June 2002

  From My Perspective (50 K PDF)

 Dateline: Washington (15 K PDF)

• Bipartisan tort reform legislation introduced
• Coalition calls for immediate liability relief
• ACS comments on HIPAA privacy standards
• College objects to MedPAC assistants at surgery proposal
• ACS joins National Quality Forum

  The health care worker shortage: Nurses offer their perspective (260K PDF)

  The health care worker shortage: Suggested responses from the surgical community (315K PDF)

  Cognitive changes and retirement among senior surgeons (60K PDF)

  Provider volume and clinical outcomes in surgery: Issues and implications (80K PDF)

  In their own words: At the bedside and the bench: Research skills that last a lifetime (45K PDF)

  In compliance...with HIPAA rules (20K PDF)

  Socioeconomic tip of the month: A risk management checklist: Part II (16K PDF)

  Chapter news (57K PDF)

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