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"Un-American" Surgery Abroad
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- May 6, 2008
Is it unpatriotic to fly halfway around the world to have a knee repaired?
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Saving on Surgery by Going Abroad
By Avery Comarow -
Health
- May 1, 2008
Medical tourism or medical travel can produce discounts of 80 percent.
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Taking a (By)pass on Surgical Volume
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- April 22, 2008
Conventional wisdom says deaths go down the more often a hospital does a procedure. Oh, yeah?
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'Sister Nurse' Responds to Critics
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- April 15, 2008
Nursing instructor Karen Madsen's hospital observations drew fire from other nurses.
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Pennsylvania's New Hospital Infection Report
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- April 11, 2008
The state's hospitals are reporting a higher rate than last year, but maybe the news isn't as bad as it looks.
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Close Encounter of the Nurse Kind
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- April 8, 2008
A nursing professor's tale of the two faces of her daughter's hospital care.
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Marketing Hospital Patient Satisfaction
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- April 1, 2008
So far there hasn't been much hoopla from hospitals on a new survey.
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A Review of the New Patient Satisfaction Tool
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 28, 2008
A few tweaks would help, but the revamped Hospital Compare page is mostly a winner for consumers.
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How Hospitals Compare on Patient Satisfaction
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 28, 2008
Now you'll be able to find out online, thanks to a new national patient-satisfaction survey.
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Do Patients Plus Clinical Trials Equal Better Care?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 25, 2008
Hospitals that sign up lots of patients for studies just might be improving the quality of care across the board.
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Is the Ratings Game Stacked Against Doctors?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 18, 2008
I haven't yet seen a website that evaluates physicians usefully, thoroughly, and fairly.
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Marcus Welby Is Alive and Well in the Far East
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 11, 2008
Is it the culture? Just a different approach to doing medicine? Whatever it is, it's good for hospital patients.
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A Little Gum to Get Things Moving
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- March 4, 2008
Here's one effective medical treatment that's (almost) free.
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Award for Heart Transplant Writer
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- February 26, 2008
Amy Silverstein's critics have told her she is ungrateful and never should have written "Sick Girl," her account of her many years with a transplanted heart. Others applaud her honesty.
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Do You Want Your Doctor to Tell You What to Do?
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- February 26, 2008
Maybe getting more involved in your own care will make you healthier. And maybe, suggests a new study, it won't.
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Imagine That—a Healthcare System That Works!
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- February 21, 2008
Sunday hours, personal attention, convenient appointments, clear bills, no copay... There's a lesson here, says a family physician.
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A Deluge of Dollars Is No Back Cure
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- February 19, 2008
We're spending more than ever on easing back pain. It's mostly not helping.
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Wringing Our Hands Over Infection Control
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- February 7, 2008
Commenters agree: There's much more to keeping hospitals from infecting patients than soap and water or a sanitizing gel.
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Deciphering Unexpected Deaths in a Diabetes Study
By Avery Comarow -
On Medicine
- February 7, 2008
Diabetic patients need to keep working on getting their blood glucose down, says a leading physician.
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When It Hurts to Take a Statin
By Avery Comarow -
Health
- February 4, 2008
Here's what to do if taking one of these cholesterol-lowering drugs becomes painful.
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On Medicine: My Life as a Statin Junkie
By Avery Comarow -
Health
- January 29, 2008
I've been popping cholesterol pills almost forever. And I'll keep on keeping on.
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Cleaner Hands, Fewer Infections? Maybe Not
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- January 23, 2008
The need for hand washing is too obvious to be stated, yet a new study calls a truism into question.
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Checklists Can Save Lives
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- January 17, 2008
But the plug was pulled on a large research project because the sponsor didn't follow one.
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The News About Vytorin Sounds Bad, but Don't Panic
By Avery Comarow -
Health
- January 15, 2008
Reading our FAQ won't lower your cholesterol, but it might do wonders for your heart rate.
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In Denial About Medical Mistakes
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- January 15, 2008
The best caregivers aren't necessarily those who make the fewest goofs. They're the ones who learn from them.
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