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Hospital Closures Rattle Small Towns
More than 50 shuttered rural hospitals mean a loss of jobs and other commerce for municipalities and uncertain care for residents.
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For Parents Of Preemies, Life Starts With A Complex Fight For Survival
KHN's Jenny Gold joins The Takeaway to discuss the challenges faced by parents of premature babies in the NICU.
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EHRs In The ER: As Doctors Adapt, Concerns Emerge About Medical Errors
As hospitals adopt electronic health record systems, some emergency rooms are experiencing new patterns of medical errors.
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R2D2鈥檚 Next Assignment: Hospital Orderly
A gleaming new hospital in San Francisco has a fleet of robots dropping off meals, picking up trash and saving some money in a very 21st century way.
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The Agonizing Limbo Of Abandoned Nursing Home Residents
Even when the state orders nursing homes to readmit residents who have been in the hospital, its orders have no teeth.
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Women Increasingly Having Outpatient Mastectomies, New Federal Data Show
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality data show that more women with breast cancer are opting for mastectomies over less-invasive options, and more are having the procedure in outpatient facilities where they don鈥檛 spend even one night in the hospital.
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Urging Openness About Superbug Infections, Doctor Omits Cases In Own Hospital
In a respected medical journal, a specialist advises colleagues on protecting patients but doesn鈥檛 mention potential infections from a contaminated scope at his Philadelphia cancer center.
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Health Reform Roils Downton Abbey
The hospital consolidation plot in the final season of the beloved British series is historically accurate 鈥 and has parallels in today鈥檚 U.S. health industry.
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Alabama Puts Hospitals At Forefront Of Medicaid Managed Care
As officials seek to take control of costs in the health coverage for low-income residents, they are relying on hospitals, not private insurance companies, to run the program.
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Special Report: Baltimore's Other Divide
In Freddie Gray鈥檚 Neighborhood, The Best Medical Care Is Close But Elusive
Last year鈥檚 Baltimore unrest highlighted deep distrust between police and poor African-Americans. Dozens of interviews and little-seen data show a similar gap between that community and the city's renowned health system.
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SPECIAL REPORT: BALTIMORE'S OTHER DIVIDE
Video: Baltimore Hospitals Work To Repair Frayed Trust In Black Communities
The neighborhoods where people live and work often determine their health. Nowhere is that more true than in West Baltimore.
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Special Report: Baltimore's Other Divide
Hospital Trying To Win Community鈥檚 Trust
Bon Secours is dealing with patients who are sicker than those in other Baltimore hospitals.
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Top Hospitals Likely Are Available On A Marketplace Plan, Study Finds
Many of the hospitals can be found in network on at least one plan, but fewer are participating in more than that, according to the analysis.
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Hospitals Employ Email ‘Empathy’ To Help Doctors And Patients Keep In Touch
A better way to communicate with patients and track their progress?
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Reforming Federal Oversight Of Medical Devices Won鈥檛 Be Easy
Despite dozens of infections from medical scopes, an agreement on how to fix the FDA鈥檚 flawed regulation of the device industry remains elusive.
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Despite Kvetching, Most Consumers Satisfied With Health Plans: Poll
The survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that 71 percent of people with insurance believe their services are excellent or good.
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Check The Fine Print: Some Work-Based Health Plans Exclude Outpatient Surgeries
This new generation of so-called 鈥渟kinny plans鈥 can save employers money, but it鈥檚 not yet clear if they will meet regulatory scrutiny.
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Democratic聽Candidates Debate 鈥楽ingle-Payer,鈥 But What Does That Mean?
The phrase often used for government-run health care means different things to different people. Here are five points to help explain the Democrats鈥 policy clash.
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For Hospitals, Treating Violence Beyond The ER Is Good Medicine And Good Business
Hospitals increasingly view violence as a health concern and are developing initiatives designed to improve long-term community health.