News
Recent news of interest to health care consumers:
When Coverage Fails
By Kristen Gerencher
The Wall Street Journal
October 22, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204346104576639271797526858.html#printMode
Designing a Smarter Patient
The hidden influences that sway our medical decisions.
By Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband
The Wall Street Journal
September 24, 2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903791504576584732337016232.html?mod=djemHL_t#printMode
When a Doctor Isn't Enough
Nurse Navigators Help Patients Through Maze of Cancer-Treatment Decisions, Fears
By Laura Landro
The Wall Street Journal
August 16,2011
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904253204576510472828240848.html?mod=djemHL_t
Crisis is Her Business
By Salley Shannon
More Magazine
February, 2011
http://www.more.com/reinvention-money/second-acts/crisis-her-business
Patient Advocates Can Make a Difference
By Dr. Davis Cracroft
The San Diego Union Tribune
February 8, 2011
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/feb/08/patient-advocates-can-make-a-difference/
Michigan Squashes Infections Saves Thousands of Lives
CNN Health
The Chart
January 31, 2011
http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/31/michigan-squashes-infections-saves-thousands-of-lives/
AGS Releases New Guidelines for Fall Prevention in the Elderly
Nurse.com
January 13, 2011
http://news.nurse.com/article/20110113/NATIONAL02/101170023/-1/frontpage
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