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People With Disabilities And Others: Please Fill Out This Survey From Mass DPH
[From Mass DPH:] Help influence health care in Massachusetts. The Health and Disability Program, part of Office of Health Equity at the MA Department of Public Health (DPH) is conducting a health need… more →
People With Disabilities And Others: Please Fill Out This Survey From Mass DPH
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wrote 1 week ago: [From Mass DPH:] Help influence health care in Massachusetts. The Health and Disability Program, par … more →
Hour Limits on Interns May Have Unintended Consequences
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wrote 3 weeks ago: No one wants an exhausted doctor making decisions about their health. That’s why the Accreditation C … more →
This is Scary: MRSA Transmission From Animals To Us
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A recent study has confirmed that methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is being transm … more →
Teresa Sappington
wrote 3 weeks ago: After entering the health care field as a medical assistant, Ms. Sappington decided to promote healt … more →
Using patient-reported data to improve chronic disease care
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wrote 3 weeks ago: The new issue of AHRQ’s Innovations Exchange describes several new tools that allow patients t … more →
SQAC Prioritizes Patient-Centered Care and Behavioral Health
wrote 3 weeks ago: The Statewide Quality Advisory Committee met Monday and discussed priorities for the coming year as … more →
Health-Related Doctors Review To Do With House
wrote 3 weeks ago: Follow-up care or push to another surgery professional is taken care of much more quickly when PACS … more →
Report: U.S. Could Save Billions In Health Reforms
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A recent report from the Bipartisan Policy Center Health Care Cost Containment Initiative concludes … more →
National Quality Measures Clearinghouse Measures Matrix
wrote 1 month ago: The National Quality Measures Clearinghouse (NQMC) is a public resource for evidence-based quality m … more →
Ensuring Patient Safety: Making Sure Medical Tourism Puts Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
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wrote 1 month ago: The medical tourism industry prides itself on the better quality of care found in hospitals in medic … more →
Changing the Culture of Silence
wrote 1 month ago: Brigham and Women’s Hospital has been leading the way in transparency around medical errors, as a re … more →
Hospital Mortality Trends, 2000-2010
wrote 1 month ago: Hospital inpatient deaths have declined by 8% over the most recent ten years available, down from 77 … more →
Do Facebook “Likes” of Hospitals Indicate Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Care?
wrote 1 month ago: Apparently so, at least according to a new study by researchers at the Healthcare Innovation and Tec … more →
Nominate a Compassionate Caregiver
wrote 1 month ago: Anyone who has spent time in a hospital knows how much of a difference compassion and support from c … more →
Health Care Transparency Effectiveness & Value Depends On Data Quality, Understanding & Awareness
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wrote 1 month ago: AHCJ Website 2012 CMS Hospital Inspection Deficiency Reports & Other Transparency Data Tool Requ … more →
Lack of Consistency -- medical care variability
wrote 1 month ago: An Interim Report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) about geographic variations in care was just … more →
New Public Database Launched for CMS Hospital Complaint Inspection Reports
wrote 1 month ago: The Association of Health Care Journalists has launched a new web site, hospitalinspections.org, tha … more →
Second Opinion -- really?
wrote 1 month ago: Dr. Kiley asks Dr. Welby for a second opinion (circa 1970). What was the story? A crusty patient d … more →
Consumer vs Traditional Ratings of Hospital Performance
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wrote 2 months ago: Crowd-sourced consumer ratings of businesses have grown in popularity on the web, and the number of … more →
