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Wednesday, January 4, 2012

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• Top 12 Healthcare Quality Concerns in 2012
• Stress, Focus Buoy Healthcare Leaders
• Why Do Nurses Join Unions? Because They Can
• How CIOs Cope When the Going Gets Tough
• Top News From Around the Web

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Top 12 Healthcare Quality Concerns in 2012

By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, January 4, 2012

It's tough to pin down only a dozen worrisome quality matters, but drug shortages, transparent quality rankings, and 30-day readmissions rules weigh heavily in the minds of providers.

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Stress, Focus Buoy Healthcare Leaders

By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 4, 2012

Job satisfaction among healthcare leaders has dipped since 2010, but  remains greater than 80%. Members of the HealthLeaders Media Council Council share their thoughts on what accounts for the waning intensity.

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Why Do Nurses Join Unions? Because They Can

By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2012

Nurses know they are in high demand. They know they are not easily replaced. They know their skills—for the most part—cannot be outsourced. Because of all that, they know they don't have to tolerate a dysfunctional workplace.

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How CIOs Cope When the Going Gets Tough

By: Edward Prewitt, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2012

A big concern for IT executives in healthcare is the gap between expectations and the CIO's ability to deliver. Others have foundered on these rocks before you, and have come back with strategies for managing.

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Around the Web

• GOP front-runners see market solutions for healthcare
  Government Health IT, January 4, 2012
• WI scales back Medicaid shortfall by $300M
  Journal Sentinel, January 4, 2012
• Study: Drug research routinely suppressed
  Journal Sentinel, January 4, 2012
• TN firm acquires 2 northeast PA hospitals
  Beaver County Times / Associated Press, January 4, 2012
• Opinion: Darlene Courtois' case shows why healthcare privacy laws exist
  Los Angeles Times, January 4, 2012
• St. John's in Joplin prepares for new hospital construction
  Ozarsfirst.com, January 4, 2012
• Governor Scott panel cannot compare FL hospitals
  The Miami Herald, January 4, 2012
• Drug companies reduce payments to doctors as scrutiny mounts
  ProPublica.org, January 4, 2012
• Quadriplegic immigrant dies after Chicago-area hospital returned him to Mexico
  Chicago Tribune, January 4, 2012

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Features

• 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better—2011
  HealthLeaders Media Staff, January 3, 2012
• Medicare Rates Face Predictable Cuts in 2013
  Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2011
• 4 Health Plan Trends for 2012
  Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, December 27, 2011
• Top 12 Healthcare Buzzwords for 2012
  Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2012

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