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Accrediting agencies do not provide a blueprint for writing a strategic plan. However, The Joint Commission and Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) expect hospital, ambulatory surgery center (ASC), and office-based surgery administrators to devote time to planning.
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At Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, a military hospital operated by the Army and the Defense Department in Landstuhl, Germany, medical-surgical teams save the lives every day of warriors wounded in Afghanistan and, until recently, saved troops wounded in Iraq. But that's only part of their success.
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The year 2010 marked the 100th anniversary since sickle cell disease was described by Dr. James Herrick in 1910. Worldwide, it is the most commonly encountered genetic disorder. Annually, it afflicts an estimated 100,000 patients in the United States.
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Complete upper airway obstruction is a rare complication of disease entities in the pediatric patient population; however, it needs to remain high on the differential diagnosis because it can abruptly become a life or death scenario. Respiratory compromise has long been known to be the leading cause of cardiac arrest in children.
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A physician complained to the chief of staff and hospital management that surgical equipment was not being sterilized properly and a patient died as a result. The hospital responded by firing the physician, says Dave Scher, JD, a principal with The Employment Law Group in Washington, DC, who handled this case and specializes in representing whistleblowers.
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A post-stroke analysis of more than 20,000 patients in 35 countries showed that the lowest risk systolic blood pressure (BP) range is 130-139 mmHg. There is a J-shaped curve of risk with an increase in recurrent stroke among patients with a systolic BP below 120 mmHg and above 140 mmHg.
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The prevalence of Lyme meningitis among children with nonspecific aseptic meningitis occurring from April through December in the years 2006 through 2009 in an endemic area for Lyme disease was 13.3% (95% confidence interval [CI], 6.3%-25.1%).