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Medicare decided to reinstate some patient safety data that was slated to be removed from public reporting programs.USA Today. September 7, 2014.

Feds reverse course, will release hospital mistake data.

O'Donnell J. USA Today. September 7, 2014.

This newspaper article reports on the decision to reinstate distribution of publicly-reported information onhospital-acquired conditions that, in an attempt to simplify content for consumers, had been removed from theHospital Compare Web site.

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