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When behavioral health patients who have been hospitalized receive interventions in their home, their compliance with treatment recommendations increases and hospital readmission drops, a study by PsycHealth Ltd.'s Home Intervention Program has found.
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An important element of the Cancer Connections program at OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus is a tool to measure patient acuity.
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A new set of performance measures to increase patient enrollment in cardiac rehabilitation programs and set standards of excellence for program operation were released in 2007.
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Although research shows that cardiac rehabilitation programs, also known as secondary prevention programs, help improve the health and life expectancy of people with heart conditions, the referral rate is low.
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The collaboration between a commercial health plan and a physician group practice will be able to promote optimal care for patients because the partners have a different focus and outlook, says Barbara Walters, DO, senior medical director for Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
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CIGNA and Dartmouth-Hitchcock have joined forces to improve care coordination and quality of care for patients through a "patient-centered medical home" pilot project.
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Four recognized categories of hospital-acquired conditions, "never events" that have received more attention in recent years, make up 12.2% of total medical professional liability costs, according to the 2008 Hospital Professional Liability and Physician Liability Benchmark Analysis released recently by risk management services provider Aon Corp. and the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM), both in Chicago.
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Any risk manager with hopes of reducing birth trauma rates should look to The Seton Family of Hospitals, based in Austin, TX, for lessons in what can yield dramatic results.
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