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Quality of care coverage 2015-2017

1. Automation and Anesthesia | HealthLeaders Media

   After years of research, debate, and Food and Drug Administration review, the federal agency will allow nonanesthesia professionals to use a device that administers sedation during colonoscopy and esophagogastroduodenoscopy procedures, provided that certain requirements are met.

   

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2. March 2015 After years of research, debate, and Food and Drug Administration review, the SEDASYS system is now available.
3. The device was withdrawn a year later.
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5. After all the others spoke, Orlando Health COO Jamal Hakim, MD, delivered this message:
   "Ours is a story of mission and passion, of preparedness and planning, of success and… a little bit of pride in being able to handle that which is really beyond preparation. Our question for you is: Are you prepared for the worst to show up on your doorstep unannounced?"
6. Orlando Hospital Workers Can't Forget | emergency medicine, trauma, strategy | HealthLeaders Media

   Six months after the Pulse nightclub shooting killed 49 and injured scores, clinicians who treated the dying and the wounded describe the roles they played that night, and the rules they broke.

   

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7. The message: Data derived from the non-medical drivers of a patient's health can improve quality of care and enrich the utility of so-called intelligent machines, such as IBM's Watson.
8. Data on Social Needs May Redefine Precision Healthcare

   The small crowd at Tuesday's " On the Front Lines of Healthcare" event in Boston included a patient activist, a state health systems analyst, and even a doctor who was in town for a gastroenterologist meeting. But the gathering, held in an airy space on 33 rd floor of a downtown high rise, was not a professional or academic meeting.

   

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9. Hospital ranking programs take that data to consumers, who are increasingly shopping around for health services. But when media reports challenge the analysis of the data, the question emerges: Are consumers losing confidence in hospital rankings?
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    Brian Kelly, the editor and chief content officer at US News, doesn't think so.
11. Why Hospital Rankings Are So Complicated

    Ranking hospitals means constant tweaks and occasional errors in the effort to get it right. The effort is still a work in progress, but transparency and access to better data would help move things along.

    

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12. Gabow: "You may wonder, after hearing that I spend 40 years at a healthcare institution, why I would pose a question like this: Can American healthcare deliver health? "she said.
    "It is precisely because I spent 40 years at a safety-net institution that took fabulous care of patients. I saw every day that our patient had barriers to well- being and health."
13. 'Right Care' Delivery Can't Wait for Congress

    The Lown Institute's annual conference began the day after the House of Representatives voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Boston-based group is focused on "right care," a term that broadly refers to the delivery of appropriate care in a humane, costs-effective way.

    

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14. HLM: Why did you decide to write this book?
    Judge Zobel: I had seen enough doctors on the stand, not just in malpractice cases, but generally, to know that they could use a little help in being a witness.
15. Listen, Answer the Question, and Shut Up

    Hiller Zobel, LLB, a retired judge and co-author of an updated book on doctors and the law, discusses how physicians can best help themselves when medical malpractice is alleged.

    

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16. Andrew Donnelly, director of pharmacy services at UI, said that by working closely with clinical pharmacists and setting up a team devoted to address the problems, the system has saved $2.5 million.
    "You have to be as smart as you can in terms of using the really expensive medications," he said.
17. 7 Ways Hospitals Can Fight Drug Price Hikes and Shortages | prescription drugs, costs, pharma | HealthLeaders Media

    Working closely with clinical pharmacists, making evidence-based medication substitutions, and employing smarter dosing can curb costs without reducing quality.

    

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18. HLM: How did this story come about?
    Allen: Concurrent surgery is something that is well known within the hospital community and among surgeons. It’s something that doesn’t come as a great surprise, but many members of the general public had no idea prior to us publishing this story.
19. Concurrent Surgery Gets the Spotlight Treatment

    The debate over the safety of concurrent surgeries was ongoing when The Boston Globe's team of investigative reporters tapped into it, says the paper's Spotlight Team editor Scott Allen . The Globe's October 2015 series looked at complex orthopedic surgeries at Massachusetts General Hospital and beyond, raising questions about safety, clinical oversight, and informed consent.

    

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20. Zuckerman; We've had so many wars on cancer and we've had a lot of progress. But if you want to make meaningful progress, you don't [just] throw money at a problem for a year."
21. Cancer Moonshot Misses the Target | HealthLeaders Media

    Hospitals don't have much to gain from the moonshot, at least in the short run. There are lot of other pressing, fixable problems with cancer care that the Obama administration's effort won't address.

    

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