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The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services in Baltimore has proposed 11 quality indicator measures for the pilot phase of the Home Health Quality Indicator Initiative, which involves public reporting of quality improvement indicators as of Jan. 1, 2003.
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Montessori-based programming is based upon the work of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician who, in the early 1900s, introduced the concept of enabling children to learn at their own pace with manipulatives and tools that help them understand concrete ideas before moving on to abstract ideas.
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Although there are few health care workers today who administered smallpox vaccines in the earlier eradication effort, the process of administering the vaccine is simple, says Steven Christianson, DO, MM, medical director of the Visiting Nurse Service of New York in New York City.
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A policy on bom threats and known bomb presence from Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, IL.
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As the reality of smallpox vaccine administration grows nearer, the main question you need to answer is: Who will be offered the vaccine? Emergency department managers at the Medical College of Georgia recently participated in a conference call regarding pre-event smallpox immunizations.
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When a 2-week-old infant was rushed to the ED at Loma Linda (CA) University Medical Center with injuries from a motor vehicle accident, the facilitys critical-care transport nurse noted that the infant was only minimally responsive to stimuli, even needle sticks.
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Imagine promising that every patient who walks through the door of your emergency department will be seen in 15 minutes. Does this sound like an invitation for a public relations nightmare? You may be surprised to learn that an increasing number of EDs are offering patients similar service guarantees.
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This column is part of an ongoing series that will address reader questions about the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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In a patient with a traumatic injury, airway management assumes an
essential role to stabilization and survival of the patient, but often
presents unique challenges not inherent in other types of patients.
