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Citing the elusiveness of "standardized and reliable measurement tools" for patient handoffs, a group of researchers has come up with a set of seven "framings," or interventions, they say can be used to improve them:
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Not too long ago, Irwin Army Community Hospital, in Fort Riley, KS, had an obvious quality issue; more than 30% of its "board" results results used to determine if there are adequate medical reasons to "separate" a soldier from the military were being returned, which in many cases required a repeat of the process.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has completed a massive update and revision of its 1981 guidelines to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CA-UTIs).
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Several new studies highlight the need for more thorough discharge planning in the care of coronary and congestive heart failure patients.
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A new survey, conducted by a worldwide company that provides private, in-home care for older adults, suggests that older Americans and their adult children do a poor job of planning for their future needs as health begins to fail.
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Statins and risk of developing diabetes; Maximize benefits of metform in DM2; Prediabetes therapy and beta-cell function; Onychomycosis: Long-term follow-up; Diagnostic yield of elective coronary angiography; Thyroid hormone analogue for dyslipidemia
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