03 Jan

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | January 3 - Here are the top quality challenges healthcare providers will face in 2011—many, such as imaging  exposure effects, central line infections, and medical data breaches dominated headlines in 2010. 1. Imaging Scan Radiation Exposure and Overutilization 2.  Variation in Dialysis Center Mortality 3. Drop in Central...

24 Dec

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ImagingBiz.com | Following a seven-month-long investigation of a security breach at St Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia, eight hospital employees were disciplined for photographing an x-ray taken of a male patient’s pelvic area, transmitting the image by cell phone, and posting it to Facebook. After the incident...

21 Dec

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HealthLeadersMedia.com | December 20 - Record spending on health information technology is greatly increasing the demand for experts in the field and tops a list of hot issues on the minds of healthcare leaders. That's according to a survey and report by PricewaterhouseCoopers Health Research Institute,...