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Quality Guru Chosen to Head CMS
Donald Berwick, a Harvard University professor and leading advocate for improving health-care quality and efficiency, has been named by President Obama as his choice to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS.) Berwick is well-known in Quality circles for aggressively advocating quality improvement in healthcare. Berwick, who specializes in health-care policy and pediatrics, […]
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Medical Missteps: Case of a Nonexistent Pregnancy
Recently, a case was reviewed by the North Carolina Medical Board where a group of medical practitioners performed labor induction and a Caesarean section on a woman, only to find there was no baby present. The case, as reported by Foxnews.com, revealed that the patient had been convinced she was pregnant and managed to convince […]
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Standard Diabetes Treatment Makes Things Worse
Ready-Fire-Aim. Once again the healthcare profession finally gets around to looking at data, only to discover that it is actually harming patients by treating them. The Los Angeles Times reports that a major nationwide trial called ACCORD released Sunday show that lowering either blood pressure or cholesterol levels below current guidelines do not provide additional benefit […]
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Unreliable Prostate Test Costs Billions
The person who discovered the test used to screen 30 million American men for prostate cancer, the prostate-specific-antigen or PSA test, says the test is a hugely expensive healthcare disaster. “I discovered P.S.A. in 1970. As Congress searches for ways to cut costs in our health care system, a significant savings could come from changing […]