The Healthcare Association of New York State has released its Leading the Quest for Quality: 2011 Profiles in Quality and Patient Safety, which includes hospitals' quality improvement "success stories."
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The National Quality Forum has released a new commissioned report that, among other things, evaluates how performance measures are currently being used in the healthcare field.
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Leigh Montes, MD, bariatric and general surgeon, has joined the New Jersey Bariatric Center, according to a news release.
Fecal transplants have been shown to be an effective and inexpensive treatment for Clostridium difficile infection, but regulatory roadblocks prevent the treatment from becoming mainstream, according to a Wired report.
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