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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, January 3, 2011
Quality issues such as imaging exposure effects, central line infections, and the doc pay fix dominated headlines in 2010. Here's a roundup of the top 10 quality issues of 2010—many of which could continue to cause concern in 2011.
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By: HealthLeaders Media Staff, January 3, 2011
Patients place considerable confidence in CT scans, but they fail to understand the risks they may be taking, researchers say. Patients may be confident in the evaluations the scans allow, but they substantially underestimate the amount of radiation involved in the process.
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By: HealthLeaders Media Staff, January 3, 2010
A second brain death examination results in significant delay in diagnosis, adds anguish for grieving families, increases ICU costs, and reduces organ donation rate, researchers say.
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By: John Commins, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
Nichols, a primary care physician who for more than three decades served as the only healthcare provider for a remote island in Chesapeake Bay, was one of HealthLeaders Media's 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better in 2010.
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By: Philip Betbeze, for HealthLeaders Media, December 31, 2010
If you were out Christmas shopping the week before the big day, you might've easily missed the latest salvo in a fight that doesn't come to healthcare too often. Of course I'm referring to the increasingly hostile attempt by Community Health Systems, to take over Tenet Healthcare.
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By: Joe Cantlupe, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
Many of the issues that bedeviled doctors in 2010, like the lingering need for a doc fix, will still be with us. And some, such as the ramifications of ongoing physician shortages and the pressure to convert to electronic health records will only intensify.
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By: Cheryl Clark, for HealthLeaders Media, December 30, 2010
The head of an accountable care organization-like physician network is offering a hefty prize for the design of a predictive model that can be used to prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions – and potentially realize savings of up to $30 billion nationwide.
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By: December 16, 2010
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By: February 15, 2011
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