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From new and revised standards to new levels of accreditation, this year will bring some changes in Joint Commission expectations.
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Despite his modesty about his work and life, James L. Reinertsen, MD, received a 2010 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality award for individual achievement from The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum.
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In October 2010, The Joint Commission told Hospital Peer Review it was going to change the way core, or ORYX, measure data was used to accredit hospitals.
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This paper analyzes data from the national icd registry, which tracks ICD implantations for the primary prevention of sudden death in the United States.
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The efficacy of statins in preventing cardiovascular events is well known, but approximately 10% of patients will develop elevations in liver function tests (LFTs).
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Patients taking dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) with aspirin and clopidogrel are at higher risk of bleeding with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) than those taking aspirin alone.
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Statins and liver function; dosing timing for thyroxine; rivaroxaban for VTE, DVT, and stroke; echinacea and the common cold; and FDA actions.
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This paper describes the results of a study which compared two energy types, cryoenergy and radiofrequency (RF), for catheter ablation in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT).