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		<title>Choosing a Safer Hospital</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/29/choosing-a-safer-hospital/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that this column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard on September 27, 2011 &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.. In my last column I shared an open letter to our local hospitals which resulted from my review of their most recent “report cards.”  These report cards score hospitals on their quality of service and safety records. Despite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Letter to Hospitals</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/09/15/an-open-letter-to-hospitals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note that this column appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard on September 13, 2011.  It addresses the recently issued New York State Hospital Report Card.  You don&#8217;t need to be a resident of Central New York, or even New York State to gain benefit from this column.  Resources for you are found below. &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informed Consent Requires Clarity &#8211; Do You Have It?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/08/18/informed-consent-requires-clarity-do-you-have-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard August 16, 2011) Recently I was chosen to participate in a new writing project. There were some basic details and responsibilities I was expected to agree to, including a specific number of articles, average number of words, and some other typical expectations. I was given a contract to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July &#8211; a Potentially Dangerous Time for Healthcare</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2011/07/07/july-potentially-dangerous-time-for-healthcare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(as published in the Syracuse Post Standard July 5, 2011) Seven years ago this week, I found a golf ball sized lump on my torso that changed the course of my life. After its removal, I was diagnosed with a rare, terminal form of lymphoma. Subsequently I determined I didn’t really have lymphoma.  That was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Give Us Our Damned Data&#8221; Causes the First Meltdown in Awhile</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/31/give-us-our-damned-data-causes-the-first-meltdown-in-awhile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dave DeBronkart Give Us Our Damned Data]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regina Holliday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regina Holliday and Dr. Ted Eytan Photo compliments of R2DC on Flickr Regina Holliday&#8217;s husband, Fred, age 39, died of cancer in June 2009 leaving his wife, and his two young, beautiful children behind.  During their journey through the healthcare system to try to get Fred the help he needed, too many hurdles were put [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Uh-oh Video! (Can&#8217;t escape it&#8230;)</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2010/07/25/uh-oh-video-cant-escape-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to TV and video, Al Roker provides one of my favorite quotations: &#8220;They say the camera adds 10 pounds. OK. So I figure I must be standing in front of 10 cameras.&#8221; Oh, yes, Al. I know how you feel&#8230;. However &#8212; I&#8217;ve decided to come out of my video-avoidance closet to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advocating &#8211; What&#8217;s &#8220;Friendly&#8221; Got to Do With It?</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/11/advocating-whats-friendly-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/04/11/advocating-whats-friendly-got-to-do-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 10:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bart Windrum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a simple question, but it has stirred some controversy.  It&#8217;s the word &#8220;friendly.&#8221; Colleague and fellow passionate advocate Bart Windrum got (as my mother would say) his blood in a bubble after reading an article about engaging a patient advocate to help you navigate your healthcare, recently published in a Tampa newspaper. In a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Doctor&#8217;s God Complex, a Life Nearly Lost</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/27/a-doctors-god-complex-a-life-nearly-lost/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/27/a-doctors-god-complex-a-life-nearly-lost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend and colleague, Franny, shared her story with me and caused my jaw to drop. Then, I realized it didn&#8217;t really surprise me at all. Having suffered months and months of treatment for his brain cancer, Asa&#8217;s life was almost lost due to the arrogance of the resident who was in charge of his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Informed Consent Called Into Question</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/02/informed-consent-called-into-question/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/02/02/informed-consent-called-into-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new post by my blog guest Anonymous, poses a question, &#8220;Informed consent is just a cruel joke, isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; This gentleman, who underwent surgery, was given Versed as anesthesia, despite stating that he did not want to be given any drug that would render him unconscious.  So, not only did he deny consent, he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Infection Warnings &#8211; Tools to Prevent Germy Spread</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/13/more-infection-warnings-tools-to-prevent-their-spread/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/01/13/more-infection-warnings-tools-to-prevent-their-spread/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Betsy McCaughey, director of RID (Reduce Hospital Deaths) reminds us in her latest Wall Street Journal article that those hospital germs, the ones that cause death and debilitation, are everywhere. In her most recent article, she points to doctors&#8217; and nurses&#8217; scrubs, coats, ties &#8212; their clothing.  MRSA, C.Diff. and other infectious pathogens cling to [...]]]></description>
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