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The ED at Baptist Medical Center in San Antonio has slashed its left without treatment (LWT) rate from a high of 9.5% in spring 2009 to 2.2% at present, thanks to a "split flow" strategy it adopted in August 2009.
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After the first year of a two-year pilot program, the ED and the community health center participants agree that it has been successful in helping Medicaid and uninsured patients find the primary care they need.
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A study published in the November 2009 issue of the Archives of Surgery1 has caused a stir in ED circles by asserting that uninsured trauma patients are more likely to die than those patients who have insurance.
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Pharmacy managers need to embrace the notion that one part of their skills has to include financial management and creating a proper budget, an expert advises.
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When hospital pharmacists push for increased pharmacist involvement in clinical care, the goal often is to improve the quality of care and cut rehospitalizations and related costs.
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It's been over a decade since experts were invited to write specialty guidelines regarding preventing medication errors with antineoplastic agents. And now the guidelines are dated, and experts have been working on an update that includes the impact of new technology.
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Pharmacies in larger health care systems can broaden their own mission and save the health system money by taking on roles that typically are handled through outside vendor contracts.
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When a chief goal is to build the pharmacy department's value within a health care system, one of the primary roles pharmacy directors play is that of communicator.
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When hospitals expand to outpatient clinics that focus on chronic disease management, it is an ideal opportunity for pharmacists to fulfill a major role.