordinating healthcare collection projects. I think they might need to add a couple days to resolve this one. [Read More]
Global Health Headlines
In Rwanda, visionary doctor is moving mountains again
Boston Globe - April 14, 2008
Three more deaths at London maternity hospital
The Guardian - April 15, 2008
Cuba reorganizes family doctor program
Reuters/Miami Herald - April 10, 2008
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