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Herbal supplements and surgery don’t mix
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Depression screening while you wait
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Oct. 10 set aside for depression screening
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Focus on Pediatrics: Procedures are easier when parents tell the truth
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Patient Safety Alert supplement
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The Quality - Cost Connection: Measuring the value of patient education
Patients are being urged to assume more responsibility for the state and care of their health. Preventing illness and controlling its effects when it does occur requires optimum patient participation. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: Program improves care, hospital collaborations
A nationwide hospital program developed to support families visiting loved ones in the intensive care unit (ICU) has shown significant benefits for families, patients, and team members in the ICU, according to a new study. -
Patient Satisfaction Planner: ACEP urges increase in surge capacity for flu
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is warning that the nations pandemic influenza plan does not address the lack of surge capacity and isolation capability in the nations hospital emergency departments. -
Maryland ICUs collaborate to revamp care processes
How would you like to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia at your organizations intensive care unit (ICU) by 19%, and decrease bloodstream infections by 36%, in only eight months? Those are the impressive results achieved by hospitals participating in the Maryland Patient Safety Centers ICU Safety Culture Collaborative. -
Study: Public’s interest in quality data is growing
According to a new study, a growing number of consumers are using online hospital performance web sites to make health care decisions. In addition, providers are using publicly reported measures to make quality improvement decisions.