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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2009
If the public plan option is dead—and many members of Congress and virtually every political observer say it is—President Obama may instead press for the creation of local health insurance co-operatives so he can declare victory in the healthcare reform war and go home. The problem is that a lot of people believe co-ops create as many problems as they hope to solve.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2009
The National Quality Forum has endorsed 18 measures for managing over-the-counter and prescription medications. The new measures, which are among the first to be endorsed for medication management, assess prescribing and use of appropriate medications and medication adherence, reconciliation, and monitoring for a variety clinical conditions.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2009
A report that 39% more patients left their hospital beds against medical advice in 2007 compared with 10 years earlier caught one of the nation's leading hospital quality experts off guard. "We had understood this is a growing problem, but these numbers and changes are significant and surprising," says James Conway, senior vice president for the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, adding that he understands "the circumstances that are allowing this to be the case."
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By: MacKenzie Kimball , for HealthLeaders Media, August 19, 2009
Eleven states are currently at various points in the Quality Indicator Survey implementation process, and CMS has announced that the rollout will continue with each remaining state (and the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico) required to initiate training and eventually employ the QIS in full.
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By: Cynthia Johnson, August 19, 2009
With the debate over healthcare reform raging, some physicians are carving out their own path to reform that involves eliminating barriers to care and improving the doctor-patient relationship through the use of technology.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2009
The majority of the nation's hospitals will be smoke-free campuses by the end of 2009, according to a new report from The Joint Commission. The study—The Adoption of Smoke-Free Hospital Campuses in the United States—is the first to examine the national prevalence of smoke-free hospital campus policies.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 20, 2009
The American Hospital Association appointed two new executives to fill positions on the 29-member Joint Commission Board of Commissioners. Their three-year terms begin in January.
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By: Les Masterson, for HealthLeaders Media, August 19, 2009
All of this talk about reducing healthcare costs through reform is a waste of time unless the American population takes responsibility for their own health.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 19, 2009
Is anyone else having trouble understanding why so many people seem so angry or at least nervous about "advance directives" provisions in the Energy and Commerce Committee's health reform proposal?
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By: Gienna Shaw, for HealthLeaders Media, August 19, 2009
The healthcare reform ad wars continue to heat up, with the estimated total spending for the past six months hitting $57 million. Which ones do you think worked best?
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