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Face-to-face and telephone follow-up sessions appear to be more effective in the maintenance of weight loss for women from rural communities compared with weight loss education alone, according to a report in the Nov. 24 Archives of Internal Medicine.
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Wellpoint is testing a program that allows patients the option of going to India for elective surgery, according to The New York Times.
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Suppose needlesticks at one of your health care facilities rose this year compared to last year. That doesn't sound so good. Clearly things are not going in the right direction. But you need more information to understand what's happening. You need a benchmark for your needlesticks.
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At Sharp Community Medical Group, case managers work in a variety of settings to make sure that patients are getting the care they need in a timely manner and to ensure continuity of care as patients move through the continuum.
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An emergency physician is managing an acute myocardial infarction, arranging for a patient transfer, sewing up a laceration, and putting in a chest tube, with 20 people still waiting to be seen in the waiting room.
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"When I conduct an initial review of the chart, I read it from the beginning, like a story starting with the emergency department notes, through the history and physical and start building a story from a clinical standpoint.
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Regular audits and continuing education are the keys to a successful documentation assurance program, says Liz Youngblood, RN, MBA, vice president, patient care support services at Baylor Health Care System in Dallas.
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If your documentation assurance program focuses on reimbursement alone, you're not going far enough. With pay-for-performance initiatives on the rise and increasing mandates for public reporting of hospital data, it's critical that the medical record accurately reflect the severity of illness and the services provided to your patients.
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People in health education are beginning to use a literature genre called a photonovela. This genre tells a picture story and is designed like a comic book with text in bubbles to indicate who is speaking.
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African-American women with diabetes showed significant health improvements after participating in Keystone Mercy Health Plan's "40-Day Journey," a faith-based educational program at local churches that emphasizes nutrition, exercise, medication compliance, and water intake.