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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010The ASC industry supports a bill that would require hospitals and ASCs to publicly disclose what they charge for services, as well as quality data on those services.
U.S. Psyche Bedevils Health Effort
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009I hate the health-care system — but don’t you dare mess with it.
That’s a pretty apt summary of the American mind-set about health care — and not just now, but for decades. Something about health care calls forth from the national psyche a deep, almost inexplicable schizophrenia, as the latest, delayed effort to…
Seeking Safer Surgerys
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009A 42-year-old woman dies shortly after undergoing five cosmetic procedures in a New York plastic surgeon’s office. A 53-year-old Tucson patient having liposuction and surgery to tighten her jaw line stops breathing. A 21-year-old man has a fatal reaction to anesthesia while undergoing minor genital surgery…
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Researchers warn inability to control costs makes Massachusetts system poor model for reform.
Friday, March 20th, 2009BOSTON — Three years ago, Massachusetts enacted perhaps the boldest state health care experiment in American history, bringing near-universal coverage to the commonwealth with Paul Revere speed.
To make it happen, Democratic lawmakers and Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican, made an expedient choice, deferring until another day any serious effort to control the state’s…
Finding a Way to Ask Doctors Tough Questions
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009Waiting to see his dermatologist about a skin rash, John Barnett heard the doctor sneeze loudly before he came into the exam room. The Seattle-area retiree says it took all his courage to ask, “Are you going to wash your hands before you examine me?”…
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In Just a Flash, Simple Surgery Can Turn Deadly
Monday, March 2nd, 2009An electrical spark from a surgical tool sets off a fire in the breathing tube of a young tonsillectomy patient…..
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Health care reform: You could get cash for health insurance
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008An article in the 11/12/08 Salt Lake Tribune outlines a blueprint by the Legislature’s Health System Reform Task Force for bills that will be drafted and debated this session. ” The thrust of it gives Utahns more options to buy coverage – including the chance to get plans that are mostly free of benefits now…
RID (Reduce Infection Deaths)
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008RID is a not-for-profit educational campaign focused on correcting the staggering number of hospital infections that kills more people each year in the U.S. than AIDS, breast cancer, and auto accidents combined.
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Ambulatory Surgery Centers: A Positive Trend in Health Care
Friday, July 18th, 2008Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are health care facilities which offer patients the opportunity to have selected surgical and procedural services performed outside the hospital setting. Since their inception more than three decades ago, ASCs have demonstrated an exceptional ability to improve quality and customer service while simultaneously reducing costs. At a time when most developments…
Across USA, Anxiety Over Access to Patient Records
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Robert Davis
USA Today
In 2001, Sandee Pingatore was determined to find out why her son, Troy, 29, had died in a California hospital while being treated for a drug overdose just hours after she had been told he was stable. But Pingatore was unable to get the hospital to produce a key medical…
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