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Editor's Picks
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France fights universal care's cost
Soaring costs are pushing France's healthcare system into crisis and leading the country to borrow U.S. tactics in an effort to remain solvent, according to this article from the Wall Street Journal. For example, in recent months France imposed co-pays on patients to try to hold down prescription-drug costs and forced state hospitals to crack down on expenses. The French system's difficulties show how tough it is to achieve President Obama's goal of universal coverage while controlling costs, the article states. [Read More]
Australia losing doctors to overseas facilities
With the health tourism industry booming in the Middle East and Asia, the regions need healthcare workers. Now Australian health and tourism experts say the country is losing some of its best doctors and nurses because they are being poached to work in these areas. "They're looking for pools of talent that have high levels of training and experts who preferably speak English, so Australia is a prime target," Australian Tourism Export Council managing director Matt Hingerty told the Daily Telegraph. [Read More]
Isotope shortage creates healthcare crisis
The shutdown of two aging nuclear reactors that produce a radioisotope widely used in medical imaging has forced physicians all over the world to postpone or cancel necessary scans for heart disease and cancer, or turn to alternative tests that are not as accurate, take longer, and expose patients to higher doses of radiation. Every day, nearly 55,000 Americans and tens of thousands of patients in other countries undergo nuclear medicine tests, notes this article in the Los Angeles Times. In addition to the care-related quality issues created by the shortage, it is also creating a strain on hospital finances, according to the Times. [Read More]
Tories unveil NHS database plans
Conservatives in the United Kingdom have promised huge cost savings for the National Health Service by scrapping government plans for a central database of patient records. The new proposal includes plans for electronic medical records being stored locally by physicians and hospitals, with patients having online access to their information. But some argue the Conservatives' plans raised concerns about patient confidentiality. [Read More]
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Global Health Headlines
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MRSA Cases Drop After Facilities Agree to Self Report
Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media - August 10, 2009
Encourage and Develop a Culture of Innovation
Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media - August 10, 2009
Healthcare's Misunderstood Values
Jim Molpus, for HealthLeaders Media - August 5, 2009
Consumers Spent $33.9 Billion on Alternative Treatments in One Year
Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media - August 5, 2009
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Time For 'Dr. Next'?
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Generation X and its life-balancing, tech-oriented, team-playing doctors is taking over. But what kind of care will they give us? [Read More] |
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Service Line Management |
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Prepare for the Cancer Boom
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Aligning the right cancer care team and utilizing the appropriate technology is essential for maintaining a patient-centered service line. [Read More] |
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Audio Feature
CIO Strategies: Implementing IT in a Depressed Economy: Patty Lavely, senior vice president and CIO of Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, GA, says CIOs should focus on educating senior executives about what it really takes to support advanced HIT systems, such as staffing levels, infrastructure requirements, and system reliability standards. [Listen Now]
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