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	<title>Seattle/LocalHealthGuide &#187; Virginia Mason</title>
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		<title>VM achieves highest overall score on Leapfrog hospital safety survey</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:52:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Participating hospitals voluntarily report their progress towards implementing these practices. Your hospital's report is available online.
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		<title>Virginia Mason’s mandatory flu shot policy wins praise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael McCarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seattle hospital's first-in-the-nation program called "another important first in the field of infection control and prevention". ]]></description>
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		<title>VM names five to leadership posts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New leadership for primary care, anesthesiology, infectious diseases, hearing health services and VM Winslow.]]></description>
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		<title>VM adds nine new physicians to staff</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anesthesiologist, ophthalmologist, gynecologist, orthopedic surgeon, and hospitalists among the new hires.]]></description>
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		<title>Multiple sclerosis class on Bainbridge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ March 31, 2010; 6:00 pm to 7:29 pm. ] Virginia Mason Winslow Hosts Multiple Sclerosis Education Event

 

WHAT: 
 Join Dr. Mariko Kita of Virginia Mason Medical Center in a discussion about multiple sclerosis, new treatments and research discoveries.
And just in time for the MS Walk on Bainbridge Island Saturday, April 10, learn tips on energy conservation, fatigue management, personal safety related to mobility, stretching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New doctors at Virginia Mason</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Six new physicians have joined Virginia Mason Medical Center.
Cardiology
Sara Weiss, MD, joined Virginia Mason in the Section of Cardiology. Weiss received her medical school training from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. She completed her internal medicine residency, cardiology fellowship and heart failure fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver.
Hematology and Oncology
Nanette Robinson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health stories in the news</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/disabled-children-spanking-health-reform-medical-errors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers more likely to spank disabled children
More than 200,000 U.S. schoolchildren are spanked, paddled or subjected to some other form of corporal punishment each year with disabled children receiving a disproportionate share of such punishments, according to a report prepared by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
&#8220;At least 41,972 students with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Lessons From Seattle On Adopting Electronic Medical Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:57:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[and University of Washington--on how to adopt electronic medical records.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Five lessons from Seattle's top hospitals--Swedish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Julie Appleby
SEATTLE — Atop a hill here, three of Washington state’s pre-eminent hospital systems sit within blocks of each other, equipped with state-of-the-art electronic medical record systems that track test results, send warnings about dangerous drug interactions and provide medical histories.
But a patient crossing the street from one hospital to another would be wise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health in the news &#8211; July 13</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/health-in-the-news-july-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle&#8217;s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle&#8217;s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health stories in the news &#8211; July 6</title>
		<link>http://mylocalhealthguide.com/krugman-health-reform-virginia-mason-seattle-hospital-kaplan-special-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LocalHealthGuide</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Health reform is within reach says New York Times columnist
New York Times columnist and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman cites the latest analysis by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to back his claim that substantive health reform is within reach of Congress this summer.
&#8220;&#8230;last week the budget office scored the full proposed legislation from [...]]]></description>
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