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Texas physician named Staff Care's 'Country Doctor of the Year'
For more than 50 years, David Watson, MD, has given his blood, sweat, and tears to the tiny community of Yoakum, TX...
Many question new ratings of nursing homes
About half of the nursing homes in Texas nursing homes received below-average scores under a new federal system that...
Commentary: Don't even bother with Web-based doc-rating systems
Although the Web is awash with sites eager to give consumers information regarding physicians, online doctor rating...
Web Exclusive: Safety Is In the Eye of the Beholder
Patient safety is of the utmost importance for hospitals. But when different parts of the organization have different...
Do consumers care about cost and quality data?
Two new reports have found that many clinicians remain skeptical of quality comparison information that is now...
Study: Doctors show little empathy
Researchers for the Archives of Internal Medicine have found that some physicians, namely cancer specialists and...
AHRQ releases resources to help prevent blood clots
As many as 600,000 people are affected by deep vein thrombosis blood clots each year, prompting the U.S. Department of...
New communities tapped to share quality, cost data
The federal Health and Human Services agency has named an additional 11 communities to the 14 already designated as...
Bedside manner matters most in doctor choice
When it comes to choosing a doctor, most Americans rank bedside manner and communications skills at the top of the list...
BlueCross of Tennessee doctors get more time to review profiles
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is again trying to ease doctors’ concerns about a tool to allow its members to...