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The newly released report, Computerized Physician Order Entry in Community Hospitals: Lessons from the Field, jointly sponsored by the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) of Oakland and
First Consulting Group of Long Beach, CA, provides insights into how 10 community hospitals successfully adopted computerized physician order entry (CPOE) systems.
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A downloadable software program has just been made available to help hospitals and health systems plan antibiotic dispensing and vaccination campaigns to respond to bioterrorism or large-scale natural disease outbreaks.
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It may be that at one time the desire to seek accreditation from the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations was a given among hospital quality professionals, but a growing number of them no longer consider the decision a no-brainer. This is not to say that quality managers are rejecting the Joint Commission in large numbers, but some are thinking longer and harder before taking the plunge.
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The National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), which accredits managed care plans, has released 10 new measures for health plans to use in evaluating and improving the quality of their clinical care and customer service.
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Looking for a fun way to share your accomplishments with the rest of the staff, and teach them a little bit about quality to boot? Why not try a performance improvement fair?
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations plans in 2004 to revise the performance areas evaluated during random unannounced surveys. Beginning in 2004, the reporting of standards compliance will be organized by critical focus area processes, systems, or structures in a health care organization that significantly affect the quality and safety of care.
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Nasally Administered Flu Vaccine Comes to United States; Paxil: Not
Recommended for Children; Prilosec Granted OTC Status; Finasteride and
Prostate Cancer; Xolair: First Biologic Agent for Asthma; West Nile
Virus Update; Study Shows COX-2 Inhibitors Appear Safe with Aspirin in
Asthma Patients; Lamictal Approved for Bipolar Disorder
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Increase in Blood Glucose Concentration During Antihypertensive
Treatment as a Predictor of Myocardial Infarction; Adverse Drug Events
in Ambulatory Care; Prevention of Hip Fracture by External Hip
Protectors; Rapid MRI vs Radiographs for Patients with Low Back Pain;
Effectiveness of Anticholinergic Drugs Compared with Placebo in the
Treatment of Overactive Bladder; A Randomized Trial of a Low
Carbohydrate Diet for Obesity
