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If overall performance in all acute-care U.S. hospitals were the same as the nations top hospitals, close to 57,000 more patients could survive each year and nearly $9.5 billion in annual expenses could be saved, according to a new study.
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Before long, the public will gain access to information on the quality of health care that previously was available only to those on the inside. The federal government will begin publishing data this summer.
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An exclusive focus on illicit drug use by employees is causing the nations health professionals to overlook another major threat to worker health and safety: licit drug use.
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Thomas Jefferson said we have an inalienable right to pursue happiness, but for many people that pursuit doesnt take place at work. Unless, of course, you happen to work at Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation, the comprehensive rehabilitation facility founded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Warm Springs, GA.
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Patient education managers should make outcomes measurement a high priority, says Barbara Moore, MPA, CPHQ, an instructor at the Amarillo (TX) Veterans Affairs Health Care System. These measurements are important when seeking funding for a new program or resources as well as renewed funding.
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The following items from a patient survey instrument created and copyrighted by MedRisk, Inc., had the highest correlation to patients overall satisfaction and desire to return to the physical therapy facility:
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Conventional wisdom and indeed, much literature supports the idea that satisfied patients are impressed with short waiting times, good parking, convenient locations, and sophisticated equipment. But a new study looking at patient satisfaction with physical therapy clinics found that what patients really care about is the quality and quantity of time they spend with their therapist.
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The first stage of smallpox vaccination has begun, even before the doses are released or a final plan formulated. Across the country, hospitals are educating health care workers about smallpox and the vaccinia vaccine.
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Not only are CARFs new manuals blended to be useful to each type of rehab facility, but there also are new standards in each area.