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In women with threatened preterm labor, sonographic measurement of cervical length helps distinguish between true and false labor.
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Another study has shown an increase in mortality associated with the use of an oral IIb/IIIa receptor antagonist.
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The Partnership for Human Research Protection recently announced the approval of final standards for a new accreditation program to safeguard the interests of human subjects participating in research efforts.
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As quality improvement professionals tackle the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations patient safety goals, one of the goals is proving to be more challenging and confounding than the others.
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A walking tour of each patient care area that includes clinical alarms could reveal both problems and solutions you might not otherwise consider, says Britton Berek, CCE, MBA, associate director of the standards interpretation group for the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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Question: Our hospital routinely surveys patients and family members to gauge satisfaction with our services, but so far we havent really used those results in our accreditation efforts.
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A quality improvement project at a Michigan long-term care facility resulted in a decrease in the prevalence of chronic pain among its residents from 33% in March 2000 to 18% currently.
