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C. difficile and antibiotic stewardship programs
CMS regulation requiring stewardship programs will change these results considerably. -
Lower nurse-patient ratios could cut infections, but hospitals say mandates could crash budgets
A flurry of state and national efforts to mandate safer nurse-to-patient ratios in healthcare could result in both lower infection rates and improved employee health. -
Researchers find norovirus may spread by airborne route, are current precautions enough?
Nasty bug norovirus may transmit through the air, meaning currently recommended infection precautions may not be enough -
What’s in your water? Waterborne bugs can cause fatal infections
The water of life can sometimes mean death. Fatal infections can result if immune compromised patients are exposed to pathogenic bacteria that thrive in water systems. -
EHR failures create havoc for hospitals
The wide adoption of electronic health records and other electronic systems inevitably means that healthcare facilities will have to cope with outages. Several facilities recently have experienced how much the failure of one of those systems can cripple a hospital.
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Mount Sinai leverages smartphone technology to boost ED care coordination
Using telemedicine in the care and treatment of stroke patients is widely used and accepted at this point; the approach facilitates quick access to expert consultations when time to treatment is a critical factor. However, some medical centers are finding that there are other ways to take advantage of telemedicine in the emergency setting, and they’re testing out methods to most effectively leverage its ability to connect with patients from a remote location.
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Case study in how CMs can help make ACOs successful
According to one accountable care organization, the key to success is to change the healthcare philosophy of intermittent and emergent care to an ongoing, coordinated care philosophy.
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Strategies for flexible case management in the ACO model
Accountable care organizations make it possible for case/care managers to help patients improve their health through creative and flexible solutions, particularly during transitions, experts say.
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Need for Case Managers Rises with the ACO Boom
The Affordable Care Act provides more opportunities for case management and greater demand for CM experts.
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Handling sensitive topics with teenagers raises issues
The use of digital storytelling and social media to engage a vulnerable population is part of the research frontier that is possible because of technology. It might change the way IRBs view human research, and it might make investigators of community members, one socio-behavioral scientist says.