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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 25, 2011
Healthcare organizations must be more judicious in deploying CT imaging and other technologies that use harmful radiation for diagnoses, says the Joint Commission.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 25, 2011
Elderly patients who are discharged from the hospital exhibit an elevated risk of failing to renew prescriptions for long-term medications taken to treat chronic diseases, study shows.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, August 24, 2011
Following numerous demonstration projects at a number of large hospital systems, Medicare officials are proposing lump payments to providers for specific episodes of patient illness that extend well after the patient leaves an acute care setting.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 25, 2011
Executives at Henry County Medical Center in Stockbridge, GA have announced that the 215-bed community hospital will affiliate with Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare.
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By: Margaret Dick Tocknell, for HealthLeaders Media, August 24, 2011
With an eye toward cost control and new healthcare reform requirements, employers are beginning to remove annual benefit limits for preventive and wellness services. They'll also offer more incentives and consumer-directed healthcare options, modify retiree health benefits, and continue shifting costs onto employees via 'cost sharing'.
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By: Anna Webster, for HealthLeaders Media, August 24, 2011
Marketers can choose one of two approaches when crafting a campaign – the positive and upbeat or more serious and dramatic. Which do patients respond to more? The answers may surprise you.
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By: Alexandra Wilson Pecci, for HealthLeaders Media, August 24, 2011
A federal initiative to boost jobs includes an expanded loan repayment program and access to capital loans programs for health IT. The addition of just one primary care physician in a rural community generates approximately $1.5 million in annual revenue, the White House says.
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By: August 23, 2011
Date: October 26, 2011
About: Attend on-site or participate via live simulcast. Host Denver Health with invited guest Virtua share how to make continuous quality improvement with a focus on bottom-line value part of your institutional culture and process. LINK:http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-9547-EZINEADB&e_topic=WS_HLM2
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By: August 1, 2011
Date: September 15, 2011
What: Attend on-site or participate via live simulcast About: Learn how host Bon Secours Richmond Health System and invited guest Geisinger Health System maximize downstream revenue in their women's health services, as well as opportunities for integration, quality and customer loyalty. LINK: http://www.hcmarketplace.com/prod-9563-EZINEADB&e_topic=WS_HLM2
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