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Second illness is infecting those struck by meningitis

By New York Times | November 03, 2012

Just when they might have thought they were in the clear, people recovering from meningitis in an outbreak caused by a contaminated steroid drug have been struck by a second illness.
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Medical innovations | Weight-loss surgery for diabetes tops list

By Maureen McKinney | November 03, 2012 | Print Magazine

The Cleveland Clinic's list of top medical innovations for 2013 delivers the gee-whiz factor—a procedure for “cleansing” donor lungs and an almond-sized device implanted in the gums to relieve migraine headaches.
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Anemic prospects? | Nashville marketplace scuttled, doubts hang over N.Y., Cleveland projects

By Beth Kutscher | October 20, 2012 | Print Magazine

And then there were two. Over the past few years, three cities have vied to introduce a convention center-sized “healthcare marketplace”—aiming to attract new businesses and lucrative trade shows—but so far those efforts have yet to come to fruition.
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'Devastating impact' | Budget cuts could stymie user-fee deals, cost jobs

By Jaimy Lee | September 22, 2012 | Print Magazine

Drug and device makers fear the White House's budget-cutting plans will undermine legislation intended to improve the reviews of new products.
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Right there all along | Latest IOM report lays out how to deliver safer, more effective care by using existing strategies, technology

By Maureen McKinney | September 08, 2012 | Print Magazine

The tools required to remake the beleaguered U.S. healthcare system into one that's safe, cost-effective and patient-centered are available right now, according to an Institute of Medicine report.
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Supply-side economics | Purchasing practices at hospitals and health systems continue to evolve, with the supply chain continuing to be a target for large non-labor cost savings

By Jaimy Lee | August 18, 2012 | Print Magazine

Reducing supply costs, whether it's low-cost commodity items such as gloves or high-cost implantables, is a high priority for executives at hospitals of all sizes across the country.
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Finding an apt app | Efforts aim to help navigate mobile health maze

By Joseph Conn | August 11, 2012 | Print Magazine

Experts agree that mobile devices will significantly impact healthcare and not just delivery of care as we know it today. How fast that will happen and how broadly are the unanswered questions.
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Achieving more with wireless | California's El Camino Hospital uses built-in infrastructure and a variety of technologies to improve quality of care, patient experience

By Jaimy Lee | July 07, 2012 | Print Magazine

Ask Greg Walton, chief information officer at El Camino Hospital, to predict the future of healthcare and what he sees is an ever-increasing reliance on wireless technology.
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