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Pharmacists now can expect thousands of drugs and biological products to have bar codes on their labels by 2006.
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After the results of the Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation in Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) trial were published in 2001, many institutions established criteria for use of drotrecogin alfa (activated) that were similar to the inclusion criteria used in the trial. Institutions, however, then had to decide how to evaluate the criteria and the outcomes of patients with sepsis. At one institution, a broad, systematic approach to that evaluation was taken.
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The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) in New York City has launched a Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) initiative to help health care organizations create programs to more effectively manage advanced chronic illness.
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At present, the right of patients to choose providers who will render them home care is based upon three key sources. Despite these requirements there is a lingering perception that hospitals give lip service to patients right to freedom of choice.
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Directors of supply management for home health agencies face a different set of challenges than do supply management directors for hospitals, but the rewards of an effective system to control supply costs can be significant, say experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health.
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A hospital in Greenville, SC, will pay nearly $9.5 million to resolve Medicare billing improprieties from 1997 through 1999 in its home health, hospice, and durable medical equipment programs, the Office of Inspector General announced recently.
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When employees are injured in falls, should they be sent to the emergency department or the employee health clinic?
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A California hospital recently saw a 250% improvement in preventing medical errors related to medications after introducing pharmacy automation. Hospital leaders say the use of bar coding and computerized physician order entry has greatly improved patient safety.
