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Before the H1N1 pandemic of 2009, almost no pharmacists administered flu vaccines. But last year, pharmacists working for Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. administered 5.5 million flu shots among the 9 million vaccines they delivered.
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You might occasionally see superheroes washing windows or Star Wars characters roaming the halls at the new Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla.
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Proponents of emerging forms of advanced illness care are banking on new payment models, such as accountable care organizations, to bolster their efforts and provide reliable reimbursement.
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"Of all the transformations reshaping American healthcare, none is more profound than the shift toward value.”
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Air filters marked with dark-amber stains, unexplained variations in drug purity, patients' complaints dismissed without investigation: all were among the deficiencies cited at 31 drug-compounding factories inspected in the past seven weeks by the Food and Drug Administration.
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in the Myriad Genetics gene patenting case, whose outcome could have major financial consequences for healthcare providers and patients and help determine the future affordability of gene-based medical technologies and personalized medicine.
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The cacophony of beeps coming from patient monitors, infusion pumps and other alarm-equipped devices can desensitize clinicians and lead to serious adverse events—even deaths.
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LAS VEGAS—A Nevada jury ordered the state's largest health management organization to pay $500 million in punitive damages to three plaintiffs in a civil negligence lawsuit stemming from a Las Vegas hepatitis outbreak. Two companies—both subsidiaries of UnitedHealth...
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For more than a decade, Scripps Health of San Diego has worked to create internal structures that improve quality—a major cultural shift for the institution.
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Seton Healthcare Family, an Austin, Texas-based division of Ascension Health, named Jesus Garza CEO, effective July 1. Garza, 60, will also start providing oversight of Ascension's Arizona ministry, Carondelet Health Network, and continue serving as the ministry market leader for Ascension...
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