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As of Jan. 1, hospitals accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations must meet a new standard that has a higher requirement for care given to admitted patients in the ED, and CEOs will depend on ED managers to lead the effort in complying with this standard.
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The newly announced national patient safety goals, which are expected to receive special emphasis at accreditation surveys, require EDs and other departments of the hospital to accurately and completely reconcile medications across the continuum of care.
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ReValving that is, percutaneously implanting a new heart valve over a defective valve instead of cutting it out has the potential to one day redefine valve replacement surgery, changing it from a very complex surgical procedure to a relatively simple, less invasive one.
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Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) in mid-July reported a substantially widened recall of its lucrative Taxus paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent.
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Travelers presenting 3 to 4 weeks in advance for travel to areas with high prevalences for hepatitis A and B can benefit from an accelerated dosing schedule using either monovalent or combined hepatitis A and B vaccines. Those who present 2 weeks in advance can be fully protected against hepatitis A; they should be encouraged to begin the vaccine series for hepatitis B even though optimal levels of hepatitis B immunity cannot be provided.
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A randomized, controlled trial involving North American students visiting Mexico suggests that a restricted diet does not shorten the duration or severity of symptoms during travelers diarrhea.
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Abiomed (Danvers, Massachusetts) has appointed Karim Benali, MD, vice president of product development and Vincent Wong director of commercial software engineering. Benali previously held several global positions in R&D, product management and new product development at GE Healthcare.
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The number of patients who could benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) with and without defibrillator backup could dramatically increase if results of a new worldwide clinical trial sponsored by Medtronic (Minneapolis, Minnesota) are positive.
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After benign positional vertigo, vestibular neuritis is the most common cause of peripheral vestibular vertigo, with an estimated incidence of 3.5 per 100,000 in one study.
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The computerized interpretation for the ECG in the Figure read, Atrial fibrillation with PVCs (premature ventricular contractions). Do you agree?
