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Are we there yet? Quality quest continues
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CNE OBJECTIVES/CNE QUESTIONS
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Telemedicine brings more risk with more use
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Stopping workarounds means changing culture
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Sentinel event alert on retained surgical objects
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Salaries on the rise
Two years ago, when Hospital Peer Review did its salary survey, we were in the midst of the deepest recession that this country had known since the Great Depression. -
New help to keep healthcare equal
No one likes to think that their care differs based on some external element of the patient the way they look or talk, their perceived class. But study after study shows that we arent as blind to difference as wed like to think. -
Combating drug diversion — what you can do to help
Many in healthcare will tell you outright that drug diversion isnt a big problem in their organization, says Commander John Burke of the Warren County Drug Task Force in Lebanon, OH. That is people putting their heads in the sand, he says. -
TJC expands core measure sets
On Jan. 1, 2014, The Joint Commission will start holding accredited hospitals responsible for two more core measure sets. -
Underappreciated source of pain
One in five. That was the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in 2007 at Onslow Memorial Hospital in Jacksonville, NC.