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Before long, the public will gain access to information on the quality of health care that previously was available only to those on the inside. The federal government will begin publishing data this summer.
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If overall performance in all acute-care U.S. hospitals were the same as the nations top hospitals, close to 57,000 more patients could survive each year and nearly $9.5 billion in annual expenses could be saved, according to a new study.
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Six Sigma proved useful for the Department of Radiology at Californias Stanford University Medical Center, which recently announced that it has been able to substantially boost revenue and reduce outpatient wait time without adding new equipment.
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Time, or the lack of it, should not be an excuse not to teach, says Yvonne Brookes, RN, patient education liaison at Baptist Health Systems in Miami. Teaching is part of patient care.
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Aids that streamline teaching make the process simpler for staff who educate patients in preparation for discharge. Thats why the education department at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has created several tools to make teaching more efficient.
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Having consumers review new patient education material has greatly improved the writing of health care professionals at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority in Richmond, British Columbia.
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In July 2002, a new inventory system for patient education brochures was implemented at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City that saves a great deal of time.
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Every day, children across America are impacted by traumatic experiences. Sometimes it is a natural disaster such as a hurricane, and other times it is the death of a classmate.
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) based in Bethesda, MD, children react to a traumatic event in age appropriate ways. Therefore, it is important to teach parents what signs and symptoms to expect following a traumatic event based on the age of their child.
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American Health Consultants now offers the Hospital Handbook on Smallpox Vaccination, a facilitywide resource containing all the information you need about smallpox vaccination in most heath care facilities and environments.
