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If your case management department isn't involved in the business side of health care, you're missing opportunities to affect your hospital's bottom line and to ensure that your patients get the most effective, cost-efficient care.
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Proteomic and molecular genetic testing is a critical part of the diagnostic algorithm for limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD).
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Two recent studies suggest that rapid TIA evaluation and treatment can reduce stroke risk.
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Axonal neuropathy is common in patients with biopsy-proven small vessel systemic vasculitis (SVSV), and responds to immunosuppressive therapy.
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As the use of hospitalists continues to grow, the ability to demonstrate the benefits of having these professionals on staff also grows in importance. Accordingly, the findings of a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine1 should be of particular interest to quality managers.
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The headline pulls no punches. It reads: "Ventilator-associated pneumonia the wrong quality measure for benchmarking."
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While nursing shortages are seen in nearly every market in the United States, the state of Louisiana has been hit with a double-whammy, following Hurricane Katrina and the attendant loss of health care professionals through relocation.
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Leapfrog Group names Leah Binder new CEO; QUEST advisors named
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Baptist Health System of Jacksonville, FL, has become one of only 13 health care systems nationwide to achieve recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet health care system, an international quality designation considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care.