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Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) is a neurologic condition of involuntary, sudden, and frequent episodes of laughing or crying and is quite common in patients with underlying neurologic diseases or injuries, especially those with multiple sclerosis (MS) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Now, a new investigational treatment might help stop these involuntary outbursts.
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Meditation has been used as a complementary treatment to reduce stress, manage anxiety, and lessen pain in patients with a wide range of illnesses, but a recent study provides scientific support for the use of meditation in pain control.
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More than one in four elderly Americans lacked the capacity to make their own medical care decisions at the end of life, according to a study of 3,746 people published April 1 in The New England Journal of Medicine.
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Palliative care services are available at most U.S. cancer centers, although the scope of services offered and the degree of integration between palliative care and oncology care varies widely among centers, according to a study in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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Does your home health agency meet all of the requirements for compliance with the privacy and security sections of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? Are you in compliance with the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act of 2009? Do you know the specific requirements of the HITECH Act?
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Although prior privacy requirements called for home health agencies to notify patients when a breach of privacy was discovered, the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) specifically identifies time frames and content of notifications.
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By working closely with a carefully chosen network of skilled nursing facilities, The Methodist Hospital in Houston has smoothed the transitions in care for patients being discharged to the facilities
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When patients don't follow their discharge instructions and end up back in the hospital, it may be that they simply don't understand what they were supposed to do at home
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Whether patients are being discharged from the hospital to home, another level of care, or transferred to the care of another health care provider, communication is crucial to ensure a safe discharge or transition, says Hussein Tahan, DNSc, MSN, RN, CNA, executive director, international health services at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
