Rehab Continuum Report Archives – June 1, 2004
June 1, 2004
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Rehab plays integral part in obesity programs at North Carolina hospital
By all accounts, obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 44 million Americans are considered obese, with body mass index scores of 30 or greater. -
Hospital pushes weight loss without surgery
Gastric-bypass surgery is all the rage these days, but rehabilitation can play a key role in reducing the complications of obesity without resorting to surgery. -
MedPAC approves draft LTCH recommendations
If your hospital is not classified as a long-term care hospital (LTCH), you may not be paying attention to the questions being asked by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and some politicians about the need for this level of care. But rehab advocates say you should, because the debate over long-term care ties in with the 75% rule. -
Lift teams boost the bottom line
The verdict is in on lift teams at Tampa (FL) General Hospital: They save money and backs. They win kudos from nurses. Theyre here to stay. -
Myth-buster: Patients like ergo equipment lifts
Myth: Patients wont like being transferred with lift equipment. They prefer the hands-on touch of nursing staff. -
A nightmare situation yields valuable lessons
Imagine a scenario in which a patient dies from a medication error and then things just go downhill from there. As things get worse and worse, the only good thing is that youre bound to learn something useful from the experience. -
Latest HIMSS survey shows slow compliance
The latest survey of 631 providers, payers, companies, and clearinghouses by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) indicates that only half had completed testing for the Transaction and Code Standards (TCS), which standardized what information must be contained in electronic claims and how it should be transmitted. -
Web sites suggest ways to push access boundaries
Health care is evolving, and managers must evolve with it, says Karen McKinley, RN, CHAM, vice president of patient access and care management for Geisinger Health System in Danville, PA.