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Making the Cut: Why choosing the right surgeon matters even more than you know

ProPublica publishes its Surgeon Scorecard, a comprehensive data visualization tool that displays surgeon-specific complication rates for eight elective procedures.

McKesson Executive Compensation Under Fire, Again

McKesson executives are fighting off another Teamster-sponsored shareholder proposal that would eliminate automatic payouts for top executives in the event of a change in control, including $142 million that would be due to CEO John Hammergren alone.

McCullough-Hyde takes ‘giant leap forward’

McCullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital (OH) implements Epic across its 45-bed facility for $9.5 million after affiliating with TriHealth.



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  1. The ProPublica site works very well. Usable, informative, and clear. I wish that the EHRs and CPOEs workflows that the surgeons were forced to use were of the same quality. We know that they are not, unfortunately. And, was it the surgery, or the post op care tinctured with neglect, that caused the complications?

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