New hospital design aids healing, cuts errors
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Greeters direct new arrivals at the elevators. Wireless telephone systems and Internet access are available. And every guest room is private, cheerful and has a fold-out chairbed.
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(Source: AT&T)  Hospitals used to be slowed down by paper. But by bolstering digital databases and wireless capabilities, everyone can work more efficiently.
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A hospital group is trying a radically new method to avoid costly mistakes, charging a flat fee that includes follow-up care.
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THERE WASN'T a whisper of opposition last week at the state Public Health Council as Massachusetts General Hospital presented its plan to replace some old buildings with a $498 million complex that will include a larger emergency department, 71 surgical suites, and 150 new beds. The council approved the plan unanimously, but the expansion raises the question of whether the ...
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Sisters of Mercy Health System is putting money and people on a project to improve patient care through information technology. The St.
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A different perspective on the war in Iraq: behind the scenes at a hospital.
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A new study on emergency rooms  disputes the common wisdom that the poor and uninsured are  filling them up.
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Hospitals are renovating, rebuilding and expanding in part because they remain vital points of entry for paying patients whose eventual admission accounts for needed revenue.
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Dr. Richard F. Daines would like health care institutions to come into alignment with patients rather than the other way around.
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With more ill and injured people needing emergency care but do not speak English, hospitals, clinics and rescue squads are turning to picture boards to bridge the communication gap with easily understood images.
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New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms.
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After caring for patients for 40 years, an Atlanta hospital now is tending to its own wounds. Southwest Hospital and Medical Center, which this month filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, seeks a financial
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As New York's population ages, several hospitals use house calls to improve care.
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Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center.
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Located in humble surroundings, off-site surgical centers offer many patients a convenient and safe hospital alternative.
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The model work spaces are used by the staff, to show function as well as form.
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New medical guidelines allow experienced nurses as well as doctors to decide on resuscitating patients.