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CMS penalties work in boosting infection control

Hitting hospitals in their pocket books is an effective method to trying to stop infections, according to an American Journal of Infection Control study , published yesterday. Eighty-one percent of

UK considers fining hospitals for readmissions

Looking to address a sharp rise in the number of emergency readmissions over the past decade--from 359,719 in 1998-99 to 546,354 in 2007-08--the government in the United Kingdom plans to begin