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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 1, 2009
Coming soon to Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River: Oncology care branded with the diagnostic expertise, clinical trial variety, and options for chemotherapy—all from prestigious Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, which is 51 miles away.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 1, 2009
Retail medical clinics are becoming a common site in many cities and towns. The clinics, popular for their lower prices, can provide quality care comparable to that offered in physicians' offices, urgent care centers, or hospital emergency departments, according to two separate studies from RAND.
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By: Scott Wallask, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
While they may look like common, innocuous problems to you, The Joint Commission life safety specialists may take a decidedly stricter view. Corridor clutter, damaged fire-rated doors, and unsealed penetrations in rated barriers are three pieces of low-hanging fruit that life safety specialists will target.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
In what appears to be another signal that the recession may have bottomed out, a new report shows that online job listings are on the increase in many employment sectors, with healthcare practitioners and technicians leading the way.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, September 1, 2009
Medicare beneficiaries would see their Part D prescription drug benefits rise by 5% in 2011—and by 20% in 2019—under provisions found in HR 3200, the House's healthcare reform bill, according to the Congressional Budget Office. However, beneficiary spending on prescription drugs—apart from those premiums—on average would fall.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, September 1, 2009
Health insurance does not safeguard people against medical debt in California, where one in seven non-elderly adults is trying to pay off healthcare bills in excess of $2,000. Of those with debt, 1.4 million, or two-thirds, have health coverage. "More than 2.2 million Californians, or 13% of nonelderly adults, reported having medical debt," according to the survey, "The State of Health Insurance in California."
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By: Sarah Kearns, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
After her facility experienced a near miss pertaining to look-alike/sound-alike drugs, an Iowan nurse worked to change her facility's computer system settings to avoid future problems.
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By: Michelle Ponte, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
Parkland Health & Hospital System is the only AAA-rated hospital in the country, but CFO John Dragovits says it owes much of this designation to the underlying credit worthiness and credit standing of Dallas County.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
Twenty-two years after Congress passed legislation that would allow for a Healthcare Integrity and Protection Data Bank to document disciplinary problems, providers still can't access the data.
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