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CIR Vitals Winter 2012

CIR Vitals

Check out all the articles in the latest issue of CIR Vitals.

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Featured Post:

The Healthy Bronx Initiative: Taking the Work Beyond the Hospital

A 2011 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention paints a stark picture of health disparities and income levels in the United States. People with low incomes have five to 11 times fewer healthy days per month than …

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Recent Items:

Mythbuster: Is healthcare reform going to cut physician fees by 27%?

To Fix Health, Help the Poor

Then and Now: Former CIR President Reflects on Physician Activism from the 1960s to Today

Patient Safety Conference Spurs Lincoln to Reduce Hospital-Acquired Infections

  1. Dr. Fatima Wilder with her brother, Shetima, who was critically injured in a shooting incident in 2000. Shetima was treated at UMDNJ hospital where Dr. Wilder now trains as a surgical intern.
    UMDNJ Resident Testifies To Protect Hospital With Special Significance
  2. Dr. Villamar
    We Are the 99%
  3. Photo: Bill Bradley, CIR
    Through Negotiated Patient Care Funds, Residents Translate Needs into Action
  4. Physician Patient Conference
    NYC Residents Learn the Art of Patient-Centered Interviewing
  5. Mary E. Burkhart, MS, RPh, FASHP; Lt. Col. Jorge D. Carillo, PharmD, MS; and Helen Haskell, founder of Mothers Against Medical Error were the featured speakers of the 2011 HHC Conference Improving Medication Safety Through Effective Communication and Teamwork.
    CIR on the Front Lines of Medication Safety and Quality Improvement
  6. Dr. Thompkins
    Using Our Clinical Standing to Diagnose the Ills of our Communities

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