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Collaboration between key hospital departments is crucial to making sure discharge planning starts at the earliest possible point in the patient encounter, and the latest advances in technology certainly can facilitate the necessary interdepartmental communication.
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A pilot project under way at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY, is assessing how likely patients are to adhere to their prescribed medication regimen, with the ultimate goal of helping them to become more compliant, says Tina Davis, RN, MS, CNS, senior director of continuum of care.
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Mock patient tracers probably are a key aspect of preparedness for unannounced JCAHO surveys at your organizations. But do yours really identify problem areas and help to prepare nervous or uninformed staff members?
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Is your organization still struggling to comply with the Joint Commissions existing National Patient Safety Goals? If so, you may be bracing yourself at the thought of additional requirements, while at the same time, recognizing the need to address high-risk areas.
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A new web site launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Hospital Quality Alliance allows you to compare 4200 hospitals across the country, even by individual departments within hospitals.
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A near miss is an event that signals a weakness in the delivery of health care services. If the weakness is not identified and remedied, there could be significant consequences in the future.
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Emergency department visits in the United States reached a record high of nearly 114 million in 2003, up from 90.3 million visits
in 1993, while the number of EDs decreased by 12% during the same period, to 3,910, according to a report released recently by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Think “hotel,” rather than “hospital,” when it comes to taking care of your patients.
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In much the way 401k investment plans forever changed retirement benefits and led to the realignment of the financial industry in the 1980s, a concept called "consumer-directed health care" appears poised to transform the way health care is delivered.