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Targeting low literacy patients pays off for health system
When an analysis of the cases of patients who were being readmitted showed that a significant number had low healthcare literacy and other social issues, the staff at Ochsner Health developed a project to identify the patients who need extra help in following their discharge plans.
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Team approach to readmission reductions pays off
Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center has avoided readmission penalties for Medicare patients by launching a series of initiatives that tailor interventions to the individual patient.
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Take time to base the discharge plan on patients’ individual challenges
It’s a mistake to assume that every readmission could be prevented by better medical management. In fact, about half of all readmissions are attributed to social issues.
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Five years later, hospitals still struggle with readmissions
Despite the huge focus on reducing 30-day readmission rates, a majority of hospitals are still getting penalized.
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ED Push - October 2015 First Issue
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Dental Emergencies in the ED
There are more than 2 million dental-related visits to the emergency department every year. Non-traumatic dental conditions alone lead to an estimated 4000 visits per day to emergency departments in the United States.
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Healthcare is Wrong About Errors
The IOM calls on the healthcare community to address diagnosis errors by treating them as systemic problems and not human errors made by individuals.
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Biomarkers of Intrathecal Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Disorders
A study of intrathecal immune markers in neuro-immunological diseases revealed increased numbers of activated T and B cells in both relapsing and progressive multiple sclerosis, but they were preferentially embedded in the brain tissue in progressive multiple sclerosis.
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Tau and Amyloid-ß1-42 in Patients with Dementia
In patients with clinically diagnosed dementia, the CSF biomarker profile of low CSF amyloid-ß1-42, high total tau, and high phosphorylated tau was seen in the majority of patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease. Substantial proportions of patients with non-Alzheimer’s dementia were also found to have the Alzheimer’s disease pathological profile. The value of CSF biomarker measurements in clinical practice is uncertain.
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Vitamin D and Diabetic Neuropathy
Vitamin D deficiency may exacerbate the clinical manifestations of diabetic neuropathy, and supplementation with vitamin D3 may be beneficial.