HealthLeaders Media Stories – 2011
updated Sunday Jan. 1, 2012
~ indicates a regular weekly column on healthcare quality
Note: Many if not most of these links no longer work. However, I’ve found that a Google search for the headline turns up the piece. Sorry for the inconvenience.
~ Dec. 29 • How Hospitals Can Save Millions Helping Homeless
http://bit.ly/u14Nw4
Dec. 29 • HHS to Pay $296M in Bonuses to States Meeting CHIP Targets
http://bit.ly/sEFzI5
Dec. 27 • Top 12 Healthcare Buzzwords for 2012
http://bit.ly/suZ6Q8
Dec. 19 • 20 People Who Make Healthcare Better—2011
http://bit.ly/vZxvoj
- AnnMarie Papa
http://bit.ly/s104oQ - Michael Edmond, MD
http://bit.ly/sgDjSg - George Berci, MD
http://bit.ly/rBLTNw
Dec. 16 • 1 in 3 Dialysis Centers Subject to Medicare Penalties
http://bit.ly/vq8R1C
Dec. 15 • CMS Rule Would Make Drug, Device Makers’ Payments to Docs Transparent
http://bit.ly/tuVERI
~ Dec. 15 • IHI: Getting Surgeons to Embrace Safety
http://bit.ly/tQhJi8
Dec. 14 • 9 Ways to Prevent Fatigue-Related Errors in Healthcare
http://bit.ly/u8RCpo
Dec. 12 • Immediate Jeopardy: 14 CA Hospitals Fined $850,000
http://bit.ly/uHpJYM
~ Dec. 8 • IHI: Hospitals, Patients Rethink Care; Berwick Blasts Rhetoric
http://bit.ly/w5e3dD
Dec. 7 • IHI: Berwick on ACOs, Congress, Fraud
http://bit.ly/uD6DEN
~ Dec. 1 • 10 Ways ICD-10 Will Improve Quality of Care
http://bit.ly/u9TZBO
Nov. 23 • Healthcare Leaders React to Super Committee’s Failure
http://bit.ly/s75DsQ
Nov. 21 • Top 12 Uncertainties Hovering Over Healthcare
http://bit.ly/szTjcR
~ Nov. 17 • Lifting A Regulatory Burden Could Create Dangerous Consequences
http://bit.ly/ulWDzn
Nov. 17 • ICD-10 Cost, Timing Concerns Explain AMA Vote
http://bit.ly/scWjtn
Nov. 16 • Call Yourself An ACO? Prove It
http://bit.ly/slenLD
Nov. 10 • IOM Issues 10 HIT Recommendations for Patient Safety
http://bit.ly/uarl5b
~ Nov. 10 • Rise in MRI Calamities Highlighted at FDA Safety Session
http://bit.ly/tJrwOT
No. 9 • Hospital ‘Observation’ Status Prompts Federal Class Action Suit
http://bit.ly/uXwQmv
Nov. 7 • Doctors Await Decision on SGR, Pay Cuts
http://bit.ly/so1oW7
~ Nov. 3 • What Would Super Committee Say About $430M Proton Beam Center War?
http://bit.ly/se2DXc
Nov. 2 • When Medical Errors Happen, Executives Shouldn’t Hide
http://bit.ly/sPDzOB
Nov. 2• CMS Pushed to Improve Reporting on Adverse Events
http://bit.ly/sMl2Kw
Oct. 28 • HHS: Medicare Part B Costs to Drop in 2012
http://bit.ly/sUo6bp
~ Oct. 27 • Infection Clusters in Chemo Clinics ‘Tip of the Iceberg,’ Says CDC
http://bit.ly/uvhDLz
Oct. 27 • CA Details Bariatric Surgery Trends by Hospital
http://bit.ly/sU3MeM
Oct. 25 • ACO Final Rule: 10 Healthcare Leaders Sound Off
http://bit.ly/saSGlN
~ Oct. 20 – Medicare Rule May Discourage Brain CTs in ED
http://bit.ly/nnLqf8
Oct. 20 • ACO Final Rules Ease Requirements, Reduce Risk
http://bit.ly/nxDihg
Oct. 20 • MRSA Down, C. Difficile Up Slightly, Says CDC
http://bit.ly/psK7Qd
Oct. 19 • HHS Floats $5B Package to Cut ‘Burdensome’ Hospital Regs
http://bit.ly/nxlmN9
Oct. 17 • ACEP Fights State Medicaid Cuts in WA
http://bit.ly/pYlmZA
Oct. 17 • ACEP Chief: ER Docs Must Look Beyond Acute Care
http://bit.ly/oGljhS
~ Oct. 13 – $500M in Readmission Prevention Funds to Bypass Hospitals
http://bit.ly/qmU1LK
Oct. 13 • Medicare Advantage Sales Scams on the Rise in CA
http://bit.ly/oHwNhC
Oct. 11 – AMA Asks Medicare to Start Paying Doctors for Care Coordination
http://bit.ly/p41Ek4
Oct. 10 • CMS, FDA to Launch Parallel Review of New Medical Devices
http://bit.ly/pOMWrL
Oct. 7 • Lowest Quality Care Goes to Poor, Minority Patients
http://bit.ly/p2gN5z
~ Oct. 6 • 8 Reasons Why Hospitals Should Reduce Bed Volume
http://bit.ly/nljbq5
Oct. 6 • Advance Directives Curb Hospital Costs In High-Spending Regions
http://bit.ly/pm5Vsn
Oct. 5 • Same-Day Discharge for Elective PCI Patients Cuts Hospital Costs
http://bit.ly/p4YutV
Oct. 4 • Home Laundry No Match for Pathogen-Infected Scrubs
http://bit.ly/qqx6nI
Oct. 3 • NCQA Pushes for Clarity in HIX Proposed Rules
http://bit.ly/qXuXnc
Sept. 30 • Stenting’s Steep Learning Curve Linked to High Mortality Rates
http://bit.ly/p7KE3c
~ Sept. 29 • Fisher: Readmission Problem Needs a Teaching Hospital Solution
http://bit.ly/piulnM
Sept. 28 • Dartmouth Atlas: Readmission Rates Show ‘Not Much Progress’
http://bit.ly/piulnM
Sept. 26 • MA Hospitals Cry Foul Over State Readmission Fines
http://bit.ly/r8VbAU
Sept. 26 • Patient Dies During Lockout in CA Nurses’ Strike
http://bit.ly/oLHdWU
~ Sept. 22 • Joint Commission ‘Best’ List Draws Skepticism from C-Suite
http://bit.ly/qNIS5P
Sept. 22 • CDC Issues Draft Guidelines for Testing Donor Transplant Organs
http://bit.ly/mT8RTK
Sept. 21 • Groups Call for Transparency in Hospital Accreditation Survey Findings
http://bit.ly/mT8RTK
Sept. 21 • Data Predicts Erectile Function After Cancer Treatment
http://bit.ly/nhWkyM
Sept. 20 • MedPAC Releases SGR Repeal Proposal
http://bit.ly/qoWBq9
Sept. 16 • CFO Exchange: Weighing Expenses Against Quality Mandates
http://bit.ly/nztCKt
~ Sept. 15 • Best and Worst Hospitals for 30-Day Mortality
http://bit.ly/mYwg9d
Sept. 15 • Joint Commission Top Hospitals List Shuns Academic Medical Centers
http://bit.ly/oqlmnR
Sept. 14 • HHS Launches Heart Disease Prevention Campaign
http://bit.ly/op2ES6
Sept. 13 • Improving the Patient Experience
http://bit.ly/oxIKaQ
Sept. 12 • Overhaul of Physician Education System Recommended
http://bit.ly/qlYtx0
~ Sept. 8 • Immediate Jeopardy at Parkland Puts VBP Incentive Pay in Peril
http://bit.ly/rmxUlz
Sept. 8 • 12 CA Hospitals Fined for Immediate Jeopardy Violations
http://bit.ly/pIh8m1
Sept. 8 • Heart Transplant Scores Predict One-Year Survival Rates
http://bit.ly/narNdb
Sept. 7 • Half of Internal Medicine Residents Report Burnout
http://bit.ly/r38Wjg
Sept. 6 • Brain Attack Coalition Strengthens PSC Guidelines
http://bit.ly/qZgooU
Sept. 1 • Readmission Rates Revealed for 292 Worst Hospitals
http://bit.ly/oRs80p
Sept. 1 • Clinicians’ Clothing Found to Carry Pathogens
http://bit.ly/njlpvo
Aug. 31 • AHA Letter Details VBP Program ‘Failures’
http://bit.ly/n3rQUc
Aug. 30 • Revise Generic Drug Labeling, Petition Urges
http://bit.ly/railu1
Aug. 29 • Mammography Screening Debate Reignites
http://bit.ly/qgorXO
Aug. 26 • MMR Vaccine Does Not Cause Autism, Says IOM
http://bit.ly/q1pqrW
Aug. 25 • TJC Calls for Restraint in Diagnostic Radiation
http://bit.ly/re9GZG
~ Aug. 25 • Solution to ‘Devastating’ Surgical Awareness Remains Elusive
http://bit.ly/qd2wxl
Aug. 25 • Medication Lapses Put Discharged Patients at Risk
http://bit.ly/n3GEyd
Aug. 24 • CMS Trials Bundled Payments for Episodes of Care
http://bit.ly/nOy0yE
Aug. 22 • NQF Endorses 41 Standards of Pediatric Care
http://bit.ly/nrzwCH
Aug. 19 • Healthcare Workers Still Skeptical About Flu Vaccinations
http://bit.ly/o3qRk4
~ Aug. 18 • Inside Cardiology’s PCI Problem
http://bit.ly/r6lgE0
Aug. 18 Use of RAI for Thyroid Cancer Comes Under Scrutiny
http://bit.ly/oC8h9w
Aug. 17 • Price Gouging Spikes Drug Costs Up to 4500%, Purchasing Group Says
http://bit.ly/osfoXY
Aug. 16 • Medicare Proposes Alcohol, Depression Screening Rules
http://bit.ly/oR4Qlr
Aug. 15 • HHS Unveils Proposed HIX Rules
http://bit.ly/pqQ9OZ
Aug. 15 • Top 10 Reasons For Pediatric Hospitalizations
http://bit.ly/pZ5Hub
Aug. 15 • Nurse Education Key to Scope-of-Care Debate
http://bit.ly/r79SAA
Aug. 15 • Selecting a Strategy to Stop HAI
http://bit.ly/n6tmBY
Aug. 15 • Studies Differ on Universal Testing
http://bit.ly/raemCF
Aug. 12 • Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, 11th Circuit Appeals Court Rules
http://bit.ly/nfBFVz
~ Aug. 11 • How Debt Ceiling Shenanigans Could Damage Healthcare
http://bit.ly/nqAc3D
Aug. 11 • Skin Infections Linked to Tattoo Ink
http://bit.ly/o3qRk4
Aug. 11 • Rise in CT Use in ED Curbs Admissions, Transfers
http://bit.ly/qkf5Mt
Aug. 10 • APRNs Provide Care Equal to Doctors, Review Concludes
http://bit.ly/qBk7pi
Aug. 9 • CMS Expands HospitalCompare Data
http://bit.ly/nll1NM
Aug. 8 • 5 Ways to Prevent Radiation Therapy Errors
http://bit.ly/qdnKYI
Aug. 4 • States Strengthen Insurance Hike Oversight
http://bit.ly/pmXAvV
Aug. 4 • Pharma Data Mining Restriction Options Available
http://bit.ly/n84dP9
~ Aug. 4 • How Healthcare Might Be Like Garlic
http://bit.ly/q4NAC1
July 29 • MGMA: Proposed HIPAA Disclosures Rule ‘Unworkable’
http://bit.ly/pbsBST
~ July 28 • Speed of ED Care Goes Under Quality Microscope
http://bit.ly/nJrBZh
July 28 • States to Get Drug Rebates Even Under Managed Care
http://bit.ly/o0GbtK
July 27 • Scripps Receives Record $45 Million For Heart Center
http://bit.ly/pFPC9Y
July 27 • CHF Readmission Prevention Efforts Costly for Hospital
http://bit.ly/pFPC9Y
July 25 • AAFP Calls For Revisions to RVU Formula
http://bit.ly/perQn3
July 25 • Low Health Literacy Links to Healthcare Spending Confirmed
http://bit.ly/pePDY4
~ July 21 • 7 Lessons from AHA’s Leadership Summit
http://bit.ly/nHVJRz
July 21 • While VA Wrong Surgery Rates Drop, Close Calls Rise
http://bit.ly/rrqQJp
July 19 • AHA Takes On Racial Disparities in Care, Leadership
http://bit.ly/p3kjLH
July 18 • 20% of Homeless Hospitalized 3 Times in Last Year
http://bit.ly/olzMKi
July 18 • Hospital System, Citing Costs, Hones In On Employees’ Health
http://bit.ly/owsJNy
July 14 • Senators Batter CMS Over Anti-Fraud Efforts
http://bit.ly/nhuk82
July 14 • CDC Seeks to Improve Ambulatory Care Safety
http://bit.ly/r97v4Q
~ July 14 • Could Video Cameras in the OR Prevent Wrong-Site Surgery?
http://bit.ly/pVoCr5
July 13 • Revascularization of AMI Patients Persists Despite No Demonstrated Benefit
http://bit.ly/pBLUQA
July 13 • Exploring Process-Outcome Correlation
http://bit.ly/ovHxoz
July 11 • 15 HCAHPS Buzzwords Every Provider Should Know
http://bit.ly/oQJj0W
July 11 • 3 HHS Programs Aim to Reduce States’ Dual Eligible Costs
http://bit.ly/pzI5p2
July 11 • GAO Finds Gaps in Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance by CDC
http://bit.ly/qjcFJx
July 8 • OIG Slams Medicare for Wheelchair Reimbursements, Again
http://bit.ly/raBCZR
July 5 • Joint Commission Unveils Wrong Site Surgery Prevention Tool
http://bit.ly/kPcDKc
July 1 • HHS Issues Final Interim ‘Red Tape’ Rule
http://bit.ly/mGLROk
~ June 30 • Videos Go ‘Viral’ in Fight Against HAIs
http://bit.ly/lbwdV4
June 30 • Breast Surgery Complications Multiply When Patients Are Obese
http://bit.ly/jaU1Dt
June 29 • RWJ Launches Healthcare Quality Data Website
http://bit.ly/ksC1sX
June 27 • Top 10 Infection Control Challenges
http://bit.ly/iLNjtw
June 27 • For Infection Prevention, Try Duct Tape
http://bit.ly/jBeGsH
June 27 • CDPH Data Breach Affects 9,000 State Workers
http://bit.ly/iGHIfS
June 24 • Dartmouth Revises Medicare Spending Variation Report
http://bit.ly/k7DnZP
June 24 • Supreme Court Rejects VT Law on Prescription Data
http://bit.ly/l1ubqj
~ June 23 • Risk of Surgical Infection Rises with OR Noise Levels
http://bit.ly/lLNYz8
June 22 • Mortality Risk in STEMI Patients Linked to Slow Transfers
http://bit.ly/iNU8Yc
June 22 • Tech Advances for Tonsillectomy Not Necessarily Better
http://bit.ly/k0IR7n
June 21 • AMA Affirms Support for Individual Mandate
http://bit.ly/m3zJzo
~ June 16 •ACEP Chief Rails Against ED Diversions, Scheduling
http://bit.ly/iRiAIc
June 15 • Pronovost: Surveillance Bias Threatens Quality Payment Fairness
http://bit.ly/mJ1DMp
June 14 • ED Diversion Raises Heart Attack Mortality
http://bit.ly/mTDT7w
June 14 • CABG, PCI Rates Decline in CA
http://bit.ly/leKn9c
June 13 • Scripps Announces ACO-like Integrated Delivery Network
http://bit.ly/kA0Eec
June 13 • Sponge Solution Remains Elusive
http://bit.ly/kV5BaS
~ June 9 • CMS’ Final HAC Rule Baffles Hospitals
http://bit.ly/lzql8Y
June 9 • Proposed ACO Rules Attract Public Gripes
http://bit.ly/ieyMld
June 8 • APIC, SHEA Seek to Block Infection Disclosure Rules in CA
http://bit.ly/kTFQU6
June 7 • VA Cancer Care Rivals Private Sector Quality
http://bit.ly/jBsWqV
June 6 • 12 Hospitals Fined For Patient Harm, Deaths in CA
http://bit.ly/l27OcD
June 3 • IOM Calls for Medicare Reimbursement Formula Overhaul
http://bit.ly/maMlw0
June 2 • Mobile Phones in Hospitals Pose Pathogen Threat, Researchers Say
http://bit.ly/jwbOjj
June 2 • MGH Customizes CT Radiation Doses via ‘Virtual Autopsy’
http://bit.ly/kyQTFl
May 27 • Dartmouth Links Primary Care Quality to Actions, Not Numbers of Doctors
http://bit.ly/m2VeOH
May 27 • CMS Paid Medicare Drug Costs for Deceased Patients, Audit Reveals
http://bit.ly/jy3lQ1
~ May 26 • Add ‘Healthcare Innovation Center’ to Buzzwords List
http://bit.ly/jJ22Q5
May 25 • NY Mulls Physician ‘Dress Code Council’ Bill
http://bit.ly/kxX3h9
May 24 • Lower Risk of Death Linked to Optimism in Heart Patients
http://bit.ly/kPL3rA
May 25 • Senators Urge White House to Withdraw ACO Proposal
http://bit.ly/iKfwtV
May 24 • Quest Settles $241M Whistleblower Case
http://bit.ly/jue19B
May 20 • 5% of Hospital Costs Attributed to Maternal Care
http://bit.ly/izE4Ou
~ May 19 • Surgical Survival Predictors May Be The Next Big Quality Metric
http://bit.ly/kEpwxv
May 19 • Up to 1 in 4 Patients Skip Oral Cancer Drugs on Costs
http://bit.ly/kxiauy
May 18 • ACO Concerns Elicit Enticements from CMS’ Berwick
http://bit.ly/izBObB
~ May 12 • Rare Malnutrition, Sepsis Cases Dog Hospital Group
http://bit.ly/lkiO5F
May 13 • The New ED: Keep Patients Out (but Happy) (cover)
http://bit.ly/jtZo5a
May 13 • On Board with Quality
http://bit.ly/jnA2rF
May 6 • Headaches Drive 3 Million ED Visits Annually
http://bit.ly/igU4Bn
~ May 5 • NQF Founder: Quality Measure Science Still ‘Immature’
http://bit.ly/mlnmDy
May 5 • Bedside Devices a ‘Death Trap,’ Says Advocacy Group
http://bit.ly/iKAjKo
May 4 • $76B in Pediatric Healthcare Costs Linked to Environmental Factors
http://bit.ly/jNosmS
May 4 • CABG Procedures Down 30%, Stenting Flat
http://bit.ly/khpOvz
May 2 • 3 Myths About Safe Injection Practices
http://bit.ly/j3frrV
April 28 • Special Report
Leaders Respond to CMS’ Proposed ACO Regulations
http://bit.ly/kpLtKx
April 29 • ED Physicians Sound Alarm on Overcrowding
http://bit.ly/j2P1Pd
April 29 • Berwick Announces CMS Final Value-Based Purchasing Rules
http://bit.ly/kxfV9y
April 29 • Could ACOs Reinforce Disparities Among Patient Populations?
http://bit.ly/ihZgUu
~ April 28 • Healthcare Lingo Hobbled by Political Correctness
http://bit.ly/in7zvz
April 28 • Low Health Literacy Linked to Mortality in CHF Patients
http://bit.ly/ilPge7
April 27 • IOM Calls for National Quality Measures for Pediatric Healthcare
http://bit.ly/dJO4SX
April 27 • FDA Urged to Ban Medical Use of Latex Gloves
http://bit.ly/kwqa97
April 26 • The Coming Age of the Patient Navigator
http://bit.ly/fUTB0a
April 25 • ACP Calls for National Strategy on Healthcare for Immigrants
http://bit.ly/f0WoVg
April 22 • ED Management Strategies Linked to Revenue Recovery
http://bit.ly/holpwc
~ April 21 • How Will Partership for Patients Reduce Medical Harm?
http://bit.ly/g6ECRl
April 21 • Drug Store Sanitizers Don’t Kill MRSA
http://bit.ly/eSmDAh
April 20 • Value-Based Payment Rules May Be Bound for ASCs
http://bit.ly/g7ru8U
~ April 14 • Who’s Being Transparent With HAC Data?
http://bit.ly/gjG2JR
~ April 7 • 1 in 3 Hospitalized Patients Suffers an Adverse Event
http://bit.ly/fvT9zH
April 7 • Adverse Events in Hospitals Largely Undetected
Adverse Events in Hospitals Largely Undetected
April 6 • 13 Hot ACO Buzzwords All Providers Should Know
http://bit.ly/eFnBrM
April 1 • AHRQ Reports Declines in Diabetes Care
http://bit.ly/hCNixA
~ March 31 • Elected Boards No Way to Run a Hospital
http://bit.ly/iizPEn
March 31 • Map Ranks States’ Health County-by-County
http://bit.ly/hJF3Fl
March 30 • Hospital Drug Shortages Reach 10-Year High, Cost Hospitals $200M Annually
http://bit.ly/fxZK8a
March 30 • AMA Launches Mobile App and Challenge
http://bit.ly/fnaekR
~ March 24 • Hospital Chiefs Still Grappling With Reform
http://bit.ly/hCNixA
March 18 • CEO Turnover Highest at Nevada Hospitals
http://bit.ly/hnSsFe
~ March 17 • CMS Needs to Come Clean on Immediate Jeopardy
http://bit.ly/e2bmk3
March 17 • 55 Percent of Censured Docs Face No Licensing Action by State Medical Boards
http://bit.ly/fDUr9e
March 17 • Inpatient Mortality Linked to Nurse Understaffing
http://bit.ly/eCxZvQ
March 16 • MedPAC Calls for Pay Raise for Doctors, Hospitals
http://bit.ly/iceTde
March 16 • Checking Credentials
http://bit.ly/f0E6RK
March 15 • CA Investigating Latest Health Net Data Breach
http://bit.ly/gaosoi
March 15 • OIG Cries Foul on CMS Sexual Dysfunction Drug Reimbursements
http://bit.ly/hfg6ac
March 11 • Cancer Survivor Ranks Expanding
http://bit.ly/fRhhBs
March 11 • Dramatic Increase Seen in Patients Leaving The Hospital AMA
http://bit.ly/ftV7gY
March 10 • AHA: Hospital Pricing Variations Unrelated to M&A Activity
http://bit.ly/dLID8R
~ March 10 • 10 Ways CMS’s Value-Based Purchasing Proposal is Flawed
http://bit.ly/grz8a9
March 9 • 1 in 3 Trauma Patients Discharged to Nursing Homes Die Within Three Years
http://bit.ly/gCjUGu
March 3 • Feds: 92% of Nursing Homes Staffed By Criminals
http://bit.ly/dFqSeJ
March 3 • Sepsis Survival Rates, Costs Vary Greatly by Hospital
http://bit.ly/fZCcZU
~ March 3 • Dartmouth Atlas Challenges Ethics of ‘Doctor-Centric’ Care
http://bit.ly/hsREAI
March 2 • Prescription Instructions Confuse Even Educated Patients
http://bit.ly/ijpihR
March 1 • CLABSI Reductions Saved $1.8B in Healthcare Costs, Says CDC
http://bit.ly/gktRdc
Feb. 24 • MGH to Pay $1M to Settle ‘Potential’ HIPAA Violation
http://bit.ly/hepLAS
~ Feb. 24 • e-Autopsy: Kaiser Hospitals Dig In to Data to Assess Mortality
http://bit.ly/gXCMIz
Feb. 24 • $3.2B Lawsuit Targets Medicare Underpayments
http://bit.ly/g1OD83
Feb. 24 • 5 Ways Green Surgical Teams Save Hospitals Money
http://bit.ly/fFWIbS
Feb. 22 • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates Drop 70% in Study
http://bit.ly/frkng6
Feb. 18 • Plastic Surgeons Trivialize Cancer in Implant Patients, Group Says
http://bit.ly/dSSlzZ
~ Feb. 17 • Doctors, Hospitals Should Share Blame For Recalled Medical Devices
http://bit.ly/hlIAUk
Feb. 16 • Hospice Rates Rise, But Hospitalizations Remain High
http://bit.ly/fZc88h
Feb. 15 • 80 Percent of Recalled Medical Devices Got Little FDA Scrutiny
http://bit.ly/ep6Uyu
Feb. 14 • Medical Image Testing Rate Declines
http://bit.ly/eaBHTv
Feb. 14 • Ensuring ED Specialty Call a Growing Problem in CA
http://bit.ly/e637zu
Feb. 13 • Are Mobile Apps Amazing?
http://bit.ly/h4xS9O
Feb. 13 • Industry Survey – Quality
http://bit.ly/dWYZGp
Feb. 13 • Industry Survey- Community/Rural
http://bit.ly/hJwjHn
~ Feb. 10 • A Hospital Prevents Readmissions, but Threatens Revenue
http://bit.ly/gjf4DC
Feb. 10 • Disease Prevention Gets $750M in Fed Funds
http://bit.ly/eRZOFC
Feb. 9 • Gross Exams of Tonsils ‘Not Cost-Effective,’ Says Researcher
http://bit.ly/gOrowx
Feb. 8 • RFID 100% Accurate in Surgical Sponge Tracking Test
http://bit.ly/eiC1c6
Feb. 7 • Risk of Medical Errors by ED Doctors Linked to Interruptions
http://bit.ly/fTLxp4
Feb. 3 • Fed HIT Chief Blumenthal to Step Down
http://bit.ly/g7JgmM
Feb. 3 • Nurse Anesthetists’ Scope of Practice Challenged Again in CA
http://bit.ly/hP9lBW
Feb. 3 • Back Pain Cost Hospitals $9.5B in 2008
http://bit.ly/gUBm8Y
~ Feb. 3 • Gawande on Checklists: Why Don’t Hospitals Use Them?
http://bit.ly/f83Lw6
Feb. 1 • Higher Spending CA Hospitals Demonstrate Lower Mortality Rates
http://bit.ly/h6D4la
Jan. 31 • Guidant Faces More Legal Action in False Claims Lawsuit
http://bit.ly/hfC2oC
Jan. 31 • MRSA Screenings of ICU Patients Can Reduce Hospital Costs
http://bit.ly/eH2FAe
Jan. 28 • Rates of Early Elective Births ‘Disturbing,’ Says Watchdog Group
http://bit.ly/gI6n0K
~ Jan. 27 • Contain Costs, Some Hospitals Tackle Patients’ Non-Medical Problems
http://bit.ly/fKJI0U
Jan. 27 • AHA: Make Wellness Part of Healthcare Workforce Culture
http://bit.ly/i6ZKtz
Jan. 26 • AMA: Patients Lack Education on Physician Credentials
http://bit.ly/gahPuH
Jan. 26 • CT Scans for Abdominal Pain May Reduce Hospitalizations
http://bit.ly/i0ns5n
Jan. 25 • U.S. Cancer Rate World’s Seventh Highest
http://bit.ly/hiFmX2
Jan. 25 • Medicare Fraud Recovery Totaled $4B in 2010
http://bit.ly/hHJyGK
Jan. 24 • OIG: Medicare Advantage Prepayments Cost CMS Millions
http://bit.ly/eSDuXF
Jan. 21 • CHF Patients May Fare Better, Pay More at High-Volume Hospitals
http://bit.ly/h3NhoK
Jan. 20 • Poll: Physicians Bearish on Healthcare Reform
http://bit.ly/h9mDrM
Jan. 20 • Employer Health Insurance Costs Ratcheting Up Globally
http://bit.ly/ejoV1z
~ Jan. 20 • How Grumpy Patients Can Cost Hospitals Big Bucks
http://bit.ly/hCMGCR
Jan. 18 • MRSA Infects 5% of ED Patients
http://bit.ly/fMUi2X
Jan. 18 • Patient Experience Scores Skew by Region, Providers Say
http://bit.ly/ebRpDn
Jan. 13 • Hospital Infection Detection, Reporting Measures Uneven
http://bit.ly/eJzD45
Jan. 13 • Healthcare Reform Spawns Daunting Regulations (cover)
http://bit.ly/hKKwoV
~ Jan. 13 • How Scripps Health Brewed Up a Plan That Saved $350K
http://bit.ly/fT11uV
Jan. 13 • CMA Files Suit Over Optometrists’ Scope of Practice
http://bit.ly/hPa1Jg
Jan. 12 • Private ICU Rooms Slash HAI Rates by Half
http://bit.ly/eBf6FQ
Jan. 12 • Doctors Communicate Poorly Among Themselves, Study Finds
http://bit.ly/i5p7dn
Jan. 11 • CMS Releases Value-Based Purchasing Incentive Plan
http://bit.ly/i108iW
Jan. 7 • 5 Reasons ACOs Could Fail
http://bit.ly/h18xFS
Jan. 6 • 11 Hot Healthcare Buzzwords for 2011
http://bit.ly/ih9jDt
~ Jan. 6 • Dawning of the Age of Mortality Transparency
http://bit.ly/fxQnE4
Jan. 6 • 11 Hot Healthcare Buzzwords for 2011
http://bit.ly/ih9jDt
Jan. 3 • Top 10 Healthcare Quality Issues for 2011
http://bit.ly/g3rXG6