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A scoring system for assessing which patients are most ready to
be discharged from the hospital can be an important emergency preparedness tool, suggests the director of health services for Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, based in Mount Laurel.
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A new emergency department tracking and documentation system at The Ohio State University Medical Center is enhancing communication between registrars and clinicians and streamlining patient throughput, explains the assistant director of patient access services.
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Demand for inpatient and outpatient care continued to grow in 2003, as did the costs of providing that care, according to the latest American Hospital Association Annual Survey.
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Community outreach is a way to encourage people to achieve good health while introducing your services to them so, if they ever need good medical care, they know where to go for it, says Laura Gebers, BSN, RN, BC, PCS, programs health education coordinator, at Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, NJ.
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In a recent interview with Patient Education Management, Marjorie Schirado, RN, patient education coordinator at Medcenter One Health Systems in Bismark, ND, discussed her philosophy on patient education, the challenges she has met, and the skills she has developed that help her to do her job well. Following are the answers to the questions posed:
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Fifteen ideas from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on increasing organ donation.
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The National Diabetes Education Program has announced two new evidence-based publications for health care providers and patients.
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With the unprecedented shortage of influenza vaccine this flu season, hospitals are scrambling to prepare for what may be a record number of flu patients presenting to their already overcrowded emergency departments and for staff shortages due to record absenteeism.
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The authors of this study proposed that patients with diabetic ketoacidosis could be treated safely in a non-ICU setting using repeated subcutaneous doses of insulin lispro, and performed a study comparing this treatment regimen with standard regular insulin therapy administered by continuous IV infusion within the ICU setting.
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This study questioned whether selected patients who fail to respond to prehospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation are potentially salvageable and should be transported to the nearest trauma center for evaluation and prompt emergency department thoracotomy.
