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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island's case management department consistently scores in the 90th percentile on satisfaction surveys sent to members who have completed a case management program.
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Baptist Health System of Jacksonville, FL, has become one of only 13 health care systems nationwide to achieve recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a Magnet health care system, an international quality designation considered the "gold standard" for nursing and clinical care.
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When it comes to requirements for "present on admission" (POA), the focus too often is on reimbursement instead of patient care, according to some quality improvement experts.
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Making sure that conditions that are "present on admission" (POA) are identified as such. Using newly acquired data to identify potential quality issues. Dealing with physicians who refuse to conform to new documentation requirements.
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Improving the safety of using medications has always been a National Patient Safety Goal. Each year the goal is reviewed by The Joint Commission and requirements are adjusted based on current priorities.
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Would you like to decrease falls and nosocomial skin breakdown, reduce the frequency of patients' call light use, and increase satisfaction of both patients and nursing staff? After a 2006 study linked these and other benefits to nursing rounds, a growing number of organizations are implementing this practice.
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A group of hospitals implements an inexpensive, evidence-based intervention to prevent costly, potentially fatal infections in acutely ill patients. Investigators monitor the results and find a significant improvement in infection rates that is sustained over time.
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Those holdouts who still reuse blood tube holders, take notice: You are in violation of the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard and may be cited by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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In a physically demanding job, how do older workers fit in? Will they be more likely to be injured on the job? Not necessarily, according to an analysis by UnumProvident, a disability insurer based in Chattanooga, TN.