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� Despite warning, some hospitals get harsh patient safety grade - Dec. 31, 2012
� Demand rises for CME linked to physician quality improvement - Dec. 31, 2012
� Project aims to get 80% of hypertension patients under control - Dec. 24, 2012
� Cut your risk of foodborne illness - Dec. 24, 2012
� Brief: New guidance issued for drug compounding after meningitis outbreak - Dec. 17, 2012
� Simple steps prevent surgical site infections - Dec. 12, 2012
� Doctors caution on initial bleeding risk with warfarin - Dec. 10, 2012
� Drug shortages worsen following pharmacy-related meningitis scare - Dec. 10, 2012
� Primary care push to root out tests with low clinical value - Dec. 5, 2012
� Medicare private plans boost quality in time for bonuses - Dec. 3, 2012
� Story Comment: AMA meeting: Progress is reported on 5-year strategic plan - Nov. 26, 2012
� U.S. primary care doctors making sizeable strides on health IT - Nov. 26, 2012
� Programs preview mainstreaming of personalized medicine - Nov. 26, 2012
� Column: Doctors appeal rulings that diminish error reporting protections - Nov. 19, 2012
� Neurosurgeons test real skills on virtual brains - Nov. 19, 2012
� Few clinical guideline panels follow financial-conflict standards - Nov. 12, 2012
� Decisions doctors must make to avoid Medicare penalties - Nov. 12, 2012
� Medicare finalizes physician pay for new care coordination benefit - Nov. 12, 2012
� Hospitals urged to end punitive responses to error reports - Nov. 5, 2012
� More than half of hospitals don�t screen all ICU patients for MRSA - Oct. 31, 2012
� Meningitis outbreak tests physician trust in compounding pharmacies - Oct. 29, 2012
� Connected Coverage: Meningitis outbreak renews focus on drug safety - Oct. 22, 2012
� Quality gains alone won�t generate ACO bonuses - Oct. 22, 2012
� HIV death rates among uneducated black men high - Oct. 19, 2012
� MedPAC moves toward backing geographic pay reductions - Oct. 12, 2012
� User feedback is key to improving EHR systems - Oct. 10, 2012
� Connected Coverage: IOM's landmark reports over the years - Oct. 8, 2012
� Patients won�t ask physicians to come clean on hand-washing - Oct. 5, 2012
� New products pitched to improve injection safety - Oct. 1, 2012
� Managing 4 risky drug types sending seniors to the ED - Oct. 1, 2012
� Insurers latest to champion medical homes - Oct. 1, 2012
� Nationwide initiative cuts central-line infections by 40% - Sept. 25, 2012
� IOM: Physicians play key role in stopping health system waste - Sept. 24, 2012
� Educational tool helps residents learn value-based care - Sept. 19, 2012
� No pay for UTIs has little effect on hospitals� bottom lines - Sept. 18, 2012
� Medicare modifier could hit unsuspecting doctors with pay cuts - Sept. 17, 2012
� Discussion: Tools for the struggle to eliminate health disparities - Sept. 10, 2012
� U.S. performs poorly on preventable death rates - Sept. 7, 2012
� Checklist developed to help determine viability of quality pay programs - Sept. 6, 2012
� 73% of patients worry about medical errors, poll says - Sept. 4, 2012
� More complex EHRs can result in declines of quality measures - Sept. 4, 2012
� CT cancer risk prompts high-tech efforts to cut radiation dose - Sept. 3, 2012
� Patient safety law protects some documents in court case - Aug. 29, 2012
� NQF draws on AMA toolkit to gauge patient-friendly communication - Aug. 28, 2012
� Patient dumping remains a concern for nation�s EDs - Aug. 27, 2012
� Doctors ask Congress for role in reforming Medicare programs - Aug. 20, 2012
� Hospital initiative cuts readmissions and ED wait times - Aug. 14, 2012
� Hepatitis C outbreak raises public health concerns in 8 states - Aug. 10, 2012
� Most hospital adverse events not reported to state systems - Aug. 8, 2012
� Coming wave of Medicaid patients will test quality at safety-net hospitals - Aug. 6, 2012
� IOM wants map redrawn on Medicare doctor pay - Aug. 6, 2012
� Surgeons balk at withdrawing life support after medical errors - July 31, 2012
� Private shared-savings deal puts half of future raises at hospital system at risk - July 31, 2012
� New �weekend effect� seen in cardiac care - July 30, 2012
� Physician quality: What�s age got to do with it? - July 30, 2012
� Doctors key players in NFL concussion litigation - July 30, 2012
� AMA pushes for more useful explanations of physician performance data and methodology - July 30, 2012
� Employers to emulate Medicare by buying quality care - July 26, 2012
� 3 steps to quality pay for physicians - July 23, 2012
� FDA opioid safety plan focuses on physician education - July 23, 2012
� National Quality Forum upholds rehospitalization measure - July 16, 2012
� Court: Doctors, not drugmakers, must warn patients of risks - July 16, 2012
� Unique medical device identifier proposed - July 12, 2012
� Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - July 11, 2012
� Med schools start picturing their place in a medical home world - July 10, 2012
� AMA and AAMC oppose expanding hospital no-pay list - July 9, 2012
� Health technology and patient-centered principles shown to improve care - July 9, 2012
� Checklist aims to ease burden of disclosing medical errors - July 6, 2012
� Residents willing to work when they�re sick - July 3, 2012
� Hospitals get A, B or C grades on patient safety - June 27, 2012
� NCQA seeks comments on medical home program for specialty practices - June 27, 2012
� Study links statin use to fatigue - June 26, 2012
� CT orders level off as awareness of radiation risk grows - June 25, 2012
� Med schools start picturing their place in a medical home world - June 25, 2012
� Hospitalization increases chances of poor outcomes in Alzheimer�s patients - June 25, 2012
� Physicians at 2,600 hospitals linked in new health care database - June 25, 2012
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� Consumer Reports starts rating primary care practices - June 18, 2012
� Hectic pace pressures medical practices on quality - June 18, 2012
� Lawsuit challenging protected medical error data dismissed by state appeals court - June 15, 2012
� Doctors� EHR note-taking method affects quality of care - June 12, 2012
� When a patient visit includes a request for prayer - June 11, 2012
� Organized medicine details future of Medicare payment without SGR - June 11, 2012
� Drugs in physician sample closets often past expiration dates - June 5, 2012
� Primary care doctors credited with helping patients prevent injuries - June 4, 2012
� What�s behind the dramatic decline of diabetes-related deaths - June 1, 2012
� Hospital-acquired infections linked to higher readmission rates - May 28, 2012
� Most doctors headed for penalty over Medicare quality reporting - May 28, 2012
� Practices in low-income areas score lower on pay-for-performance measures - May 24, 2012
� Massachusetts hospitals launch patient apology program - May 21, 2012
� Physicians key in tackling the nation�s obesity epidemic - May 21, 2012
� Physicians receive federal innovation grants - May 17, 2012
� Celebrities make pitch for patient safety panel - May 14, 2012
� Medicare�s no-pay rule sharpens infection-control efforts - May 14, 2012
� IOM calls for more thorough safety monitoring of drugs - May 14, 2012
� Orchestrating drug management (American College of Physicians annual scientific meeting) - May 14, 2012
� Family presence does not impede pediatric trauma care - May 8, 2012
� Health disparities persist as overall care quality slowly improves - May 7, 2012
� White House refuses to drop $8 billion Medicare private plan demo - May 3, 2012
� Telemonitored patients show no drop in readmissions and ED visits - May 1, 2012
� Lawmakers seek faster approval process for shortage drugs - April 30, 2012
� Modest swings in high temperatures can increase mortality risk - April 23, 2012
� National Quality Forum adopts cost metrics for value-based purchasing - April 23, 2012
� New curriculum helps residents talk about vaccine safety - April 23, 2012
� More physicians calling the shots in latest round of ACOs - April 23, 2012
� Web-based game tests doctors' knowledge of sepsis - April 18, 2012
� Column: Connecting personally with women�s health care issues - April 16, 2012
� �Choosing Wisely� list is about good judgment, not curtailing care, medical societies say - April 16, 2012
� Search is on to cure EHR alert fatigue - April 16, 2012
� Primary care and public health encouraged to work together - April 11, 2012
� Most communities unprepared for disasters - April 9, 2012
� Few doctors downloading Medicare resource use reports - April 9, 2012
� DEA hikes registration fees for controlled substance prescriptions - April 9, 2012
� CMS rules contribute to drug shortages, hospital pharmacists say - April 5, 2012
� Academic medical centers may face shrinking profits - April 4, 2012
� Sleeping pills pose added death risk for obese patients - April 3, 2012
� Practices must be trained in OSHA�s new labeling guidelines - April 3, 2012
� Only 14 states post hospital data on surgical site infections - April 2, 2012
� IOM report identifies ways to measure improvements in HIV care - March 27, 2012
� The ABCs of health literacy - March 19, 2012
� C. diff causes concern in primary care, other outpatient settings - March 19, 2012
� Hospital report cards fall flat at improving patient outcomes - March 19, 2012
� Hospitals find success in slashing health disparities - March 16, 2012
� Medical students show gains in empathy are short-lived after training - March 14, 2012
� Advanced medical home elements didn't lead to better outcomes - March 5, 2012
� Patient room notes, pop quizzes boost hand hygiene - Feb. 29, 2012
� Weighing alternative remedies - Feb. 20, 2012
� Fear of punitive response to hospital errors lingers - Feb. 20, 2012
� Declining autopsy rates affect medicine and public health - Feb. 20, 2012
� Discussion: Looking beyond the hospital for patient safety - Feb. 20, 2012
� Some doctors shield whole truth from patients, survey shows - Feb. 17, 2012
� Home births rise despite higher neonatal mortality rate - Feb. 13, 2012
� IOM presents blueprint to combat chronic disease - Feb. 13, 2012
� The limits of treating loved ones - Feb. 6, 2012
� Medicare PQRS: Quality reporting or else - Feb. 6, 2012
� Comparative effectiveness research plan seeks input from all sides - Feb. 6, 2012
� Telemedicine boosting dermatology care - Jan. 31, 2012
� FDA drug warnings often ineffective, study says - Jan. 30, 2012
� CBO: Medicare demos didn't save much money - Jan. 30, 2012
� Clarity needed on how and when to report medical adverse events - Jan. 23, 2012
� Hospitals alerted to fatigue's dangers - Jan. 9, 2012
� Safety research found lacking for outpatient visits - Jan. 9, 2012
� Connected Coverage: A look back at the big stories of 2011 - Jan. 9, 2012
� UTI prevention fails to keep pace with other anti-infection efforts - Jan. 3, 2012
� Disaster medicine dilemmas examined - Jan. 2, 2012
� Doctors have to manage smartphone distractions - Jan. 2, 2012

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