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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>
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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>Hospital Gets a Plus, Communication a Minus</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2009/03/11/hospital-gets-a-plus-communication-a-minus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since I posted &#8212; but you&#8217;ll understand why. My father suffered a mild heart attack a few days ago, and (thanks for asking) is doing as well as can be expected. In his 80+ years, he has never had any indication he had a problem with his heart!  A variety of other [...]]]></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>
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		<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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		<title>Never Events &#8212; Shooting the Messenger</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/16/never-events-shooting-the-messenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning October 1, 2008, Medicare, and many health insurance companies, will no longer pay hospitals for the additional services needed for patients who suffer from &#8220;never events.&#8221; Never Events, as defined by the National Quality Forum, are those events which should never happen to a patient.  There are 28 errors on the list ranging from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRSA: Patients Ignored, Left to Die &#8211; Redux</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/07/31/mrsa-patients-ignored-left-to-die-redux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last January I posted three stories I had been told, all within a few days of each other, about patients who had acquired MRSA in the hospital and had been revictimized by the system that would not treat them, listen to them, or help them get well. Over the next several days, I was condemned, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another MRSA Death, More Heartbreak</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/20/another-mrsa-death-more-heartbreak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January, I told you about three heinous infection situations &#8212; three people who contracted MRSA from negligence and bad medical protocol. At the time, I took some major hits from providers &#8212; in effect, chastising ME for the plight of these people, and taking offense to the fact that I blamed the professionals who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hospitals, Never Events and Your Bill</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/11/hospitals-never-events-and-your-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week was National Patient Safety Awareness Week. Seems like the press just caught up this week. From MSN and NBC, to Reuters, and hundreds of news outlets that are more regional or local in nature&#8230;. this week patient safety is the bulk of what I see in the headlines. Most of us patients don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forbes: Patients Lose Thru Lack of Hospital Competition</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/02/29/forbes-patients-lose-thru-lack-of-hospital-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forbes Magazine this month includes an exhaustive and question-inducing series of articles about hospitals and their ability to best take care of the patients who trust them. And the picture isn&#8217;t pretty. Even the titles make us pay attention: Bad Medicine Dirty Tricks Hospitals&#8217; Nightmare And the subtitle under Bad Medicine is &#8212; The heart [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Handwashing Part of the Routine</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/02/08/making-handwashing-part-of-the-routine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regular readers of this blog know that I encourage patients to step up when they notice that a healthcare worker is getting ready to touch them and has not washed his/her hands. Why? To protect oneself from MRSA and other possible deadly superbug infections, that&#8217;s why! It could mean the difference between life and death, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MRSA: Victimization and Shooting the Messenger</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/01/10/mrsa-victimization-and-shooting-the-messenger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday&#8217;s post, where I told the stories of three (+2) victims of MRSA infections, raised ire, blame and excuses from commentators and emailers alike. Never mind that they were stories of five people who are infected with MRSA, one of whom has basically been left to die. Never mind that the frustration levels of these [...]]]></description>
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