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Many health care quality proponents are under the impression that, while there is much they can do within the hospital setting to improve patient safety and quality, their impact is limited when it comes to much-needed changes in public policy.
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The 2006 AHA McKesson Quest for Quality Prize winner and merit winners were announced in the October issue of the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
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Bacterial resistance to antibiotic treatment has concerned the medical community since the introduction of the first antibiotics in the 1920s. Development of new anti-infective agents has been precipitated by increasing resistance to older agents and classes of agents. While high rates of resistant organisms have been particularly problematic in hospital intensive care units, serious resistance now is being encountered in community-acquired infections. This review will focus on the clinical aspects of antibiotic resistance in community-acquired respiratory infections, pharyngitis, skin infections, and urinary tract infections.
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Emergency preparedness is on the minds of home health managers, as they look at the devastation and extensive recovery efforts following hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Additionally, it is the No. 1 standards compliance issues for agencies accredited by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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Three of the top five issues identified by more than 102,000 health care employees surveyed by Press Ganey, a South Bend, IN-based satisfaction survey company, related to the effectiveness of communication between employees and senior leadership.
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Sometimes you can't say yes to the solutions devised by employees, but you have to be ready to show that you listened and took the suggestions seriously, says Theresa Uhl, RN, BSN, interim director of Southern Home Care in Jeffersonville, IN.
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About one in five hospices in the United States operate an inpatient facility or residence, and the number of hospice homes is growing, hospice officials say.
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Hospices from coast to coast are expanding or building new hospice homes as part of a trend of providing inpatient or residential care to end-of-life patients.
