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Implementing a disease management program requires several components that increase staff members' competence and provides standardized guidance for care,...
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Only 76.8% of home health agencies surveyed by the Oakbrook Terrace, IL-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations were found to be in compliance with the National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) ...
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released an interactive web-based tool that presents data that can be used to measure health care quality.
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An intensive one-on-one case management program helps people with AIDS stay adherent to their medication regime, avoid hospitalizations and emergency department visits, and learn to self-manage their disease.
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When patients at hospitals in Seton Healthcare Network are ready for discharge and don't have funding for post-discharge services, the hospital may pay nursing homes ...
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Making end-of-life decisions for incapacitated patients most often falls to surrogates chosen by the patients, or to next of kin.
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The absorption of thyroxine is strongly influenced by stomach acidity, according to new study.
