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Press Kit - Photos

Photos with Captions for Program 2 - First Do No Harm

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The following photos may be used in published articles about Remaking American Medicine in printed documents or on Web sites. Crosskeys Media, producers of the series, have obtained written permission for use of these photos for press and/or publicity activities. Suggested photo captions (some pictures have more than one) are included. Additional information about the photos can be requested by using the Contact Us form on this Web site.

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Pittsburgh, PA Photos:

 

2006 Crosskeys Media®

 

2006 Crosskeys Media®

Caption:

Retired Pittsburgh, PA attorney Bill Hackney (shown with wife Myrna and son Penn) has been bed-ridden for over a year since being infected during dialysis with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). MRSA, a deadly drug-resistant superbug, is an epidemic being spread in American hospitals. Hospitals in Pittsburgh are working together to try to become the first region in the nation to blunt the spread of MRSA.

 

 

2006 Crosskeys Media®

Caption:

Pittsburgh attorney Bill Hackney (shown with wife Myrna Hackney) has been bed-ridden for over a year since being infected during dialysis with Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). MRSA, a deadly drug-resistant superbug, is an epidemic being spread in American hospitals. Pittsburgh is trying to become  the first city in the nation to blunt the spread of MRSA.


 

2006 Crosskeys Media®

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Former Bush Administration treasury secretary Paul O’Neill is on a crusade to improve the quality of health care by raising expectations and by encouraging health care workers and institutions to work together for the good of patients.

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Former treasury secretary Paul O’Neill led the Pittsburgh Regional Healthcare Initiative, an effort to make Pittsburgh home to the safest health care in the world. O’Neill ultimately left the organization after hospitals rejected his demands to try harder to minimize harm caused by infections and medication errors.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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