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Care to Compare?
Geri Aston
A national program to identify which medical devices, drugs and treatments are most effective would be massive and costly. Can we afford not to do it?

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Terese Hudson Thrall
Disruptive behavior hurts staff morale and endangers patients. Now the Joint Commission insists that you to do something about it

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Lee Ann Runy

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C-suite Leadership Key to Lowering Infection Rates, Workload, Not Just Hours, Impacts Quality of Care Provided by Medical Residents, State Bills Would Require Nurses to Earn BAs, Spurned Bidders Force Delay of RAC Rollout.
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A tribute to J. Alexander McMahon by Rich Umbdenstock, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association, delivered Nov. 14, 2008
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