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Patients And Health Care Providers Seek Improved Quality As Report Shows Extensive Errors
The Washington Post reports on efforts by hospitals to tally their avoidable mistakes and describes "hundreds of incidents of death or serious medical harm disclosed in the past year by hospitals in the Washington region, preventable errors that until recently have not required public reporting. Under laws that took effect last year in Virginia and a few years earlier in the District and Maryland, hospitals must report to health regulators many serious injuries that patients suffer in the course of treatment. The laws are different in each jurisdiction. For example, Virginia"s public records identify the hospitals by name, while Maryland"s and the District"s do not. But they all allow the public to glimpse the breadth of mistakes that health experts dub "never events" (because they should never happen): sponges left inside patients after surgery, operations on the wrong limb, medication errors, falls that lead to needless deaths (as well as other events). At least 20 states require hospitals to report every incidence of hospital-acquired infection. Patients, insurers and regulators are beginning to use this information to prod health-care providers to ensure that such events really never happen."
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Research In Adolescent Addiction Supported By Early Stimulus Funding
A Brown University professor is among the first in the country to win a federal research grant funded by national economic stimulus efforts.
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Carbohydrate Acts As Tumor Suppressor
Scientists at Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have discovered that specialized complex sugar molecules (glycans) that anchor cells into place act as tumor suppressors in breast and prostate cancers. These glycans play a critical role in cell adhesion in normal cells, and their decrease or loss leads to increased cell migration by invasive cancer cells and metastasis. An increase in expression of the enzyme that produces these glycans, í²3GnT1, resulted in a significant reduction in tumor activity. The research was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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A Selection Of Opinions And Editorials

Health Care Crippling The Economy - Chicago Tribune Americans are spoiled. We all feel entitled to the best health care. But this cannot be done for everyone, for long (Jim Nowlan, 6/4). Medicare, Start The Bidding - New York Times Medicare could use an approach called a reverse Dutch auction to set up competition for doctors in oversupplied regions (Peter B. Bach, 6/3). Talk Amongst Yourselves - The New Republic Health care reform won"t go anywhere unless Obama does a better job of telling us what it"ll cost (William Galston, 6/4). Beware Consequences Of Public Health Plan - Des Moines Register The recent Iowa Poll by the Register shows 80 percent of those surveyed feel they are well-covered by their health plans. With satisfaction like that, where"s the crisis? (Doug Reichardt), 6/4). Don"t Delay Action On Health Care - Forbes The political risks surrounding health care aren"t going away, and future events could reduce Obama"s popularity. That"s why now is the time to act (John Zogby, 6/4). A Soda Tax To Fund Health Care? Think Again. - USA Today By reaching into Americans" grocery carts, Congress and the president would be resorting to regressive taxation, as the burden of these beverage taxes would disproportionately fall on those earning less (Dick Armey, 6/4). This information was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at kaiserhealthnews.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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