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Hospital social workers using telephone follow-up of at-risk patients have made a positive impact on patient care and satisfaction outcomes, a pilot program shows.
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Hospitals will be hearing a great deal more about care transitions and reducing readmissions in coming years.
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590) puts considerable focus on reducing hospital readmissions.
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Hospitals will need to get used to the idea of reporting their 30-day readmission results as the new health care reform bill expands on this initiative of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
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A hospital discharge program that has social workers make follow-up calls to patients is designed to address patients' psychosocial needs and issues, as well as their medical ones.
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A new care transition partnership might one day be an important model for hospitals as the new health care legislation nudges providers in the direction of reducing hospital readmissions.
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[Editor's Note: This is the second of a two-part series on identifying infections at triage. This month, we cover how to notify others so appropriate precautions can be taken. Last month, we gave assessment tips to identify infections at triage.]
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ED nurses are seeing increasing numbers of patients injured from weight training, says a new report.
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Would your acute pulmonary embolism (PE) patient always receive anticoagulants in the ED? Or does this occur only after the patient is upstairs on the floor? Your answer might impact that patient's outcome.