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Arrogance without accountability? Where is the media? (Peter Pronovost presentation)
A leader in improving patient safety, Dr. Pronovost tells his story and urges a commitment to accountability.
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Understanding Hospital Issues (Samuel Steinberg presentation)
Steinberg explains current issues facing hospitals, with a particular emphasis on independence versus affiliation.
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MRSA Surivors Network (Jeanine Thomas presentation)
Thomas talks about MRSA from a patient perspective.
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Citizens for Patient Safety (Patty Skolnik presentation)
Skolnick talks about the path that led to Colorado's medical transparency law.
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How a Hospital Failed a Boy Who Didn’t Have to Die (Helen Haskell presentation)
Haskell talks about the hospital errors that she says contributed to her son's death.
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Reducing Health Disparities in the US: what can we do? (Christopher Murray presentation)
Murray uses graphics and statistics to explain what might be done to correct health disparities in the United States.
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The National Healthcare Reports (Ernest Moy presentation)
AHRQ's Dr. Moy explores the links between disparities, data, health care and actual health.
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Racial & ethnic disparities in Organ Donation and Transplantation in Hispanics (Juan Carlos Caicedo)
Dr. Caicedo explains disparities in organ transplantation specific to America's Hispanic population.
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Opportunities and Pitfalls of Spotlighting Regional Cost Differences (Patrick Romano)
Dr. Romano supplies caveats to those looking to interpret health care spending data.
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MedPACReport: Measuring Regional Variation in Medicare Service Use (Mark Miller presentation)
Miller takes on cost variation from the perspective of a federal study.
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