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Intelligence needed, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | March 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
I was encouraged to see you call out “exchange of information” as a key takeaway from this year's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society's annual conference (“Opening...
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Show us the right way, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | March 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
When it comes to infection control, the healthcare industry is paying attention. I am proud to say my staff is as well. The first comment they had when they saw the March 4 cover of Modern Healthcare was, “Look at the dangling masks!”
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Use the VA's record system, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | March 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
As a 30+ year veteran of the Veterans Affairs Department's VistA system and an Air Force veteran, I totally agree with your reporter (“The right and wrong decision,”) that...
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Community view on charity care, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | March 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
There is a schism when examining community benefits at metropolitan hospitals and systems and comparing them to community hospitals (“The charity offering”). One needs to look at the broader picture.
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Look beyond the slogan, and other letters
By Modern Healthcare | February 23, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Joe Carlson's interview with outgoing Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz (“Championing consumers,”) repeated one of the chairman's favorite catchphrases, “pay-for-delay,” in the...
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Hospice deserves more attention
By Modern Healthcare | February 16, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Your recent coverage of the Journal of American Medical Association study on hospice care (“Hospice use increases but aggressive care still common,”) gives this important subject the attention it deserves and...
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Partnerships, not mergers
By Modern Healthcare | February 09, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
After reviewing your recent report on hospital mergers and acquisitions, we offer a suggestion: It is time to update this important report to more accurately reflect our evolving healthcare landscape.
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Pittsburgh deserves choice
By Modern Healthcare | February 02, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
West Penn Allegheny Health System at one time was one of the prominent healthcare providers in Pittsburgh. As a new health system emerged (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) and monopolized the city, WPAHS was...
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Video on demand
By Modern Healthcare | January 26, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
While the recent article “Lost in Translation?” highlights the drawbacks of telephone interpretation in healthcare, it fails to mention the popular technological advancements in interpretation...
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Home-care workforce much larger
By Modern Healthcare | January 19, 2013 | Print Magazine Print Magazine Subscription Details
Joe Carlson's article "Safe at home” understates the number of direct-care workers in the home-care industry. He cites a government source, which tracks home health aides but does not include...
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