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Herpes Vaccine Research May Be Propelled Toward Possible Candidate
Researchers have designed a new type of vaccine that could be the first for preventing genital herpes. By using a counterintuitive scientific approach, scientists were able to prevent active and latent infections caused by herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the virus that causes genital herpes.
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Compliance Mentor - April 2015
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Subdural Hemorrhage Cases Expected to Skyrocket in Next Decades
In less than two decades, chronic subdural hemorrhage is expected to be the most common adult brain condition requiring neurosurgical intervention.
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Transition to Alternative Payment Method Challenging for Practices
Should your practice sign on for an alternative payment model?
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Fear of Litigation, Missed Diagnoses Spur Overuse of Imaging in EDs
Emergency physicians agree that advanced imaging frequently is medically unnecessary, even when they order it themselves.
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The Top Ten Mistakes You May Be Making In Your Case Management Department!: Part 1
Case management has been in hospitals for 30 years now! In the grand scheme of things, this isn’t a long time span. Despite our short longevity in the acute care setting, our roots go back to the 1920s and 30s as a community-based model for managing care for the poor. After health care reimbursement shifted to prospective payment in the mid-1980s, the need to coordinate care in the acute care setting became real and obvious. Or was it that obvious? While some hospitals across the country were early adopters of hospital-based case management, the majority lagged for years. In fact, 30 years later, some are still trying to figure out what this all means to them and to their bottom line!
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Hospital meets Triple Aim goal, improves safety
In its efforts to achieve the Triple Aim quality goal, Lafayette (LA) General Health has implemented flexible systems, along with standardized equipment and monitoring solutions that improve patient safety and overall quality at the health system.
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Electronic system, anonymity improve reporting
Incident reporting appears to improve when employees are provided an anonymous method, according to the experience of Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY.
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Clinic visits, CM interventions fill gaps in care after discharge
At-risk patients who are being discharged from Torrance (CA) Memorial Medical Center are referred to the Care Coordination Clinic for follow-up care and/or receive care coordination services from an ambulatory care manager.
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System alerts clinicians when patients need interventions
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center has designed a process that combines clinical expertise with technology to detect subtle changes in patients’ conditions and alerts the hospital’s Rapid Response Team to intervene in real time before the patients get any worse.