Clean Sweep: Hospitals Bring Janitors to the Front Lines of Infection Control
August 30, 2013
Scientific American By Maryn McKenna September 11, 2012 When hospitals want to make a name for themselves, they spend on reputations and technology—on the esteemed surgeon or the top-of-the-line gamma
Faster Assistance for Medicare Patients
August 27, 2013
The NY Times The New Old Age Caring and Coping August 23, 2013, By JUDITH GRAHAM Just over a year ago, Medicare quality improvement organizations (Q.I.O.’s) across the country began
Heart Stents Still Overused, Experts Say
August 16, 2013
NY Times August 15, 2013, By ANAHAD O’CONNOR Every year, more than half a million Americans undergo procedures to have a narrowed coronary artery propped open with a small metal
Is The FDA Being Compromised By Pharma Payments?
August 11, 2013
Forbes John LaMattina, 8/07/2013 In touting an upcoming special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics (JLME), Donald W. Light of the School of Public Health, University of Medicine
Aetna withdraws from state’s health insurance exchange
August 9, 2013
The CT Mirror By Arielle Levin Becker Monday, August 5, 2013 Aetna has withdrawn its proposal to participate in Connecticut’s health insurance exchange, becoming the second carrier in recent weeks
Medicare To Punish 24 State Hospitals For High Readmissions
August 9, 2013
Connecticut Health I-Team | Lisa Chedekel | August 6, 2013 Twenty-four of Connecticut’s 31 hospitals will face Medicare penalties in the fiscal year starting in October, in the second round
Bone-Chilling Mistakes Hospitals Make And Why They Don’t Want You To Know
August 6, 2013
FORBES Leah Binder 7/15/2013 Claire* was detained by security at the airport when the metal detector went off. Guards couldn’t figure out why. Eventually, they let her board the flight, but
‘Top’ hospitals aren’t always tops, new report finds
August 6, 2013
Maggie Fox NBC News July 31, 2013 The top hospitals don’t always live up to their reputations when it comes to handling surgery, according to a new report released on Wednesday. Consumer
Scientists Seek to Rein In Diagnoses of Cancer
July 31, 2013
The New York Times | Cancer | July 29, 2013 | By TARA PARKER-POPE “A group of experts advising the nation’s premier cancer research institution has recommended changing the definition
Slow Ideas – Some innovations spread fast. How do you speed the ones that don’t?
July 30, 2013
Annals of Medicine by Atul Gawande July 29, 2013 “Why do some innovations spread so swiftly and others so slowly? … technology and incentive programs are not enough. “Diffusion is