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Health care organizations should disclose medical errors that affect multiple patients: Researchers
Health care organizations should disclose medical mistakes that affect multiple patients even if patients were not harmed by the event, according to an AHRQ-funded research paper published in the September 2 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:57:32 -0700

Health Care Professionals and Advocates from 84 Countries to Issue Declaration that Access to Pain Management is a ...
MONTREAL, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Health care providers and researchers in the field of pain management are calling for governments worldwide to recognize the rights of people to the access of reasonable care for acute and chronic pain. Today, at the first annual International Pain Summit, delegates from 84 countries will issue a declaration asserting that access to pain management is a ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:59:56 -0700

Provision in Health Care Reform Law Gives Primary Care Financial Boost
Although the recently enacted health care reform legislation contains a number of provisions designed to make primary care the foundation of health care reform in the United States, one of those provisions is generating a lot of family physician interest because it calls for incentive payments for physicians who provide primary care services.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:50:53 -0700

Health care credit cards: What you need to know
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel issued a consumer alert today encouraging consumers to do their homework before they apply for a health care credit card, a relatively new credit product...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:02:45 -0700

Jane Wales: Health Care Reform: Philanthropy's Educational Role
Think the debate over health care reform is over? President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in late March after nearly a year of debate and deliberation. But the real work is only just beginning.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:47:43 -0700