Newspaper wins right to publish peer review

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The US District Judge for the District of Colorado denied a hospitalEs request for a temporary restraining order against DenverEs Rocky Mountain News for publishing information contained in a report prepared as part of a paper review investigation. The hospital officials stated that the judge needed to weigh the privacy interest of patients whose medical records are discussed and the statutory confidentiality of peer review.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Newspapers, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Laws, regulations and rules, Newspaper publishing, Medical records, Denver Publishing Co.

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Former Bush official seeks drastic quality improvement

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Paul H. OENeill, a former U.S. Treasury Secretary, believes that healthcare costs should be reduced by 50% and medication errors and hospital-acquired infections should be eliminated.

Strategy & planning, Management dynamics, Management, Planning, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Medical care, Cost of, Health care costs, Company business management, Company business planning, Government executives, OENeill, Paul H.

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Robodoc makes rounds at John Hopkins, allows doctoring at a distance

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The Companion, an armless robot from InTouch Health, allows doctors to consult with their patients in the hospital through an Internet connection.

Product information, Facilities & equipment, All Other Miscellaneous General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing, Maryland, General industrial machinery, not elsewhere classified, Industrial Robots, Health care industry, Equipment and supplies, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Technology application, Robotics industry, Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore, Maryland), InTouch Health

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