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Medical Lab Overworked and Understaffed, Inquiry Reveals
Three-Quarters of Nursing Homes Cited for Not Meeting Standards
Hospital Flush With Questions After Heparin Error
Hospital Tells Its Side of Wrong-Side Surgery
Surgeon Who Removed Wrong Kidney Blames Distractions
Unhealthy Number of Shortcomings Found at NJ Hospital
Hospital Errors Play Out on Public Record
Hospital Bar Codes Not a Perfect Prescription
Learning Not to Fumble Patient Handoffs
Doctors Make No Secret of Distaste for Undercover Shoppers
Quality the Keyword as U.K. Shakes Up Hospitals
New Hampshire Plugs In to E-Prescribing
Safer Surgical Strategy? Check
Foundation Begins Second Phase of National Healthcare Project
Small-Town Physicians Get Wired to Pharmacists
Canada-Wide Pathology Crisis on Horizon, Expert Warns
RFID Devices Flagged for Interference in Hospitals
Redefining the Role of Hospitalist
Medical Records in High-Tech Tangle
Quality of Hospital Care Suffers Due to Overcrowding
Healthcare, if Money Was No Object
Massachusetts Takes Bold Steps to Reduce Hospital Errors
Medicare Project Leads to Big Improvement for Hospital