Patients get power of fast response.

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Patients get power of fast response.

September 9, 2009

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. September 1, 2009:D2.

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This column explains that some hospitals now afford patients and families the right to summon an immediate clinical response to a patient's worsening condition.

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