Agreement reached on doc-performance reporting guidelines

From Modern Physician:
A broad coalition of leading physician groups, health insurers, consumer and labor organizations and employer associations have reached a major agreement on physician-performance reporting.
The Patient Charter for Physician Performance Measurement, Reporting and Tiering Programs creates a national set of principles to guide measuring and reporting on physician performance, including third-party independent review of [...]

Study: CPR works as well as home defibrillators

From CNN.com
Having a defibrillator at home can help a heart attack survivor live through a second crisis, but so can CPR and at a much lower cost. That’s the bottom line from the first test of using these heart-shocking devices in the home.
The devices worked. But so few people in the study were stricken at [...]