Admit It: Medicare Errs In Crackdown On Hospital Quality
Medicare has an embarrassing admission about readmissions: It goofed.
View ArticleIn-Depth Genome Analysis Moves Toward The Hospital Bed
Whole genome sequencing has become an essential tool for researchers. But slow speeds and high costs have helped keep the technology from becoming a routine diagnostic test for doctors. But that's...
View Article44% Of Coloradans Use ER For Non-Emergencies
A survey of 10,000 Coloradans has found that 44 percent of visits to the emergency room are for ailments that could be treated by a regular doctor.
View ArticleSuperstorm Sandy Takes Toll On New York Hospitals
When a storm hits, people count on the local hospital to be ready — no matter what. But when Sandy slammed into New York City, one of Manhattan's biggest hospitals buckled. After the power went out in...
View ArticleSafety Grades Rise For Colorado Hospitals: One-third Garner 'A's; None Fail
The number of Colorado hospitals receiving an “A” grade for patient safety nearly doubled in the past six months, from seven to 13.
View ArticleMedical Residents Work Long Hours Despite Rules
More than 10 years after she was a internal medicine resident, Dr. Vineet Arora still thinks about how her shifts used to end. She says the best shift change was one that didn't require her to transfer...
View ArticleA 'Silent Epidemic,' Coloradans Increasingly Taking Their Toothaches To The ER
Nineteen-year-old Vesha Gilbert’s toothache had become so unbearable, she ended up where no one wants to be: Sitting in a dentist’s chair, cringing at the thought of having her decayed back molar pulled.
View ArticleHospitals Tell Workers: Get A Flu Shot Or Get Fired
Across Colorado, hospitals are demanding all employees get flu shots or be fired.
View ArticleHospital Bids Bye-Bye To Big Macs, Others May Follow Suit
The McDonald's at the Truman Medical Centers' main campus in Kansas City, Mo., has closed, ending an epic, two-decade stint inside the hospital and making it the fifth health facility in the past few...
View ArticleColorado Hospitals On A $3.4 Billion Construction Boom
$3.4 billion. That’s the total value of some 50 hospital construction projects occurring all over the state, a Colorado Public News examination has found.
View ArticleColorado Flu Firings On The Rise
If patients can refuse a flu shot, why not health care workers?
View ArticleBellevue Hospital's Slow Comeback After Superstorm Sandy
When a ferry crashed in lower Manhattan earlier this month, ambulances took dozens of people to hospitals around the island.Bellevue Hospital took in 31 passengers, but they all had minor injuries. The...
View ArticleHospitals Clamp Down On Early Elective Births
For decades, doctors have been warned about the dangers of delivering babies early without a medical reason.
View ArticleShould You Fear The 'July Effect' Of First-Time Doctors At Hospitals?
It's an old joke, repeated every year around nurses' stations, examination rooms, and operating theaters: Whatever you do, don't get sick in July.That's when hundreds of just-graduated medical students...
View ArticleWhen A Famous Hospital Didn't Want An Expensive New Drug
Last year, a new drug called Zaltrap was approved as a kind of last-chance therapy for patients with colorectal cancer. Studies suggested Zaltrap worked almost exactly as well as an existing drug...
View ArticleQuality Conundrum: Complications Boost Hospital Profits
Hospitals can make much more money when surgery goes wrong than in cases that go without a hitch.And that presents a problem for patients.
View ArticleThe Scramble At Moore Medical Center As The Tornado Hit
A massive tornado swept through the Oklahoma City area Monday afternoon, leaving ruin in its path.Moore Medical Center, which stood directly in the tornado's path, was devastated. But the workers,...
View ArticleDisinfect All ICU Patients To Reduce 'Superbug' Infections
Hospitals can sharply reduce the spread of the drug-resistant bacteria in their intensive care units by decontaminating all patients rather than screening them and focusing only on those found to be...
View ArticleHow Oregon Is Getting 'Frequent Fliers' Out Of The ER
Forty-year-old Jeremie Seals has had a tough life.He left home at 14, and his health isn't good. He had a heart attack when he was 35. He has congestive heart failure, and nerve pain in his legs that...
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