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		<title>The 2012 Elections and the Issue of Healthcare Reform</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2012/01/19/2012-elections-issue-healthcare-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Money]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This column first appeared in the Syracuse Post Standard January 17, 2012 During both the 2008 and 2010 elections, the issue of reforming the American healthcare system was the focus of overwhelming amounts of misinformation and disinformation. Remember the email about Senior Death Panels?  It explained that the healthcare reform bill would allow Medicare 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>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Charles Inlander]]></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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Death]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/08/16/never-events-shooting-the-messenger/#comments</comments>
		<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>When Egos Transcend Common Sense and Doing the Right Thing</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/05/18/when-egos-transcend-common-sense-doing-the-right-thing/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/05/18/when-egos-transcend-common-sense-doing-the-right-thing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2008 10:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reminded twice in the last two days about the oncologist who was a part of my misdiagnosis story. He&#8217;s a big part of it; if he hadn&#8217;t been such an arrogant SOB, then I probably would not have changed careers to help other patients help themselves. But most days I don&#8217;t even think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prescription Drug Ads &#8211; Your Help Needed</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/13/prescription-drug-ads-your-help-needed/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2008/03/13/prescription-drug-ads-your-help-needed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you think of those prescription ads you see on TV, in magazines, newspapers and other places? Do you think they are helpful? Do you get frustrated because you know you can&#8217;t purchase those drugs directly anyway? Did you go to your doctor to ask about one of them? Do you think they are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lot&#8217;s &#8216;o Topics &#8211; Find Links Here</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/12/26/lots-o-topics-find-links-here-2/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/12/26/lots-o-topics-find-links-here-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[About.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a busy several days &#8212; as the holiday season always is. Haven&#8217;t written anything new on this blog for your consideration, but I have been busy! Here are the topics I&#8217;ve covered, and links so you can find them: What about Nataline? The 17-year-old who got caught in the crossfire over insurance coverage, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WSJ Interviews Every Patient&#8217;s Advocate</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/20/wsj-interviews-every-patients-advocate-2/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/11/20/wsj-interviews-every-patients-advocate-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Doctor Communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only was I privileged to contribute to an article in today&#8217;s Wall Street Journal (You Doctor&#8217;s Business Ties are Your Business, Too ) &#8212; but I actually learned even more than I knew before from the article! The question asked by the author, David Armstrong, was whether patients have a right to know about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the desk of (10/20/07)&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/10/20/from-the-desk-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the midst of this week&#8217;s craziness (WAY too much on my plate at the moment!) I have a few miscellaneous, but no less important, points and thoughts to share. I don&#8217;t want them to get lost, so I&#8217;ll just put them all here&#8230;. a potpourri of information. This may become a Saturday or weekend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Dirty Doctors Can&#8217;t Be Identified</title>
		<link>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/10/17/when-dirty-doctors-cant-be-identified-2/</link>
		<comments>http://trishatorrey.com/2007/10/17/when-dirty-doctors-cant-be-identified-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Torrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised in yesterday&#8217;s post, I&#8217;m reporting today on a frustration among those of us who work in patient safety. That frustration is once again sparked in this report from the Hartford Courant. Fifteen year old Mark Tsvok, injured in an auto accident in 2004, died from his injuries as a result of the misdeeds [...]]]></description>
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