IOM report sets priorities.
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Health Priorities↗
Biomedical subjects
Jeff Tieman
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A community solution. Local health centers are credited with keeping the safety net strong. President Bush wants them to play an even bigger role.
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Budgets↗
Expectations high over Frist.
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Conflict of Interest↗
Healthcare leaders plan way to help patients pick hospitals. New voluntary reporting system calls for facilities to disclose information about effectiveness of care.
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Benchmarking↗
Grim outlook. Increased Medicaid spending may force states to cut costs, scale back benefits.
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Cost Control↗
The case of the vanishing giveback. Unraveling the mystery of how docs managed to leave the Capitol empty-handed.
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Aged↗
Panel offers ways to ease burdens of compliance.
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Facility Regulation and Control↗
Ailing system. IOM report, new policies to spur healthcare reform.
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Evaluation Studies as Topic↗
Hospitals review plans in wake of latest threats.
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Anthrax↗
Healthcare gridlock. Can Republican control of Congress grease the wheels?
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Aged↗
Calling in the feds. IOM's new report says government must take lead in quality, but can Congress, hospitals find the money and support?
A new report by the Institute of Medicine calls for the federal government to "take the lead" in healthcare quality. Janet Corrigan, director of the IOM's Board of Health Care Services, and other members of the IOM say only the nation's largest provider and payer has what it takes to build a safer environment for patients. Can Congress come up with the money and support necessary to sustain such an undertaking?
Evaluation Studies as Topic↗
Time is running out. Congress' budget inaction considered a threat to bioterrorism preparedness.
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Bioterrorism↗
Shallow resources. Uncompensated-care pool needs refill.
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Economics, Hospital↗
Seeds of discord. Some Alabama hospitals, feeling lobbying slight, threaten to leave AHA.
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Alabama↗
No more add-ons. Skilled-nursing facilities cry foul after payment cuts.
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Racing to the finish. House panels pass bills, but it's still a tough battle.
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Database Management Systems↗
A strong contender. Healthcare is likely to take a back seat to economic, national security issues this election season, but it still will be a driver in the debate.
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Civil Defense↗
Hospitals create new models as they gird for bioterrorism. Council on Public Health Preparedness says past year has brought improvements, but gaps remain.
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Bioterrorism↗