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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 28, 2009
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius continues to press the need for healthcare reform with the release this week of a new government-sponsored report that highlights the escalating cost of healthcare and the threats to coverage for seniors.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, August 28, 2009
Most Americans believe the nation's healthcare delivery system needs to be reformed, but there is no agreement on how it should be done, according to a new Internet poll.
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By: Janice Simmons, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
Rapidly rising healthcare costs, which are taking up greater portions of the gross domestic product, are having an adverse effect on many major industries—especially those that have higher percentages of workers with employer-sponsored insurance, according to a new study from Rand.
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By: Dom Nicastro, for HealthLeaders Media, August 28, 2009
HHS' interim final rule on breach notification released last week included most of the same requirements in the HITECH Act regarding breach notification, there is something new and significant.
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By: Karen M. Cheung, August 31, 2009
A new study is garnering talk about the value of hospitalists and what they actually do for quality. Hospitalists, or hospital physicians dedicated to inpatient care, serve clinical positions, and oftentimes administrative, teaching, and leadership roles. Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard University in Boston found that hospitals with hospitalists performed better than hospitals without.
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By: MacKenzie Kimball, for HealthLeaders Media, August 31, 2009
Thirty-one state attorneys general sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last Thursday, which highlighted the alleged weaknesses of CMS' Five-Star Quality Rating System for nursing homes and requested the feds suspend or revise the system.
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By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, August 28, 2009
Last week, I said in this space that hospital leaders were the only folks showing leadership on healthcare reform. I still maintain that many leaders aren't focusing on quality because someone else is forcing them.
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