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'Better Ways to Pay for Health Care' Recommended by National Health Care Quality Coalition
‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Find More Satisfied Patients
‘Most Wired’ Hospitals Plan for the Future and Meaningful Use
’Secret Shoppers’ Help Monitor Hygiene Programs, Reduce Infections
450,000 Doctors Demand: ‘Heal Health Care Now’
9 Percent of all Internists Originally Certified Between 1990 and 1995 are No Longer Working in General Internal Medicine
A Different Kind of House Call: Physicians Find a Way to Help During Nashville Floods
A Look at the Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems
A Meeting of the Minds on Scope of Practice
Abbreviations May Save Minutes; Prohibiting Abbreviations May Save Lives
Accelerating Electronic Health Records Adoption and Meaningful Use
Addressing Physician Stress, Medical Errors and the Aftermath
Adverse Drug Events Show Marked Increase
AHA Board Elects John Bluford Chair-Elect Designate
AHA Elects New Trustees
AHA Endorsement Paves the Way for Streamlined Patient Smart Cards
AHA Seeks Modification from IRS on Community Benefit Reporting
AHA Supports CMS Telemedicine Proposed Changes and Requests Additions
Ailing Economy Helps Ease Nursing Shortage
AMA Postpones Decision on Secret Shoppers
AMN Healthcare Announces Joint Commission Re-certification
AMN Healthcare Partners with the Clinton Health Access Initiative to Recruit Volunteer Pharmacy Mentor for Haiti Post
AMN Healthcare Travelers All Safe in Southern California
AMN Study Shows Travel Nurses Help Facilities Achieve Magnet Designation
ANA Launches New Web Site to Broaden Support for Safe Patient Handling Goals
ANA President Among Modern Healthcare's 100 Most Powerful People In Health Care
Are State Health Systems Making the Grade?
Are You Ready to Respond to a Public Health Crisis?
ARRA Grants Available for Rural Hospital Facilities
Aviation Training Methods Help Hospitals Decrease Medical Errors
Beacon Communities Lead the Charge to Improve Health Outcomes
Best Practices Behind the Nation’s ‘Best Hospitals’
Best Practices for Retaining Nurses
Better Outcomes in Leapfrog Hospitals
California Proposes Serious Penalties for Patient Privacy Breaches
California Tightening Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in 2008
Campaign Helps Hospitals Find Strategies to Save
Can an Apology Ease the Pain? When Hospitals Make Mistakes
CDC Launches Drug Resistance Web site
CDC: Flu Activity Unusually High for Early October
CDC: Four in 10 Office-based Physicians Use EHRs
Clinical Research Training Offered by the NIH Clinical Center has Record Enrollment
Clinicians Inspired to Launch Free Clinics for Uninsured
CMS and ONC Issue Regulations Proposing a Definition of Meaningful Use and Setting Standards for Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
CMS Announces Policy and Payment Rate Changes For Inpatient Stay In Acute Care and Long-term Care Hospitals In Fiscal 2010
CMS Hires PricewaterhouseCoopers to Monitor HIPAA Violations
Corps Makes Changes to Emergency Response Plans
Could Canadian Healthcare Cuts Drive More Clinicians to the U.S.?
CPI Leads to Lower Costs and Better Patient Care
CPOE Systems Fail to Detect Half of Simulated Medication Errors
Daschle Withdraws as HHS Nominee
Defining the Future: Hospital Recommendations from The Joint Commission
Disparities Still Exist for Patients, Says American College of Physicians
Doctors Provide the Right Prescription for Quality Improvement
Does Health Insurance Guarantee Patients the Care They Need?
Economic Stimulus: A Healthcare Band-Aid?
ED Overcrowding Puts Patients at Risk
Emergency Rooms Brace for Changes from H.R. 3590
ER Smart Card Speeds Triage Time
FDA Unveils Initiative to Reduce Unnecessary Radiation Exposure from Medical Imaging
FDA: Institute of Medicine to Study Premarket Clearance Process for Medical Devices
Federal Funding Aims to Spur Greater EHR Implementation
Finding International Solutions to the Nursing Shortage
Finding the Cure for Hospital Credit Ills
Five Ethical Challenges in Healthcare
Flu Summit: U.S. Prepares for the Second Wave of H1N1
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Names Dr. Scott Campbell as New Executive Director and CEO
Freestanding Emergency Departments on the Rise
Frequent Incidents, Severe Risks: Priorities for Keeping Healthcare Workers Safe
Google Partners with Cleveland Clinic on Patient Record Site
H1N1: What Healthcare Workers Need to Know Now
Health Bills In Congress Will Not Fix Doctor Shortage
Health Courts: A Chance for Justice for All?
Health Insurers Pursue Growth Potential of Individual Market
Health Reform Plan for California Passes First Vote
Healthcare Leadership Conference Focuses on Improving Quality, Safety and Performance
Healthcare Opinion Leaders' Views on the Quality and Safety of US Healthcare
Healthcare Reform and the New Administration
Healthcare Reform Bill Takes Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Healthcare Reform Takes Center Stage at AHA Summit
Healthcare Reform Update: Price Tag Causes Delays
Healthcare Reform: Now What?
Healthcare Spending Projected to Surpass General Inflation
Healthcare Stimulus Funds: Where Has All the Money Gone?
HHS Awards $17 Million in a New National Initiative to Fight Health Care-Associated Infections
HHS Awards $9 Million to Train Preventive Medicine Physicians
HHS Provides $390.5 million to Improve Hospital Preparedness and Emergency Response
HHS Recognizes Hospitals with Highest Organ Donation Rates
HHS Report Outlines Need for Health Reform
HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces $1 Billion in NIH Recovery Act Awards to Construct or Improve Biomedical Research Facilities
HHS Tackles Infection Control
Hospital Efficiency Efforts Reap Rewards
Hospital Patients Urged to Be Smart Shoppers
Hospital Strategies to Reduce Harm from High-Alert Medications
Hospitals at a Loss During the Recession
Hospitals Face Recession Woes
Hospitals Feel Lingering Effects of Recession
Hospitals Improve Safety and Quality of Care
Hospitals Offer Big Incentives to Attract Nurses
Hospitals That Care for Poor Patients Face Digital Divide Without Federal Help
Hospitals Try New Night Shifts
Hospitals Turning to Lean Six Sigma for Performance Improvement
Hospitals Under Siege by New ‘Super Bug’
How Hospitals are Juggling Insurance Payors and Costs
How New Reimbursement Rules for Adverse Events are Changing Patient Care
How New Standards For Tougher Error Rate Were Applied In This Years 2009 Improper Payments Report
IHI Leader Urges New Goals for Health Reform
Increased EMR Adoption Among U.S. Hospitals
Increased Nurse Staffing Leads to Greater Patient Satisfaction
Infection Control Cutbacks Cost Patients and Hospitals
Infection-Control Strategies at Leading Hospital Can be Adapted for Everyday Use
Internet Giants Jump Into Patient Records Fray
Is the Retail Clinic Sector Slowing Down?
Johns Hopkins Hospital Tops in the Country
Joint Commission Accreditation is Key to Implementing Patient Safety Systems
Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare Takes Aim at Patient Safety Failures
Joint Commission Issues Anticoagulant Safety Alert
Joint Commission Selects New Leader
Key Solutions for Decreasing Hospital Readmissions
Language Barriers Increase Risk for Adverse Events and Effects
Leaders Offer Practical Solutions for Improving Communication Between Doctors and Nurses
Leading Issues Facing Today’s Hospital CEOs
Leapfrog Goup Announces its 2009 Top Hospitals
Legislative Update: Healthcare Issues Affected by the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010
Let’s Talk! The 2010 Campaign for Patient Safety
Massachusetts Universal Health Program Commences
Medical Device Reuse Saves Money and the Environment
Medical Devices: How Do You Know They Are Safe?
Medicare Physician Payment Cuts Could Cost Millions More In Reprocessing
Medicine by the Numbers: How Patient Data Can Put 'Family' Back in Family Practice
Meeting the Goals of ‘Meaningful Use’
MHA Recognizes USNS Comfort as Honorary Member
Michigan Researchers: Recession May Be Compromising Hospital Quality
Moody’s: Hospitals Likely to Experience Slower Economic Recovery
More AMN News
Nation’s 100 Most Improved Hospitals Revealed
National Hospital Week is May 9-15
National Study Shows Temporary Nurses Deliver Quality Care
Nevada Hospitals Are an Economic Force in the State
New Buerhaus Report Shows Growth in Nursing Jobs, Cautions Shortage Isn’t Over
New ED System Speeds Patient Flow
New Evidence Shows Nurses’ Impact on Quality and Patient Satisfaction
New Issue Brief Highlights Key Findings on SCHIP
New Lucian Leape Institute Report Finds that U.S. Medical Schools Fall Short in Teaching Docs How to Provide Safe Patient Care
New Methods for RN Retention
New Online Flu Forum Allows Facilities to Share Tactics
New Online Tool Focuses On Improving Influenza Immunization Rates For Health Professionals
New Quality Data on Hospital Readmission Rates Available on Hospital Compare Web site
New Report Details Impact of Economic Downturn on Patients and Hospitals
New Report Finds Hospital Beds Could Run Out in 15 States if 35 Percent of Americans Get H1N1
New Research Predicts Continuing Nurse Shortage
New Security Group Creates 'Trust' in Electronic Medical Records
New State-by-State Reports Show How Health Insurance Reform Will Benefit All Americans
New Survey Shows High Concern About Current Health System
New York Budget Changes Aim at Lowering ED Visits
NIDA Launches New Substance Abuse Resources to Help Fill Gaps in Medical Education
NIH Teams Up With The Lancet and Leading International Organizations to Address Public Health Impacts of Climate Change
Nine California Hospitals Face Expensive Penalties
Numbers Of Uninsured On Rise in Nation's Public Hospitals
Nurse-led Quality Improvement Project Begins at Hospitals Nationwide
Nurses and Staff Continue to Provide Care after Fire Evacuations in Southern California
Nurses Survey: Patients Pay the Price for Insufficient Staff, High Workloads
Nursing Education Receives a ’Stimulus’ of Federal Funds
Nursing Shortage Hits Home Health
Obama Splits Health Reform Leadership Role
Online Shift Scheduling Boosts RN Morale
Open Source Software: A Potential Solution to EHR Challenges
OpenNotes Study Launches With More Than 100 Physicians, 25,000 Patients
Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Could Increase More Than 35 Percent in Every State by 2019
PAHO: Haiti Relief Efforts Continue to Face Major Obstacles
Palliative Care Teams Save Money
Patient Safety Goals: New Lists Highlight Widespread Problems
Patient Satisfaction Data Now Included in “HospitalCompare” Web Site
Patient Thefts Cost Hospitals $52 Million Annually
Patient-centered Care Helps Hospitals Boost Patient Satisfaction
Patient-Centered Care: The New Necessity
Patients Cut Preventative Care in a Poor Economy
Patients Have Better Outcomes in Most Wired Hospitals
Patients Who E-mail Their Doctors are Healthier
Payment Reform, New Delivery Models to Affect Nursing Workforce
People First: Help Your Clinical Staff Make Technology Implementations a Success
Performance Equals Profits for 100 Top Hospitals
Poll Finds Nurses Want Safer Staffing Levels
Pre-op Cleansing Reduces Surgical Site Infections
President Obama Announces Nominee for Surgeon General
President Obama Announces Recess Appointments to Key Administration Positions
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Releases Report Assessing H1N1 Preparations
Preventive Services Could Save 100,000 Lives Annually
Primary Care Workforce Takes Center Stage in Healthcare Reform
PSR Releases Groundbreaking Report on the Human Health Effects of Coal
Reducing Medical Errors: Five Low-Cost, High-Impact Initiatives
Reducing the ‘July Effect’: Helping New Physicians Avoid Errors
Research Study Shows How Hospitals Can Reduce Energy Use
Researchers Analyze Verbal Medical Orders
Responding to the Sentinel Event Alert on Hospital Violence
Rising to the Top: AMN Healthcare Helps Women Break through the Glass Ceiling
Risk Management and Clinical Personnel: Collaboration is Key to Reducing Errors
RWJF Selects 15 Hospitals to Participate in National Quality Improvement Collaboratives
SCHIP Expansion Passes Congress
Sebelius Announces New $250 Million Investment to Strengthen Primary Health Care Workforce
Secretary Sebelius Announces $32 Million to Support Rural Health Priorities
Secretary Sebelius Announces Senate Confirmation of Dr. Francis Collins as Director of the National Institutes of Health
Secretary Sebelius Makes Recovery Act Funding Available to Expand Health Professions Training
Secretary Sebelius Releases $33 Million in ARRA Funds to Train Health Professionals
Secrets of the Top 10 Health Systems for Quality, Efficiency
Security Breaches Still Problematic for EHRs
Senate Postpones Cuts in Medicare Payments--Again
Sharp Hospital Creates Role of Chief Operating Officer
Sharp Memorial Hospital Achieves Magnet Status
Social Media in Healthcare: The Brave New World
Standards of Excellence, Dedication to Patients Identify Top Facilities
Studies: When Doctors Take More Responsibility, Care Becomes Cheaper And Better
Study Finds Growing Need for Anesthesia Providers
Study Highlights the Economic Value of Nurses
Study Reveals the Cost of Rehospitalization
Study Reveals the Costly Effects of Medical Errors
Study Shows Top Hospitals Save Lives
Study: One in 10 Patients Suffers a Preventable Medication Injury
Study: Surgical Masks Nearly as Effective as N95 Respirators Against Flu
Survey Identifies Importance of Injectable Medication Safety
Survey Suggests HIPAA Regulations Slow Scientific Progress
Technology Needed to Improve Healthcare Work Environment
Telemedicine Cuts Cost on Pediatric ED Visits
Texas Legislation Will Give Nurses Greater Staffing Influence
The Army Reserve: 100 Years in the Medical Community
The Future of H1N1
The Growth of Family-Centered Care
The Need for Protocols to Prevent Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis
The New Era of Professional Healthcare Interpreters
The Outlook for Healthcare’s Workforce
The Path to Integrated Healthcare
The Season of Hospital Employees’ Discontentment and Disconnection
Thomson Reuters Announces 100 Top Hospitals Award Winners
Thomson Reuters Announces 100 Top Hospitals for Cardiovascular Care
Thomson Reuters Research Identifies Top U.S. Health Systems
Thomson Reuters Study Finds Impact of Recession Easing on U.S. Hospitals
U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index(TM) Launches Primary Data Collection to Measure Current State of Electronic Adoption and Potential Cost Savings
Underserved Communities Need a Wider Safety Net
Understanding the Economic Impact of a Pandemic
Update: Medicare Picks N.J. to Test Innovative Incentive System
WANTED: CXO to Transform Patient and Hospital Employee Experience
Waste in the U.S. Healthcare System Pegged at $700 Billion in Report from Thomson Reuters
What the Stimulus Package Offers Healthcare
Where are the 100 Best Places to Work in Healthcare?
Wildfires and Hospital Closures Put Pressure on San Diego Nurses
Wisdom at Work: Success Strategies for Keeping Your Most Experienced Nurses
Working Conditions Similar at Magnet and Non-Magnet Hospitals
Workplace Key Factor in Nursing Shortage
Young and Uninsured: A Portrait of Healthcare’s Future