Twenty-six percent of patients with a recent Clostridium difficile infection received only unnecessary antimicrobials, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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David Abraham, MD, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, is a physician at the Reading Neck and Spine Center in Wyomissing, Pa. He offers operative and nonoperative surgical care as well as post-surgical services for spine patients.
The average physician spends 50.7 months, or roughly 11 percent, of a 40-year career with an unresolved and open malpractice claim, according to a new study from Health Affairs.
Donald Berwick, MD, former head of CMS and mind behind healthcare reform's "triple aim," is mulling a 2014 run for governor of Massachusetts, according to a Boston Globe report.
James Andrews, MD, performed knee surgery on Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III, according to a Fox Sports report.
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Katie Vadasdi, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery Specialists, recently led educational demonstrations and talks at the ONS Foundation for Clinical Research and Education in Greenwich, Conn., to high school girls.
Policymakers may improve the rate of hospitals publicly reporting quality data and the outcomes of reporting by heeding four lessons from the Leapfrog Group's efforts, according to a study in Health Affairs.
Fourteen infectious disease quality measures and a measure related to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease have been endorsed by the National Quality Forum.
National healthcare expenditures grew 3.9 percent in 2011, similar to growth rates in 2009 and 2010, meaning healthcare spending continues to grow at historically slow levels, according to the official analysis of national healthcare data from CMS' Office of the…
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