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People who have cognitive problems often face difficulties when they are hospitalized. They are in different surroundings, with different schedules, different caregivers. Symptoms of cognitive problems can become more pronounced, agitation worse. They may become violent where before they were not.
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There has long been a hole in the data collected on joint replacements: Patient-reported outcomes over an extended period of time were missing.
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A short study in the July issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine1 may change handoffs forever. For the first time, a tool created to judge the quality of how one physician passes the baton to another has been validated as effective.
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Serious reportable events the words can send a shiver up the spine of a quality professional, and any healthcare professionals who are present when such events occur.
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Patient- and family-centered care is at the heart of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), says Deborah Maurer, RN, MBA, administrator, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Transplant Services.
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At the American College of Surgeons annual quality conference in New York in July, surgeons outlined some of the gains that data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database has helped them achieve.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to investigate outbreaks as a result of unsafe injection practices
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Hospitals and other employers increasingly are concerned about the impact of medical marijuana laws on their staff.
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Diabetes and prediabetes are huge problems in the United States, with national data showing marked increases in the disease in all groups, but especially among middle-aged women.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola symptoms, infectious fluids and transmission factors include the following key points:
