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Jul 11 2011

Washington Post

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Hotwire For Surgery

Jul 11 2011

HealthLeaders Media

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It’s hospital against hospital in a national contest to see which acute care teams can please their patients the most on the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHP) survey.

Jul 11 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The IPO market has been rocky since early May, and pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and medical-device firms have been completely absent from the roster since late April.

Jul 11 2011

Washington Post

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A health-monitoring service for seniors that’s worn on the wrist

Jul 08 2011

MedPageToday

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Providing quality care remains a challenge in rural critical access hospitals, with clinical outcomes falling short of those seen in more populated urban centers, a retrospective analysis showed.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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A new report finds shows that Americans are getting fatter and notes worse rates among those with low incomes, but some states don’t exactly fit the pattern.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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The Food and Drug Administration has approved 20 new drugs so far this year, just one short of the total for all of 2010, according to a top agency official.

Jul 08 2011

Wall Street Journal

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Are the best hospitals run by medical doctors or business managers?

Jul 08 2011

Healthkey.com

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“Inadequate communication,” according to a 2010 study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, “is associated with worse patient satisfaction, worse trust, more complaints and malpractice claims.”

Jul 08 2011

InformationWeek

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CMS said it plans to allow eligible professionals “to attest in 2012” that they have used their electronic health records to collect data on clinical quality measures as part of the CMS criteria for “Meaningful Use” of EHRs.

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