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Hospitals
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Markets offer examples to improve costs, quality
In a New York Times op-ed, Atul Gawande, Donald Berwick, Elliott Fisher and Mark McClellan discuss a recent meeting of…
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Propofol abuse a concern in medical profession
Alicia Mundy of The Wall Street Journal reports that abuse of the common anesthetic propofol has become a problem the…
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Local story idea: Saturday is ‘Patient Safety Day’
Each year, beginning in 2001, July 25 has been designated as “Patient Safety Day.” It is intended to pay tribute…
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Air-traffic-control methods could aid patient safety
An Air Force medic with aviation experience has proposed that principles from a modified air-traffic control system be implemented in…
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Hospitals harness social media
Jackie Fox writes in the Omaha World-Herald about local institutions’ use of social media to reach out to consumers and…
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Reinhardt calls for price research/transparency
Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt – the keynote speaker at Health Journalism 2009 – spoke to U.S. News & World…
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Why should reporters use Twitter? Read on …
By keeping track of area Twitter traffic, reporter Sarah Jane Tribble of the Cleveland Plain Dealer noticed that the Cleveland…
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Shriners may shutter six hospitals
John Barry of the St. Petersburg Times reports that declining membership and a weak economy are conspiring to force cutbacks…
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VA hospitals faulted for lax infection control
The Veterans Affairs health system may be a model for electronic medical records and savvy drug purchasing, but all bets…
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Documentary exposes hospital billing practices
Do No Harm, a documentary that focuses on questionable billing practices at a nonprofit hospital in Georgia, premiered last month…