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Beginning Oct. 1, as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) shift to value-based purchasing, hospitals will have to report the "present on admission" indicator for every diagnosis reported for a patient.
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The Specialized Information Publishers Foundation (SIPF) has awarded the 2007 Award for Editorial Excellence to Healthcare Risk Management for its coverage of the criminal allegations against health care providers that arose after Hurricane Katrina.
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In Florida, nursing home facilities must adopt and make public a statement of the rights and responsibilities of the residents of such facilities.
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Fauquier Health System of Warrenton, VA, has announced that it is the first health system in the nation to pilot a system that will improve patient safety by automatically incorporating a patient's current prescription information into the hospital environment.
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A nursing home resident was thrown to the floor after her foot and leg became caught in her wheelchair. The employee pushing the woman's wheelchair had apparently disregarded warnings that the woman's foot and leg were caught and had continued pushing the chair, including giving it a hard lunge. The woman suffered severe injuries to her head and died 14 months later.
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About 92% of hospitals surveyed in 2003 and 2004 had revised their emergency response plans since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The newly revised "Important Message From Medicare" is being treated as a public relations opportunity at Stevens Hospital in Edmonds, WA, where the case management department turned added requirements into a way to "sell" its discharge planning services to Medicare patients.
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In a controversial provision in sweeping health care reform legislation, Pennsylvania is requiring the testing of health care workers who are exposed to patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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In October, influenza vaccination campaigns will start up once again as hospitals try to improve on a generally dismal performance in immunizing health care workers. Facilities have used various strategies to make the flu vaccine more accessible and convenient and to educate health care workers about its importance.