Colorado hospitals all participating in quality survey
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All 45 eligible hospitals in Colorado have registered to submit quality information, the Centers for Medicare &amp; Medicaid Services (CMS) said Friday.
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Only 12 percent of hospitals conduct posttransfusion blood tests on all recipients as required by a government guideline, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Saturday in its first nationwide survey on the issue.
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LOS ANGELES A national accrediting group that conducted surprise inspections at four LA area hospitals earlier this month didn&#39;t find problems as severe as those plaguing the county&#39;s Martin Luther King Jr.
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A hospital device used to measure carbon dioxide levels in patient tissues is being recalled after investigations revealed that the device probably caused life-threatening infections among 11 children at a Dallas hospital, the US Food and Drug
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even deadly -- mistakes in hospitals, but an overwhelming majority say the solution lies in easy-to-read, published safety report cards
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Hospital visitors are being urged to improve their hygiene in an effort to crack down on infections.
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CHICAGO -- Hundreds of hospitals around the country are joining the most ambitious project ever undertaken to give faster emergency room care to people suffering major heart attacks.
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Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, launched a Web site this week that helps doctors and their patients compare medicine based not only on price but also effectiveness - and in plain English.
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In Sept. 21 NEW YORK story headlined &quot;Survey chides quality of 1 in 10 nursing homes&quot; please read in first paragraph ... inadequate quality in a survey of state inspection reports ... instead of ... consistently inadequate quality since the year 2000 .
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The federal government unveiled new cardiac care information last month on a Web site that tracks hospital performance, earning kudos from hospital administrators and health-care researchers but demonstrating how difficult it is for consumers to compare hospital care.
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By Gayle Perez, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Mar. 2--Researchers from Colorado State University-Fort Collins' Colorado Natural Heritage Program will be conducting a biological survey of ranch land in three Lower Arkansas Valley counties beginning this month.
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The Massachusetts Hospital Association is expected to unveil an ambitious program today to improve patient safety in the state's 105 hospitals, including public posting of nurses' workloads at individual hospitals and the number of hours each day they spend directly caring for patients.
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The quality of the health care provided to millions of Americans improved last year across several dozen categories, including increased immunization rates among insured children.
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Patients will be allowed to compare the quality of the clinical care provided in each NHS department.
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A survey of hospital review boards that watchdog experiments on patients shows that one in three members takes money from companies that make drugs and medical devices that come under study.
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SUNDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDayNews) -- A new tool to assess the quality of home health care for the elderly and people with disabilities has been developed by an international team that includes University of Michigan researchers.
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THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDayNews) -- Problems with documentation of drug responses and child abuse screening and reporting are among the gaps in quality of care for children in California's public mental health clinics, says a University of California, Los Angeles-led study.