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Hospital Safety Issues and How to Spot a Hospital Error

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.   PREVENTABLE MEDICAL ERRORS.  Hospital acquired infections: About 650,000 patients each year develop a hospital acquired infection. So, on any given day, about one of every 25 hospitalized patients are infected...

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A Germy Stethoscope

By Mary Bowerman, USA WEEKEND.  Doctors touch dozens of patients a day and medical standards require them to sanitize after each exam. But what about stethoscopes? A new study in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests...

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Types of Healthcare Systems

We generally see six to eight types of healthcare systems. There is some overlap, with some organizations falling into several types. 1. Elite Systems. These systems generally make U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Hospitals”...

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Nursing Home Inspection Report

Visit propublica.org  and use the available tool to compare nursing homes in a state based on the deficiencies cited by regulators and the penalties imposed in the past three years. You can also search over...

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At Too Many Hospitals, a Revolving Door

Jessie Gruman can’t remember the number of times she’s been hospitalized for cancer. The list of the conditions she’s had over almost 40 years is daunting: from Hodgkin’s lymphoma to cancers of the cervix and...

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