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Fallon Community Health Plan is moving toward a comprehensive case management model in which all its nurse case managers in the outpatient care services department are trained in motivational interviewing and how to determine a member's readiness to change.
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Washington state's new law mandating hospitals provide mechanical lift equipment to safely move and position patients is just the latest sign that nurses are taking charge of their ergonomic health.
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Every morning, a group of congestive heart failure (CHF) patients steps on a scale at home, then answers a series of questions asked by a device attached to their telephone.
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A Missouri hospice has discovered that it is cost-effective, efficient, and it improves length of stay (LOS) and referrals to have a social worker serve as an admissions coordinator.
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Future health services managers must be prepared to deal with evolving integrated health care delivery systems, technological innovations, an increasingly complex regulatory environment, and restructuring of work.
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In the United States, an estimated 12,500 children and adolescents are diagnosed with cancer each year; 9,500 children are younger than 15 years.
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Research about the informed consent process is beginning to trickle in, but some institutions have made this a priority.
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Sometimes the biggest problem after a clinical trials professional sits down with a participant to provide informed consent is that the participant doesn't know what he doesn't understand.
