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Your 'Best Hospitals' Questions Answered
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- July 15, 2008
The new rankings are drawing comments, many of them from hospital patients.
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It's Just Their Hometown Hospital
By Sarah Baldauf -
Health
- July 10, 2008
Most Vanderbilt patients aren't tough cases from far away.
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Great Medicine Needs Committed Patients
By Bernadine Healy M.D. -
Health
- July 10, 2008
There's no pill or procedure to make physical rehabilitation happen on its own.
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Signs of Heart Attack That Many Patients Don't Know
By Sarah Baldauf -
Health
- May 26, 2008
Nearly half of heart patients don't fully grasp the symptoms of an attack. Make sure you know them.
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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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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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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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A Rectum, a Finger, and a Lawsuit in New York
By Ben Harder -
Thinking Harder
- January 16, 2008
The patient feels violated. Doctors feel it was necessary. A court will decide.
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Ahead of the Curve: Patient Advocate
By Marty Nemko -
Money & Business
- December 19, 2007
The confluence of aging baby boomers with a complex healthcare system demands patient advocacy
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Off With the White Coat, On With the Backless Gown
By Avery Comarow -
Comarow on Quality
- December 10, 2007
Like walking in someone else's shoes, lying in a patient bed might be a good prescription for doctors.
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Inside the New Rankings
Comarow on Quality
- July 13, 2007
With the new Best Hospitals rankings online now (health.usnews.
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