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September 30, 2011 (10:32 AM)
Atul Gawande—surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, best-selling author, and apparently a one-time tennis prodigy—doesn't seem like the type who needs a coach. But writing in The New Yorker, Gawande relays how the quest to achieve his "personal best" as a surgeon ultimately raised the question: Why don't we have coaches for physicians?
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September 30, 2011 (9:41 AM)
The sluggish economy and looming provider payment cuts have driven more hospitals to consider reducing staff as a way to stabilize their bottom lines.
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September 30, 2011 (6:00 AM)
About one in five Medicare beneficiaries who are in nursing homes for dementia are hospitalized for questionable reasons during their final months, according to a study in NEJM.
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September 30, 2011 (9:16 AM)
No longer insulated from the health industry's rising cost pressures, children's hospitals are revamping operations and seeking new revenue in the face of major financial and political shifts, Kaiser Health News reports.
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September 30, 2011 (10:36 AM)
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies on Thursday released a $153.4 billion draft fiscal year 2012 budget that prohibits funding for the federal health reform law until all legal challenges are settled.
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September 30, 2011 (3:30 AM)
The Daily Briefing editorial team highlights several studies and articles that got us talking this week.
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September 30, 2011 (8:55 AM)
Getting someone to accept your apology may rely more on perception rather than your sincerity when saying sorry, the Washington Post reports.
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September 30, 2011 (4:30 AM)
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September 30, 2011 (3:30 AM)
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