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Drug Shortages Continue–UCLA Spends 2 Hours A Day Checking on Cancer Drug Availability
You can read a short clip below how the director of oncology…
1.1 Million Elderly Taken to ED for Adverse Medication Reactions
The Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) is a public health surveillance system…
Teamwork Improves Surgical Safety and Reduces Mortality
Like the cockpit, the operating room (OR) is fraught with high intensity,…
EMTALA: History Repeats Itself
Hard to believe it’s been 25 years. In the spring of 1986,…
Why ACOs Might Not Make an Impact (transcript)
This is the transcript of my recent podcast interview with Avalere Health’s…
Three Aims of CMS & Well-Managed Healthcare Organizations
David Sayen, Region IX CMS Administrator, came to Ventura last week and…
What is Leadership in Medicine?
Leadership In Medicine – New Expectations, Time to Rethink What Leaders Should…
Hospitals Are Hiring More Physicians
Basically, it’s illegal for a hospital to give a physician a “kickback”…
Cost of Medical Errors: $17 billion
Its has been well established that medical errors are a serious problem…
Reining in Avoidable Readmissions
I've been having the readmissions pull-out from H&HN Magazine on my desk…