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Florida nursing shortage needs urgent attention, group says
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, August 29, 2008
California hospital workers stage 24-hour strike
San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 2008
Urban medical schools feel weight of uninsured
AP/Chicago Tribune, August 29, 2008
WHO study backs universal healthcare
AP/Yahoo News, August 29, 2008
Doctor-celebrity confidentiality: Does it even exist?
USA Today, August 29, 2008
Yakima, WA, medical school to open two more colleges
AP/Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 29, 2008
Las Vegas hospital workers file complaint about care
AP/San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 2008
Extra pounds mean insurance fees for Alabama workers
Associated Press, August 29, 2008
TB scare brings babies, parents to Kaiser
San Francisco Chronicle, August 29, 2008
Emergency doctors dispute McCain advisor’s take on healthcare
Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2008
Guilty plea in Los Angeles skid row health fraud
Los Angeles Times, August 29, 2008
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Audio: OR Scheduling Revisited
Kathryn Hays, MSN, RN, CNOR, senior clinical director of the OR at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center discusses how they improved efficiency in their operating rooms and process improvement strategies. +
Carrie Vaughan, for HealthLeaders Media
August 29, 2008
Audio: ICD-10 Woes
Robert Tenant, senior policy advisor with MGMA, discusses the CMS proposed timeline for implementing the ICD-10 code set and explains the administrative burden it could place on medical practices. +
Elyas Bakhtiari, for HealthLeaders Media
August 28, 2008
Contributed Feature: The Recruiting Challenge for Internal Medicine
Contributors Allen Dye and Troy Fowler from physician search firm Merritt, Hawkins & Associates examine factors that make internal medicine one of the most challenging specialties to recruit and offer suggestions from attracting internists in today's market. +
Allen Dye and Troy Fowler, for HealthLeaders Media
August 28, 2008
Magazine: Participation Required
A Chicago hospital overcomes its struggle to implement medication reconciliation by getting leaders truly on board. +
Molly Rowe, for HealthLeaders Magazine
August 2008
Contributed Feature: Underpayments Continue With Transfer DRGs
In 2004, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services instituted a "one-way edit protocol" for transfer diagnosis-related groups. CMS says "hospitals are responsible for researching their own claims, identifying underpayments, and correcting claims accordingly." As a result, prospective payment system hospitals may still be underpaid for transfer DRGs, says HealthLeaders Media contributor Bill Phillips. +
Bill Phillips, for HealthLeaders Media
August 25, 2008
