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Labor group website monitors Beth Israel Deaconess

October 2, 2008 — 1:49pm ET | By Anne Zieger
Unfortunately, when you have as high a profile as Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center does, scrutiny and public challenges go with the territory. That has definitely been the case when it... Read more...

Beth Israel faces questions on surgical resident work schedules

September 8, 2008 — 11:14pm ET | By Anne Zieger
The group that oversees training of new doctors said this week that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is facing a critical review in which it must prove that it has reformed its ways when it comes... Read more...

MA program brings doctors, residents to vulnerable elderly

September 2, 2008 — 12:10pm ET | By Anne Zieger
A new program based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is bringing a new level of comprehensive care to underserved elderly patients. The program, the Harvard Geriatrics Fellowship, is funded by... Read more...

MA rules would limit teaching hospitals' expansion into suburbs

July 11, 2008 — 11:13am ET | By Anne Zieger
Massachusetts regulators are expected to make it much harder for Boston's big, powerful teaching hospitals to descend into the suburbs and take business from smaller community hospitals. The... Read more...

Boston hospital discloses wrong-side surgery

July 7, 2008 — 8:07am ET | By Anne Zieger
A surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center operated on the wrong side of a patient this week--and in a rare act of transparency, hospital officials disclosed the event promptly in an e-mail to... Read more...

Infected MA transplant kills one patient, sickens another

May 14, 2008 — 6:59am ET
Two patients received kidneys infected with a difficult-to-detect virus after agreeing to accept organs from a high-risk donor, authorities at Boston hospitals said this week. A 70-year-old woman has... Read more...

Case study: TX hospital uses 'lean manufacturing' methods

April 16, 2008 — 6:59am ET
At St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, administrators were as likely to get a patient letter saying that their experience was dreadful as they were to get letters praising the hospital experience. Hoping... Read more...

MA officials question high hospital death rates

December 6, 2007 — 7:59am ET
Despite the state's overall reputation for excellent care--and the presence of high-profile institutions like Beth Israel Deaconess and Massachusetts General--at least one study suggests that... Read more...

Home health workers vote 'yes' to SEIU

November 9, 2007 — 7:59am ET
As FierceHealthcare readers know, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has been attempting to... Read more...

Many MA hospitals waive charges for errors

September 17, 2007 — 6:59am ET
Bracing themselves, no doubt, for Medicare's pending rules banning payment for some preventable... Read more...
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