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Press, Ganey winners are best in customer care
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News Briefs: AMA, JCAHO, NCQA create pain management project
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News Briefs: NCQA releases its final standards for DM programs
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Web site designed to give clinicians source to get info on near misses
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Guest Column: Improving patient flow: The Esther Project
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Tracking cost and info: An affordable solution
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CM redesign breaks down barriers
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL, redesigned its case management department to improve efficiency and clearly define the role of each clinician. -
CDC: Be alert for Ebola signs in African travelers
U.S. public health authorities urged health providers to raise their awareness about Ebola virus as two American health care workers became ill with the often fatal disease while caring for infected patients in Liberia. At about the same time, a Liberian man became ill with Ebola and traveled by plane to Lagos, Nigeria, where he died in a hospital. -
Program helps at-risk patients stay healthy
At Carolinas HealthCare System, an Advanced Illness Management (AIM) team targets patients with multiple health issues and frequent hospitalizations and emergency department visits. -
IPPS doesn’t change two-midnight rule
Although the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) asked for suggestions on alternative methods of identifying and paying for short hospital stays, the agency did not clarify the two-midnight rule in the Inpatient Prospective Payment System final rule for 2015.