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NewsExecutive pay skyrockets for 'investment in leadership'
Raking in more than $1 million in combined base pay, two University of Michigan Health System executives received the highest salaries this year out of all U-M employees, according to 2011 pay Read more...
Why 'I'm sorry' still matters: Hospital CEO apologizes for death of actor's brother
Two years after the settlement regarding a well-publicized patient death, President and CEO Sandra Coletta of Rhode Island's Kent Hospital is still apologizing for the death of actor James Woods's Read more...
High-risk surgery no longer risky business
Risky surgeries are less risky these days, according to a new study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System found that Read more...
New law protects physicians who say 'I'm sorry'
In a move geared toward increasing communication and transparency in healthcare, the state of Michigan has passed an "I'm sorry" law for doctors, which will allow healthcare providers to apologize to Read more...
Primary-care shortage puts medical home model out of reach
The country may not be ready to shift to a primary-care medical home model, according to a University of Michigan Health System study published in Medical Care, because, simply put, there aren't Read more...
Blacks, women experience pain medication disparities, study finds
Blacks are prescribed fewer pain medications and women receive weaker dosages of chronic pain meds, concludes a study published in the August issue of Journal of Pain. Changes to such disparities Read more...
Recession has had a negative impact on hospital safety, quality
Now more than ever is the time to monitor both care and financial quality of hospitals across the U.S., urge researchers from the University of Michigan Health System and St. Joseph Mercy Health Read more...
Higher patient death rate linked to higher hospital occupancy
If patient-flow efficiency isn't a priority at your hospital, here's one more reason why it should be: Patients are nearly 6 percent more likely to die when they're admitted to hospitals that are at Read more...
Trend: Primary-care docs spending more time on visits
Here's something that may surprise you--and came as quite a surprise to your editor. Apparently, family doctors have been taking more time with adult patients of late, and seeing them more often, as Read more...
U of Michigan sees dramatic malpractice savings by saying 'sorry'
In most cases, when doctors or hospitals realize they have a malpractice problem on their hands, their first instinct is is to throw up a protective wall of silence to protect themselves Read more...
| Press ReleasesNew Hospitals to Implement New Communications TechnologyNew U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Von Voigtlander Women's Hospital to add integration platform to distribute data, enhance communications and patient experience ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 13, Read more >> Research by the Connecticut Gastroenterology Institute at Bristol Hospital Shows Promising New Treatments for PatienLandmark Study Featured in 1/6/11 Issue of New England Journal of Medicine BRISTOL, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A team of researchers including Bristol Hospital’s Connecticut Gastroenterology Institute Read more >> Primary care physician workforce would need to grow by thousands to realize chronic care savings, efficienciesMedia contact: Ian Demsky
E-mail: idemsky@umich.edu
Phone: 734-764-2220
Hurdles ahead for health care reform primary care model, U-M study shows Meet the experts:
David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H.
John Read more >> |
