Hospitals Crack Down On Tirades By Angry Doctors
For many years, hospitals were reluctant to address physicians who berated nurses, threw scalpels or demeaned co-workers. But increasingly such actions bring discipline.
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For many years, hospitals were reluctant to address physicians who berated nurses, threw scalpels or demeaned co-workers. But increasingly such actions bring discipline.
The experience of her husband's death transformed artist Regina Holliday into a patient advocate. Now, she's galvanizing others with the common goal of improving health care to make it better, cheaper and safer.
Pressure from insurers, employers and advocacy groups is finally reducing rates of elective deliveries before 39 weeks.
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"We're in the midst of a mania right now," Dr. Scot Silverstein warns, speaking of the race to adopt electronic health records. "We know it causes harm, and we don't even know the level of magnitude. That statement alone should be the basis for the greatest of caution and slowing down."
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The research bolsters Medicare's efforts to prompt hospitals to reduce the number of patients who return quickly even though some experts assert that might be a sign of good care.
Sometimes patients who are kept in the hospital to monitor their condition are not formally admitted and must pick up a bigger share of the cost.
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Insurance columnist answers readers' questions about the new pregnancy benefits offered in the health overhaul, assurances that current insurance policies will be honored in the future and switching employer health plans.
Some advocates are concerned that the Medicare Advantage plans have incentives to skim off the lowest-maintenance customers and leave the expensive patients to the traditional program.
Some 500 NYU doctors found refuge at other hospitals while NYU was closed following Hurricane Sandy. Now, the question looms whether all of the patients and doctors will return.
Doctors, staff and administrators at the large urban institution have had to improvise as they restore partial service to the community and repair the historic hospital's damaged infrastructure at the same time.
While most of the nation's kidney transplant centers don't have an upper age limit for recipients, more than three-quarters don't accept the organs from people older than 70. Some doctors and patients are pushing to change that.
A recent study found that the health care industry isn't benefiting from computer networks that have transformed other fields. But the federal coordinator for health IT says there has been a lot of progress that will result in better care and cost savings in the future.
Medicaid and private insurers seek to reduce deliveries before 39 weeks to reduce complications and costs.
A survey finds that more than three-quarters of hospices have restrictive enrollment policies designed to keep away patients with high-cost medical needs.
For one San Diego Hospice, the trouble began with a federal audit.
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