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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a difficult problem in critically ill patients, both in diagnosis and treatment.
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JCAHO modifies patient safety goals; MedPAC: No payment update for home health.
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Your nurses teach patients how to administer their medications, check their blood sugars, use their oxygen, care for their wounds, and, in general, take care of themselves as they deal with their illness or condition. Your nurses also review the safety of the home environment; but how well are they protecting your patients from the risks of fire?
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Despite all of its successes in improving care for patients facing the end of life, Oregon still has not made headway in treating pain and suffering, according to researchers at the Center for Ethics in Healthcare at Oregon Health Sciences University in Portland.
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Over time, patients who initially are appropriate for home health services may no longer meet the agencys care criteria. Consider autonomy, justice, beneficence.
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The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) in New York City has launched a Palliative Care Leadership Center (PCLC) initiative to help health care organizations create programs to more effectively manage advanced chronic illness.
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Hospices must take as much care in managing their costs as they do in caring for their patients. Cost and quality are not mutually exclusive.
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his retrospective review summarizes the clinical outcome and safety among 141 patients who were treated with boric acid and flucytosine for culture-proven Candida glabrata. These data were collected at both Wayne State University School of Medicine and Ben Gurion University.
