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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Meyer's restaurants are not alone. A survey released Friday morning shows businesses around the New York City area are already feeling the pinch of Wall Street's recent downturn. The survey, conducted by the local chapter of the National Association of Purchasing Management, found that business managers believe the Big Apple's economic conditions have deteriorated 21% from just three months ago, to an index level of 35.6. Any reading below 50 means the city's economy is contracting. The index stood at 59 just a year ago. "Managers say business conditions are bad and will stay that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New York City Feels the Brunt of Wall Street's Crisis | 10/31/2008 | See Source »

Perhaps now that hospitals know what patients are thinking, they can work to improve. Despite general patient satisfaction, the HCAHPS survey suggests that basic components of care can make or break the patient experience - things like how patients interact with hospital staff. "We should be in the upper 90s [in percentage of approval] on these things," Jha says. "It strikes me that we have a long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Patients Give U.S. Hospitals So-So Marks | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard researchers focused on six areas of the survey responses including how well doctors and nurses communicate with patients about medication and how attentive they are to a patient’s needs...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Evaluate Patient Satisfaction | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...survey was conducted by the Hospital Quality Alliance, a national organization that aims to improve the quality of hospital care...

Author: By June Q. Wu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Researchers Evaluate Patient Satisfaction | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

Scowcroft’s talk offered a broad survey of the current foreign policy landscape and its existing issues—the political situation in middle eastern countries; the rise of China and its global influence; and the evolving Russo-U.S. relationship...

Author: By Manning Ding, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scowcroft Speaks On U.S. Image | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

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