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A four-judge Texas Court of Appeals panel has ruled the state Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation must release statistics about alleged sexual assaults at state mental hospitals ...
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Providence Health System's charity care and financial assistance policies are "fair, just, and reasonable," according to a Multnomah County Circuit judge who gave final approval to the settlement of a class-action lawsuit.
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Patient access staff at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian in Philadelphia scheduled a New Year's Eve party at the end of June as a way of celebrating their achievements during the just-ended fiscal year.
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After Texas Health Resources (THR) was formed in 1997 from the merger of Fort Worth-based Harris Methodist Health System and Dallas-based Presbyterian Healthcare Resources, a series of councils was created to help foster "systemness."
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While the majority of health care facilities continue to essentially be in compliance with HIPAA privacy and security regulations, the number that consider themselves more than 85% compliant with the privacy regulation has dropped in the last year.
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During a January 2006 survey at Baylor All Saints Medical Center at Fort Worth (TX), there was an additional focus on disaster planning during the environment of care (EOC) session, reports Paula Chaloupka, MSN, RN, director of care coordination. "This provided us a great critique of our disaster planning process," she says.
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"Why is the patient here? Why is the patient being admitted? What needs to be done, and is there a possibility it can be done in a less acute setting?"
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A new rule being proposed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and drawing criticism from case managers who have reviewed it would require hospitals to alert all Medicare patients 24 hours before discharge that their costs probably won't be covered if they stay longer, and that they have until noon the next day to request a review of the discharge decision.
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One of the very best methods to obtain feedback on performance is through the use of survey instruments that give respondents an opportunity to speak directly and frankly.