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		<title>In memoriam: Ray Tye</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got word that Ray Tye, one of the most generous people I have ever met, has died.  He was generous in the way Maimonides would have liked:  He gave without fanfare and with no wish for recognition.
Every now and then, he would hear of a patient, either local or international, who [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/10/in-memoriam-ray-tye/</link>
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		<title>Passion, accuracy, and politics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I admire the President and really hope a health care bill is passed by Congress, but I wonder if his overstatement of what the bill does might ultimately cause him to fail.  Here&#8217;s the latest, as reported in today&#8217;s New York Times:
Boiling down his proposal to a few sentences, Mr. Obama asked, “How many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/09/passion-accuracy-and-politics/</link>
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		<title>Rx-360 Consortium Pilots Audit Sharing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia
The Rx-360 Consortium announced the&#160;start of a pilot plan to&#160;allow pharmaceutical manufacturers to share audits of suppliers. The first part of the pilot&#160;is intended to&#160;gauge the value of sharing the existing body of supplier audit information that already exists within consortium member companies.&#160; The consortium has an Audit Standards Working Group with 27 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/08/rx-360-consortium-pilots-audit-sharing/</link>
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		<title>What happens next in MA?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What happens next in Massachusetts with insurance reimbursement rates now that many of the facts and figures have been made public?
Here&#8217;s what I see.  The dominant parties in the state on whose watch the disparities in the marketplace have taken place &#8212; Blue Cross Blue Shield and Partners Healthcare System &#8212; face financial and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/08/what-happens-next-in-ma/</link>
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		<title>Senator Kerry informs and learns</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US Senator John Kerry joined a BIDMC event last night in Florida to provide an update to members of our community on recent events in Washington regarding the progress of a national health care bill.  We were impressed with the extent of the Senator&#8217;s knowledge on the subject and his commitment to thoughtful legislation, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/07/senator-kerry-informs-and-learns/</link>
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		<title>Railing against the tide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago, I wrote about the futility of banning social media in a hospital.  I argued that it was counterproductive and a waste of resources.  This point of view has been supported in other forums.
Now, I learn that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics organization is banning Facebook and other such [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/06/railing-against-the-tide/</link>
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		<title>Drink 3 to 5 Glasses of Red Wine to Prevent Heart Attacks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Image via Wikipedia
I was originally disappointed when I first scanned this Medical News Today article, Resveratrol May Replace Aspirin As Heart Protector; Longevinex® First Branded Resveratrol Pill Successfully Tested During Heart Attack.
As a red wine lover, my disappointment turned to joy when I read this:
The amount of resveratrol in 3 to 5 glasses of red [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/06/drink-3-to-5-glasses-of-red-wine-to-prevent-heart-attacks/</link>
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		<title>Me, here and there</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoy sharing what we have learned about enhancing quality and safety, transparency, and process improvement with health care providers and insurers around the country.  But sometimes you just can&#8217;t arrange to be there in person.
Today, I was invited to talk with board members and senior staff at HealthSpring, a large Medicare Advantage [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/04/me-here-and-there/</link>
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		<title>Pioneer speaks about MA health reform</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pioneer Institute is a public policy research center in Massachusetts.  On the political spectrum, most people would call it conservative, or a least free-market oriented.  In my opinion, regardless of your particular position along that spectrum, the institute&#8217;s work is worth reading.
Last month, it  issued a paper about the Massachusetts health [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/04/pioneer-speaks-about-ma-health-reform/</link>
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		<title>AHCJ to JC: Please be less obscure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Health Care Journalists offers advice to the Joint Commission about transparency and clarity.

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		<link>http://medicalcenterinfo.com/2010/03/03/ahcj-to-jc-please-be-less-obscure/</link>
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