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In this issue: Escitalopram for menopausal hot flashes, rifaximin for IBS without constipation, herpes zoster vaccination, antiepileptics drugs and fracture risk, and FDA Actions.
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The overwhelming majority of women who go through pregnancy never require admission to the intensive care unit.
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The Joint Commission has launched its Leading Practice Library, a complimentary tool available only to Joint Commission-accredited organizations.
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Being a person of a self-assessed "up" mentality, I notice trends that give me pause. Consider the following:
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By taking a proactive approach to patient status and instituting a series of checks and balances, Good Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, OH, keeps denials at a minimum.
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You've successfully identified an important area for quality improvement. You've researched all the literature and identified best practices. You've even joined a nationwide collaborative so you can learn from the successes of top performers. Your odds of success are pretty good, right?
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A recent study conducted by Kaiser Permanente's Institute for Health Research has shown that unnecessary medical tests can be reduced when targeted alerts are used in electronic health record (EHR) systems.
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With so many conditions and processes to worry about, not to mention all the organizations that require performance data, it's a wonder that a quality manager can keep a handle on all of them. But at Payson (AZ) Regional Medical Center (PRMC), the quality team seems not only to be addressing all of them, but also to be excelling in several areas at once.
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Since North Oaks Health System redesigned its case management program and assigned its RN case managers by physicians, the average length of stay has decreased by a half a day, one-day stays have decreased to within state and national averages, and the readmissions rate has decreased by 43%.