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Curing the cancer crisis | Remedies needed: Better palliative care, patient-centered approach

By Merrill Goozner | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine

Last week, the IOM declared a crisis in the system for delivering care to the more than 1.6 million who contract cancer and the 500,000 people who die each year from the disease.
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Measuring radiation | Intermountain seeks to limit patient exposure to reduce cancer risk

By Dr. Keith S. White | September 14, 2013 | Print Magazine

Intermountain Healthcare recently launched the nation's first enterprise system to measure and report cumulative medical radiation exposure of patients. Across our 22 hospitals and 185 clinics, our systems and personnel are now compiling data on the...
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Support for diabetics | Health workers aid overstretched docs by helping patients manage disease

By Noreen M. Clark | August 24, 2013 | Print Magazine

While nearly 26 million people are affected by diabetes in the U.S., not everyone has access to the care and services that allow for successful disease management.
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Readmissions penalties at work | Effort pushed most hospitals to reduce or eliminate penalties in second year

By Merrill Goozner | August 17, 2013 | Print Magazine

There was plenty of good news in the second-year results from the CMS' 30-day hospital readmissions penalty program, which was largely overlooked by the press.
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Leapfrog defends methodology and other letters

By Modern Healthcare | August 10, 2013 | Print Magazine

The American Hospital Association wrote to Modern Healthcare last week, “Leapfrog tool 'seriously flawed', unhappy with Leapfrog Group's calculator that helps purchasers identify the millions of dollars in...
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Sermon at the summit | Top-line revenue growth does not translate into better healthcare

By Merrill Goozner | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine

Dr. Donald Berwick, a former CMS chief, likes to remind people he is an advocate and wants to pursue his agenda as a candidate for governor of Massachusetts. He might add the title of preacher, too.
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Leapfrog tool 'seriously flawed'

By Modern Healthcare | August 03, 2013 | Print Magazine

The American Hospital Association and its members are committed to providing safe, high-quality healthcare. A major part of that effort is to provide reliable information to patients and their families so that they can make the best decisions about their...
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Win the battle, lose the war? | Intergenerational differences among docs may define future of healthcare

By Sean K. Murphy | July 13, 2013 | Print Magazine

If you believe the critical battles over implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) are being fought among politicians, you're wrong. The real fight is taking place in doctors' lounges at hospitals across the country.
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EHR push raises ethical questions

July 08, 2013 | Basic Web

Regarding “HHS signs off on IT patient-safety plan”: Perhaps the government should have figured out how to standardize reporting of IT and EHR safety issues before requiring and incentivizing us to use them.
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The importance of basics | Seventeen essential questions for outpatient oncology clinics

By Dan Shapiro | July 06, 2013 | Print Magazine

Since writing a cancer memoir in 2000, I've given talks at more than 150 hospitals and oncology clinics. I learned that many centers and clinics invest far more in their coffee stations, light airy infusion rooms and brochures than on the basics that make a...
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