NYU Langone Medical Center is one of the teaching hospitals being penalized by Medicare for its rate of medical errors. Joshua Bright/AP hide caption
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Medicare Penalizes Nearly 1,500 Hospitals For Poor Quality Scores
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Where a person lives seems to have an effect on Medicare spending. But why? iStockphoto.com hide caption
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To reduce errors by doctors in training, medical educators have capped how long they can work. But enforcing the limits can be a challenge. iStockphoto hide caption
Researchers find that more than 40 percent of surgical complications happen after patients leave the hospital. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Students at Georgetown University School of Medicine prepare to meet with an actor playing a patient in an exam room in March. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption
In Washington's Columbia Heights neighborhood, Claire Robertson, a grad student, talks with Scott Hensley about retail health clinics. David Schultz/NPR hide caption
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Independent Grades For Hospitals Show Quality Could Be Better
Kaiser Health News
Build a cardiac catheterization lab and doctors will tend to use it, even if treatment with drugs alone would suffice. iStockphoto.com hide caption