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Doug Leonard, President of the Indiana Hospital Association, said the industry needs to “embrace transparency. Sometimes we don't like the results of that, but I think transparency is good for us and good for the public.”
Courier Journal, June 12, 2011

Testimony Before The Kentucky Senate & House Veterans, Military Affairs and Public Protection Joint Committee on Reporting of Healthcare Acquired Infections
 June 21, 2011   View Video of Testimony (Flash Video for Computers)     (I-Pad, I-Phone)  

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Thomas R. Frieden, Director of the CDC, has stated “Evidence indicates that, with focused efforts, these once formidable infections can be greatly reduced in number, leading to a new normal for healthcare-associated infections as rare, unacceptable events”. -- October 2011 http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/656002  
   

2011 Conference GraphicNov 111h, 2011, the fifth annual conference for Health Care Transparency and Patient Advocacy will have as one of its main themes Hospital Acquired Conditions and Healthcare Acquired Infections.   Click on the button below to view presentations.

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