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Although advocates and politicians are increasing their call for improved access to medical care and medical homes for everyone, the reality is that the proportion of U.S. physicians accepting Medicaid patients has fallen slightly.
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In this article, the authors discuss the "less sexy" aspects ACS mangement, those agents and treatments that have either a long history of use in ACS patients or are still too new to judge.
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Patients hospitalized at University of Rochester (NY) Medical Center might not be able to kick the habit during their hospitalization, but staff will no longer be aiding their addiction.
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Institutions that are working to make the delivery of health care patient- and family-centered know it can't be done without full participation of the people they serve.
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When two of Juliette Schlucter's children were diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia in the early 1990s, she and her husband soon came to the conclusion that the way care was delivered needed to be changed.
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Annette Mercurio, MPH, CHES, manager of patient, family, and community education at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, CA, has been in her position for 13 years. However, her job duties have changed quite a bit since she started.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is emphasizing that knowledge is power when it comes to patients.
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Lack of consensus on how to measure hand hygiene compliance has made this a daunting challenge for quality professionals.
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