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Hospital Reporting of Surgical-Site Infection Rates
California hospitals are required to report surgical-site infection rates for 26 procedures…
California Medical Board Under Fire For Failure to Discipline Doctors
This is important as the information produced from medical boards is used…
CBO: Private Insurers Better at Expenditure Growth Control than Medicare, Medicaid
Advocates for government run health care assert that it does a better…
Community Health Centers: Not Just a “Safety Net”
What do you think when you hear the term “safety net provider?”…
Not One War on Cancer, Millions
You have heard it countless times, “The War on Cancer.” President Nixon…
The Time Bomb No One Is Talking About
While the United States spends much more per capita on health care…
Giving Interns More Sleep is Not Making Hospitals Safer
The Latest: Last month something extraordinary happened at teaching hospitals around the…
IPAB: Fix It, Don’t Repeal It
In recent weeks, several Democrats and some health reform advocates including the…
Defense Sec’y: Medicare, SS Funding Increases Should Be Considered in Wake of More Cuts in Pentagon Budget
The recent vote by Congress to end the debt ceiling debacle is…
