By David Shulkin |
March 08, 2010
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Basic Web Registration For decades, those of us involved in improving patient safety looked to Toyota Motor Corp. for guidance and inspiration in improving quality in healthcare. The Toyota Production System has been touted as the key to error reduction and consistency in product quality. Given Toyota's recent quality issues, these are tough days for admirers of the company. FULL STORY »
By Arthur Feldman |
January 01, 2010
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Basic Web Registration Numerous stakeholders are shaping the debate over healthcare reform. However, a key stakeholder, America’s academic medical centers, or AMCs, have had little or no impact. Composed of 131 U.S. allopathic medical schools and their affiliated hospitals, AMCs represent a small portion of the nation’s 5,815 American Hospital Association-registered hospitals, and their political influence is limited. FULL STORY »
By B. Basia Kielczynska |
December 04, 2009
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Basic Web Registration Boards of trustees of healthcare organizations must provide leadership as their institutions seek to expand patient care into the areas of complementary and alternative medicine, or CAM. This requirement flows from the fiduciary duty of such boards to provide healthcare that promotes health and prevention, and relies on the effective, safe, affordable and least-invasive interventions. FULL STORY »
By Billie Papasifakis |
November 02, 2009
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Basic Web Registration On the heels of Congress' foray into the healthcare reform debate, there is one overlooked sector of the medical profession that merits increased attention for its ability to actually reduce the overall costs of care: home health. FULL STORY »
By Daniel Nutkis |
October 05, 2009
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Basic Web Registration On Oct. 16, states will submit their health information exchange, or HIE, grant applications in order to receive their incentives under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. FULL STORY »
