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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, October 11, 2012
Researchers find no reduction in the rate of certain hospital-acquired infections after the start of a federal policy prohibiting reimbursement for acute care services necessitated by those infections.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, October 11, 2012
As hospitals move from fee-for-service toward value-based care, medical director contracts for physicians will be increasingly lucrative, a compensations survey suggests. At least 60% of hospitals reported spending at least $500,000 in medical director compensation in 2011.
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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, October 10, 2012
A subsidiary of Detroit's Henry Ford Health System is experimenting with payment models and an evidence-based clinical pathways program for the treatment of cancers. The goals are to improve treatment quality and lower the costs of oncology care.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, October 10, 2012
Rural hospitals have long had to work harder than their urban counterparts to find doctors. With the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it's only going to get tougher, a report suggests.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, October 10, 2012
Britain's National Health Service doesn't need to do a lot of marketing. But 'This is Nursing,' the integrated campaign the NHS launched in response to a series of negative reports, sets a high bar for U.S. healthcare marketers.
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By: September 17, 2012
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By: September 10, 2012
Date: Oct. 16, 2012, 1:00-4:00 p.m. (ET)
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