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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, August 16, 2012
Robert L. (Bob) Smith, a retired Tenet Healthcare executive, replaces Thomas Royer, MD, as the interim CEO of the Parkland Health & Hospital System in Dallas. The safety-net hospital is challenged by serious deficiencies that threaten patient safety.
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By: Scott Mace, for HealthLeaders Media, August 16, 2012
Two nurses have approached the governing body of a California hospital with concerns about patient safety. The move stems from an incident in which one nurse claims that the facility's EpicCare EMR system's dosage recommendation for a heart medication "could have killed" a patient.
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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, August 15, 2012
While upbeat about the growth they are expecting in Medicaid and Medicare enrollments and opportunities around accountable care organizations, senior executives at major public health plans concede that economic factors may be working against them.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 15, 2012
A Federal Communications Commission report details six years' worth of rural projects to bring connectivity to rural areas. Even with billions in federal seed money, it acknowledges that funding challenges for broadband remain a key issue for rural providers that operate on thin margins or in the red.
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By: Marianne Aiello, for HealthLeaders Media, August 15, 2012
How can hospitals most effectively communicate the message about complex technologies to potential patients? Two hospitals share their winning strategies for boosting rates of surgical procedures performed using the da Vinci surgical system.
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By: July 30, 2012
Date: Sept. 14, 2012, 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET
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By: July 30, 2012
Date: September 5, 2012, 9:00–12:00 p.m. PT
Sharp HealthCare leaders reveal the secrets that have enabled them to turn their patient-centered care initiative into a sustainable program that's ingrained in the culture, improves outcomes, and grows stronger over time. By combining their Sharp Experience performance improvement initiative with the Planetree Patient-Centered Care Model, they have built an organization of sustainable patient-centered excellence like no other.
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