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Hospitals
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Reinhardt called out for conflicts of interest
Bloggers and online journalists (Health Care Renewal, the nytpicker, Business Insider) have noticed that Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt, who…
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Officials struggle with timing of outbreak alerts
The Redding (Calif.) Record Searchlight‘s Ryan Sabalow put together a local take on ongoing inconsistencies in how local health departments…
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Reports reveal problems in England’s NHS
England’s Care Quality Commission, a regulatory agency, has found that a quarter of the National Health Services hospital trusts fail…
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Express-News investigates Texas nursing homes
San Antonio Express-News reporters Karisa King, John Tedesco and Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje took advantage of a number of tools to…
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Some Mass. hospital quality measures online
Elizabeth Cooney, writing on White Coat Notes, alerts us to a change in data provided by the Massachusetts Hospital Association…
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Kidney swap connects six in small Mo. town
Joy Robertson of KOLR-Springfield, Mo., tells the story of the coincidences and generosity that led to six residents of Licking,…
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Nurses face dangers of workplace violence
Marlene A. Prost, writing for Human Resource Executive Online, reports that workplace violence is a growing problem for nurses. She…
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AHCJ: Joint Commission site obscures information
In a letter to Mark R. Chassin , M.D., the Joint Commission‘s president and CEO, the Association of Health Care…
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Doctors turn to ‘speed dating’ to find patients
American Medical News‘ Victoria Stagg Elliott outlines a Texas program called “Doc Swap,” which is a sort of speed dating…
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Patient 2.0 empowers patients, worries doctors
Writing for Time, Bonnie Rochman digs into the ramifications of patients sharing information and tips online, an “empowerment movement” she…