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When Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City began looking at implementing palliative care and end-of-life services, the case management department was the appropriate place to start, says Anita Bell, RN, MEd CHPN, palliative care coordinator at the 508-bed facility.
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The inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) final rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on July 30 makes it clear that the health care agency expects hospitals to do more with less reimbursement.
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Mistakes happen even to the best clinicians. This is why hospitals increasingly are relying on checklists and other tools to assist clinicians in the discharge process.
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With its approach to glycemic control, SMS St. Mary's Health Center in St. Louis, aims to shorten lengths of stay and "break the cycle of the revolving hospital door," for patients with diabetes as a primary or secondary condition, says Philip Vaidyan, MD, head of the IPC academic hospitalist program.
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Before patients are admitted to Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital, a patient flow nurse completes the first level of review for medical necessity and works with the admitting physician to determine the patient status.
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In this issue: Antiviral drugs and birth defects, bisphosphonates and esophageal cancer, naltrexone plus bupropion for weight loss, 2010-11 influenza vaccine, FDA Actions.
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The author summarizes the protocols used at his institution to prevent adhesions in patients who were undergoing evaluation and treatment for significant pelvic pathology.
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Previous investigation of cervical cancer biology has revealed a dependence on VEGF, among other factors, for growth and metastases.
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