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As assisted living continues to expand in response to an aging population and its demand for less institutional alternatives to nursing homes, there could be huge partnering opportunities for hospices willing to learn the field and aggressively promote collaboration.
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As U.S. troops made their way to Baghdad, news of scattered casualties dominated evening newscasts. Even the death of a single soldier represents an opportunity for hospices to reach out and lend their expertise in bereavement care.
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An innovative closed-circuit TV (CCTV) network at a childrens hospital in Atlanta has made a significant contribution to patient and family satisfaction while boosting the morale and self-esteem of bedridden children.
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One out of three seniors who breaks a hip this year will die as a result of complications from the fracture, but simple fitness measures can greatly reduce a seniors risk of falling, say University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (UA) researchers.
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Like many performance improvement activities, benchmarking has its own nomenclature, its own tools and, in a way, even its own culture. But focusing on those differences, rather than on making benchmarking an integral part of your ongoing performance improvement program, can doom your efforts to early failure.
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In what the principals claim is a health care industry first, HealthGrades Inc. and J.D. Power and Associates have formed a strategic alliance to recognize hospitals for excellence in both service and clinical outcomes.
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The Leapfrog Group, the Washington, DC-based organization that seeks to foster improved patient safety, soon will complete a tool to help realign incentives for health care facilities that invest in meeting Leapfrog recommendations.
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AHA toolkit fosters evidence-based medicine; CDC stresses smallpox vaccination site care; St. Louis hospitals sign preparedness agreement; HHS seeks safer smallpox vaccines
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