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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Doctors and Nurses

Friday, May 20, 2011

Stanford Medical School Staff Violate Paid-Speech Policy

The Stanford University School of Medicine has disciplined five faculty members for violating school policy by giving paid promotional speeches for pharmaceutical companies. Additional details were not disclosed because actions involving school personnel are confidential.



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