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Learn how Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center implemented a program to help high-risk, underinsured patients get the primary and preventive care they need and deter inappropriate trips to the ED.
May 16, 2012 (10:54 AM)
Is "internet shopping" an addiction? How about gambling? Proposed changes to the American Psychiatric Association's influential diagnostic manual could reclassify as many as 20 million more U.S. residents as addicts.
May 16, 2012 (10:50 AM)
Although few medical malpractice claims make their way to a jury trial, physicians win 79.6% of those that do, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
May 16, 2012 (10:47 AM)
Researchers at North Shore-LIJ Health System have identified a new public health challenge: the nation's growing obesity problem may be hindering organ donation, too.
May 16, 2012 (10:48 AM)
A federal judge this week struck down a planned expansion of union formation powers—an expansion opposed by the American Hospital Association—on procedural grounds.
May 16, 2012 (10:33 AM)
In a historic first, surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored partial mobility to the hand of a quadriplegic patient.
May 16, 2012 (9:57 AM)
Average annual health costs for a family of four with employer-provided coverage will reach $20,728 this year, exceeding $20,000 for the first time, according to a new study.
May 16, 2012 (5:30 AM)
Several states may ban so-called "wrongful birth" lawsuits, in which plaintiffs claim physicians failed to warn them about fetal complications that would have led them to choose an abortion.
May 16, 2012 (7:00 AM)
Patients with severe injuries are more likely to survive and leave the hospital without a disability when they are treated at a Level I trauma center, according to a study in the Annals of Surgery.
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May 15, 2012 (3:55 PM)
Join Joan Meadows from the Nursing Executive Center to learn strategies to improve all aspects of the patient experience, including quality, safety, and patient satisfaction.
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Daily roundup: May 16, 2012
Physicians' use of electronic health record systems did not improve care quality for patients with diabetes, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. More
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