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Study: Bacteria a factor in sudden infant death syndrome
Study finds NYC hospitals differ on care at life’s end
Police say man posed as doctor at Piedmont Hospital
Are doctors to blame for low health literacy?
May 29, 2008
Wrong patient almost gets cardiac catheterization at Tampa (FL) General Hospital
Free trade in healthcare
California hospital halts cardiac surgeries due to infections
AHRQ offers guide to patient safety advisory councils
Study: Nonprofit health systems score higher in quality than for-profits
Virtual healthcare worker could save patient time and nursing resources
Consumers Union to rate hospitals
Cardiac response lags in Washington, DC
May 28, 2008
Michigan health systems unite to fight cancer
Doctor sues California hospital, claiming retaliation
Child healthcare varies widely among states
Harvard professor applauds hospital safety but says more should be done
Hospitals move to reduce night shift risk
Survey: Spending doesn’t improve patients’ perception of care
May 27, 2008
There’s a lengthy wait at Orlando-area emergency rooms, and it could get worse
Electronic prescriptions gain ground
Push for stricter plastic surgery rules swells in California
Ties get the boot for British doctors
May 23, 2008
Austin, TX, struggles to care for mentally ill; ERs see result
New safety program to monitor Medicare drug use
May 22, 2008
Patient safety bill would publicize doctors’ names
Scientists ’on brink of cure’ for superbug
MRSA infections on rise outside Tennessee hospitals
Protecting our youngest patients: More must be done
Shedding light on off-hours care
California hospitals fined for putting patients at risk
Bill sets stay in hospital for breast cancer
ICU docs less likely to discuss end-of-life issues with blacks
Day of admission dictates length of stay for heart failure
May 21, 2008
Government ads to show consumers how hospitals rate
May 20, 2008
Columbia, SC, facility completes renovated children’s hospital
Patients help design Cancer Hospital at Cleveland medical center
May 19, 2008
Online, patients-as-consumers are reviewing doctors
Pennsylvania governor touts new program to help chronically ill
In hospitals, simple reminders reduce deadly infections
May 16, 2008
Texas patient dies after policy slows move to ER
Heparin fix leads to new concerns
May 15, 2008
An uphill battle against hospital infections
Hospital infection data may be made public in Ohio
Texans in dark about hospital infections
U.S. health secretary: Chinese Heparin shipped to U.S. now safe
Study finds bar-coded surgical sponges improve patient safety
Five ways to engage physicians
EMR progress falling short of 2014 goals
Cardboard nurses to beat infections in British hospitals
Quaid testifies on peril to newborn twins
Hospital staffs train for safe delivery of babies
Closer follow-up urged for heart implants
May 14, 2008
Doctors can help lower hospital costs
Study: Quality lags at safety-net hospitals
May 13, 2008
Nurses’ union pushes for better staffing
Insurers pay caregivers to track patients
May 12, 2008
New voices in the rounds
May 9, 2008
Healthcare Association of New York receives $105,000 state grant
May 8, 2008
Two percent of New York state doctors on watch list
Minnesota could regulate nurse-patient ratio
One in four disabled seniors use risky or ineffective medicines
Giving doctors a checkup
Drug-resistant, sometimes lethal infections rising in Georgia
More who need major surgery are leaving United States
Rulings limit patients’ ability to sue device firms, drugmakers
Hospital infections: Tracking killer that lies in wait
Quality is the engine that drives this system
Pronovost named to Time's 100 list
Invention could solve resistant disease dilemma
Infection numbers unusually low in Georgia counties
May 7, 2008
Tarrant County, TX, officials are concerned about problems in JPS network
Connecticut Senate approves state health insurance pooling bill
May 5, 2008
C. diff rivals MRSA as the next deadly bacteria threat, experts say
Medical specialties hit by a growing pay gap