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Doctor Fights Back Against Online Complaints
healthleadersmedia.com — “A plastic surgeon pursues litigation against a patient who anonymously complained on an Internet discussion site about a medical procedure. The action” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Hospital ED Wait Times Reveal Huge Variations
healthleadersmedia.com — “Responding to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pilot program, 74 hospitals from around the country posted median wait times for their” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Hospital ED Wait Times Reveal Huge Variations: Responding to a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services pilot p... http://t.co/QBJfstuq
Med Schools Boost Enrollment, But Residency Slots Threatened
healthleadersmedia.com — “Enrollment at the nation’s medical schools is on track to grow 30% by 2016. But with $60 million in federal funding threatened, residency slots” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Physicians Leveraging Social Media to Educate Patients
healthleadersmedia.com — “Social media sites are not just a healthcare marketing or recruitment tool. They can also help educate and engage patients—and physicians play” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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87% of physicians use at least one social media site for personal use, only 67% use at least one professionally http://t.co/eiP7SzFD #hcsm
8 Social Media Tips for Physicians
healthleadersmedia.com — “Physicians looking to get started on social media sites in order to interact with patients and colleagues would be wise to observe these tips.” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Physicians Leveraging Social Media to Educate Patients
healthleadersmedia.com — “Social media sites are not just a healthcare marketing or recruitment tool. They can also help educate and engage patients—and physicians play” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Medicare’s ’No-Pay’ HAI Policy Reshifts Hospital Priorities
healthleadersmedia.com — “Hospitals have been bolstering efforts to avoid healthcare-associated infections in response to payment rules, but those efforts come at the expense” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Medicare's 'No Pay' HAI Policy Reshifts Hospital Priorities: Hospitals have been bolstering efforts to avoid he... http://t.co/UbM7TSvy
CMS Plan Would Tie Efficiency Scores to Hospital Payments
healthleadersmedia.com — “Efficiency scores measure cost per Medicare beneficiary at acute care hospitals and could mean as much as $200,000 for every $1 million of incentiv” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Hospital Readmissions, Mortality Incentives Alarmingly Misaligned
healthleadersmedia.com — “Why does the Affordable Care Act impose much stiffer financial penalties on hospitals with higher 30-day readmission rates than for hospitals with hi” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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RT @healthleaders: "Isn't preventing death, the ultimate bad outcome, much more important to incentivize?" http://t.co/hoARqAH8
A nugget of good Medicare news
healthleadersmedia.com — “The Medicare trustees stuck with the fiscal predictions they made last year: The Medicare trust fund will be able to cover its bills through 2024. T” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Our healthcare system is getting better at delivering the same medicine more efficiently: http://t.co/2cMQrwwm
Community Engagement Roles Here to Stay
healthleadersmedia.com — “Bon Secours created a community engagement role in order to innovate how the health system interacts with patients, employees, and physicians. Nearly” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Proud of the work we've done! RT @HealthLeaders: Healthcare Community Engagement Roles Here to Stay http://t.co/qPrpuFFc
More than Skin Deep
healthleadersmedia.com — “Health systems are developing plastic surgery service lines to tap into the growing demand for medical procedures and cosmetic plastic surgery, which” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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4 MU Tips from a Multispecialty Practice
healthleadersmedia.com — “The physician leader of a multispecialty practice with years of EHR experience shares what he’s learned about achieving Stage 1 meaningful use a” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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4 MU Tips from a Multispecialty Practice
healthleadersmedia.com — “The physician leader of a multispecialty practice with years of EHR experience shares what he’s learned about achieving Stage 1 meaningful use a” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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Doctors detail high costs of fighting malpractice claims
healthleadersmedia.com — “For doctors defending medical malpractice claims, costs vary widely across specialties and can run into the tens of thousands, even when a patient d” View full resource at healthleadersmedia.com
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RT @Tim_Stapleton: Doctors detail high costs of fighting malpractice claims http://t.co/q6m5gWXF

