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Imagine promising that every patient who walks through the door of your emergency department (ED) will be seen in 15 minutes.
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Conflict of interest is such an inherent flaw in the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations structure that the federal government should take over the responsibility and make the accrediting body a contractor, says U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA).
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) have announced the formation of the Partnership for Human Research Protection (PHRP) to offer a new accreditation program that will seek to protect the safety and rights of participants in clinical trials and research programs in public and private hospitals, academic medical centers, and other research facilities in the United States and abroad.
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The lofty vision of Baptist Health Care Corp. of Pensacola, FL, is to be the best health system in America. It may well be on its way. According to one authoritative source, Baptist Health may at the very least be the best health care employer in the entire country.
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Conventional wisdom - and indeed, much literature - supports the idea that satisfied patients are impressed with short waiting times, good parking, convenient locations, and sophisticated equipment.
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FDA Issues Black Box Warning Based on WHI Study; ALLHAT: Thiazide for Hypertension Treatment; Candesartan Effective Against Migraines; Cough! No Cold Relief from Echinacea; COX-2 Inhibitors and GI Benefits Could Be Overrated; FDA Actions;
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Challenged by increasingly stringent documentation requirements, many emergency departments are turning to template charting systems as a way to cut documentation time, eliminate transcript costs, and ensure accurate coding.
