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Teaching Nurses to Speak Up, with No Guff from Docs
Establishing specific criteria to sound the rapid- response alarm can help bolster the resolve of a nurse working alone late at night
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Cancer Care
Proton Cancer Centers Pose Big Risks, Big Rewards
The number of centers is on the rise, but skeptics wonder if they're necessary
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Payment
New Payment Scheme Expected to Foster Dramatic Changes in Care Delivery
Value-based purchasing emphasizes quality, patient experience
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Clinical Care
More Kids Hospitalized for Eating Disorders
Better programs urged for those affected; a growing number are boys, young men
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Most Wired
Medication Reconciliation Only as Good as the IT Allows
Well-wired hospitals can track own patients' meds; beyond that, the process is very limited
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Clinical Care
Is Your Rapid-Response Team on the Right Track?
Critics call them an ineffective Band-Aid; advocates say the teams save lives if they are well thought out
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