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Counseling on LARC methods cuts unintended pregnancy rates
Training clinicians to inform women that different birth control methods have very different levels of effectiveness proved key in cutting the number of unintended pregnancies among young women seeking family planning services, data suggests from a new national study from the Bixby Center for Global and Reproductive Health at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Overnight Attending Supervision Didn’t Improve Hospital Care
Some teaching hospitals have decided it is too risky to have unsupervised residents making patient care decisions overnight. A new study raises questions.
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CMS Guidance Helps Ease ICD-10 Transition for Physician Offices
With the deadline for implementing ICD-10 looming, physician practices have a lot to be anxious about. New CMS guidance might allay some fears.
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A Dramatic Increase in Heroin Deaths Leads to the ED
What’s surprising is where and how much heroin use has skyrocketed, according to a recent CDC report.
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ED Push - August 2015 First Issue
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Can you teach doctors to improve patient satisfaction?
A study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine may give hope to physicians and the hospitals where they work that they can learn the skills needed to improve the scores related to their interactions in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys.
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TJC, medical societies warn of EHR safety issues
In a recent Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission warned of how incorrect or miscommunicated information entered into health IT systems might result in adverse events.
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The Top 10 Mistakes You May Be Making In Your Case Management Department! Part 3
This month, we will be discussing three more of the top 10 mistakes that your department may be making and how to potentially improve or eliminate them.
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CMS proposes to OK one-midnight inpatient stays
CMS has proposed that stays shorter than two midnights be reimbursed as inpatient stays if the documentation in the medical record supports it.
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Bundled payment initiative means eliminating silos, standardizing care
The bundled payment arrangement at Abington-Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania has improved communication between all members of the treatment team and eliminated silos between the inpatient and outpatient sides of the hospital.