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  Sacred Heart’s profits climb

  September 3, 2009 in City on Page A1 Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center earned a profit of nearly $100 million in 2007 and 2008 as patients were admitted to the hospital in record numbers. The hospital, part of … 1

• Shriners to announce plans for troubled hospitals

  July 9, 2009 in City The Shriners are wrapping up their annual meeting in San Antonio and are expected to announce changes to their children’s hospitals.

• Smart Bombs: First, check your ego

  February 18, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 If you are about to undergo surgery, here are two simple tips that could save your life. State your name and ask the physicians if they have been introduced to …

• MRSA rates decline steadily in one procedure

  February 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 Bloodstream infections caused by methicillin-resistant “Staphylococcus aureus,” or MRSA, have dropped 50 percent in the last decade, at least for one high-risk medical procedure, according to a new study. The …

• Hospitals standardizing codes

  February 13, 2009 in City on Page A11 Washington hospitals are standardizing the codes used to summon help, so that “code blue,” for example, would always mean “cardiac arrest.” The changes follow a survey that showed at least …

• Hospitals now using consistent codes to avoid confusion

  February 12, 2009 in City, Region Washington hospitals are adopting new communication safety measures so that no matter what medical center a patient is in, “code blue,” for example, means cardiac arrest.

• Snow no obstacle for kidney transplant

  December 28, 2008 in City on Page B7 SEATTLE – Kidney patient Dorothy Beaver and kidney transplant surgeon Ramasamy Bakthavatsalam were both snowed in when the telephone call came. They were told they had to get to the …

• Hospitals report fewer ‘adverse events’

  September 3, 2008 in City on Page B3 Regional hospitals are reporting fewer surgery mistakes and serious accidents in 2008. Called adverse events, hospitals in Washington had to begin publicly reporting more of their mistakes, ranging from pressure …