National Priorities Partnership Addresses the Question of Reducing Healthcare Costs while Improving Quality

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 3, 2011—Taking on areas of healthcare that together account for billions of dollars in wasteful spending, the National Priorities Partnership (NPP) released sets of specific actions to reduce healthcare costs by addressing preventable hospital readmissions, reducing emergency department overuse, and preventing medication errors.

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Protect Mothers and Babies from Unnecessary Harm

Washington, D.C., January 26, 2011—Virginia Business Coalition on Health joins the employer-driven hospital quality watchdog, The Leapfrog Group, in issuing a Call to Action in response to new data finding that thousands of babies are electively scheduled for delivery too early, resulting in a higher likelihood of death, being admitted to a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and life-long health problems.

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What’s in a Name?

As an editor, I expect to pay more attention than most people do to word choice. Whether I’m talking to others or myself, composing emails, editing manuscripts, writing for print or the web, or squeezing maximum value out of my 140 characters on Twitter, I’m constantly searching for the right words.

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