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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the most common DRG for Medicare patients in U.S. hospitals and is therefore the target of considerable regulatory attention due to its financial impact on the federal budget.
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More than 100,000 prosthetic heart valves are implanted each year in North America, and another 300,000 are done annually worldwide.
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The Joint Commission H1N1 forum, a web-based discussion forum, is designed to allow health care organizations to exchange information about the pandemic, innovative solutions, and suggestions that can help other organizations manage patient care during the H1N1 pandemic more effectively.
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More than 550,000 individuals give more than 2.5 million hours of service as trained hospice volunteers each year, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO).
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At the most recent annual conference of the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities, advanced care directives, access to investigational drugs, and parental nonconsent to medical treatment were considered some of the top legal developments in bioethics in 2009.
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Time and budget pressures can sometimes make attending conferences difficult, so Joint Commission Resources (JCR) now offers conferences and seminars via live video streaming as well as on demand over the Internet.
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The Legal Guide for the Seriously Ill, a project by the American Bar Association (ABA) Commission on Law and Aging commissioned by the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is designed for the seriously ill individual and those caring for someone who is seriously ill.
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In a new study of terminally ill cancer patients, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston found support of patients' spiritual needs by the medical team is associated with greater use of hospice, less aggressive care, and greater quality of life near death.