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2008

Oct. 13:
* Flu shots plentiful, doctors urged to get as well as give
* Other nations, other answers: In search of a solution to the organ shortage

Oct. 6:
* Trade "accreditation" could confuse medical tourists
* Drug samples can mean fewer generic prescriptions for the uninsured

Sept. 22:
* HHS site invites public to compare mortality rates at 4,700 hospitals
* Sponges, surgical instruments miscounted in 13% of cases

Sept. 15: Researchers urge pay for egg donors

Sept. 8:
* Time to get tough? States increasingly offer ways to opt out of vaccine mandates
* Legal risk for prescribing painkillers is small, study says

Sept. 1: Medical blog analysis fuels call for standards
Aug. 25: Most states have good rules on pain medicine

Aug. 18:
* New Joint Commission standard tells hospitals to squelch disruptive behaviors
* Psychiatrists scrutinize APA's revenues from drug industry
* Quick View: Uninsured problem lowers U.S. health system's performance score

Aug. 11:
* Hospitals shine light on mistakes by publicly saying: "We're sorry"
* Ethics consultants get doses of realism through simulations

Aug. 4:
* P4P found to have little impact on quality
* Ethics panel may back universal coverage, ponders access as a "moral imperative"

July 28:
* Drug industry: No more free pens, pads or mugs
* AMA apologizes for past inequality against black doctors

July 14:
* Medicare's no-pay events: Coping with the complications
* California bill would mandate discussions of end-of-life options

July 7:
* AMA tool kit helps doctors measure, boost patient comprehension
* AMA meeting: AMA OKs palliative sedation for terminally ill
* AMA meeting: Delegates seek to change law on organ donor incentives
* AMA meeting: Delegates explore on-call coverage, at-home genetic tests

June 16:
* National safety effort targets perinatal injuries
* FDA drug safety review to start with Medicare
* Quick View: Barriers to prescribing opioids

June 9: Formula for rationing care: Task forces plan for disaster

May 19: Hospitalized kids found at risk for drug errors

May 12:
* Doctor disciplinary actions down for 3rd year
* CMS seeks to add 9 hospital-acquired conditions to no-pay list
* Oregon still stands alone: Ten years of physician-assisted suicide

May 5: Public pleas for organs fuel ethical qualms
April 28: U.S. report finds sluggish increases in quality of care
April 21: Patients generally pleased with hospital care

April 14:
* ACOG may redo abortion conscience policy
* Similar drug-name pairs nearly double 2004 tally

March 24-31: Is their integrity on the line when doctors pitch products?

March 17:
* CMS metric may prompt excessive antibiotic use
* To err is human, to report is hard

March 10: Michigan patient safety study gets HHS approval to resume
March 3: More heart transplants done, better outcomes

Feb. 18:
* Study questions impact of quality report cards
* IOM panel seeks program to evaluate research, guidelines

Feb. 11: New plan would require D.C. drug detailers to be licensed
Feb. 4: HHS shuts down Michigan patient safety study

Jan. 28:
* Economists' study says paying for organs would cut wait lists
* Doctors use placebos but don't tell patients
* Willing, but waiting: Hospital ethics committees

Jan. 21: New ACOG position on abortion refusal drawing fire

Jan. 7:
* No pay for "never event" errors becoming standard
* CT scans implicated in 2% of cancers

AMNews stories from 2005-07

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