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May 16 2014

CDC's Health United States 2013 Report

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
Apr 18 2014

According to a study in the British Medical Journal, as many as 12 million adults could be misdiagnosed during a medical visit, or about 5%.

http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140416/NEWS/304169948/misdiagnosis-could-affect-12m-u-s-adults-annually-study-finds&utm_source=AltURL&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mpdaily?AllowView=VXQ0UnpwZTVEdldZL1IzSkUvSHRlRU90amtvZEErSlY=
Apr 14 2014

According to a study in the American Economics Journal, more experienced nurses are more productive and lead to shorter lengths-of-stay for patients, indicating the value of retaining nurses and teams of caregivers.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/cumc-lnt041114.php
Apr 07 2014

The Association for Health Information Management has expressed concerns about the practice of many EHR vendors including paste and copy medical notes in their systems, warning that use of this functionality can lead to inaccurate medical records and poor quality.

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/AHIMA-Warns-About-Use-of-EHR-Copy-and-Paste-Practices-47574-1.html
Apr 04 2014

According to a study in the British Journal of General Practice, physicians tend to record higher blood pressures than do nurses, which likely reflects patient anxiety and may lead to over-diagnosis of hypertension.

http://bjgp.org/content/64/621/e223.full
Mar 18 2014

Research published in JAMA Surgery finds that most outcome quality measures used to differentiate hospital performance, such as risk-adjusted mortality, are not very reliable or accurate.

http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1840754#Methods
Mar 06 2014

A study in the journal Health Services Research finds that measurement and public reporting of hospital surgical site infection ratings provides consumers with little useful information to differentiate between facilities.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1475-6773.12164/abstract
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