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Studies of selected patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy have shown improved survival with the use of prophylactic implantable cardioverter
defibrillators (ICD). Thus, DEFibrillators in Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Treatment Evaluation (DEFINITE) was designed to test the survival benefit of ICDs in patients with heart failure but without coronary artery disease.
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Dr. Joseph Ornato presented the Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) study, which evaluated the efficacy of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treatment by cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) alone vs CPR plus
use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) performed by trained laypersons.
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In the Valsartan in Acute Myocardial Infarction Trial (VALIANT) the angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) valsartan (V) was evaluated in 14,703 high-risk acute MI patients to determine its efficacy and safety
profile compared to the ACE inhibitor captopril (C).
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Reversing Atherosclerosis with Aggressive Lipid Lowering (REVERSAL) is a prospective, randomized, controlled trial assessing the effectiveness of an intensive or aggressive lipid-lowering approach
(atorvastatin 80 mg) to a moderate one (pravastatin 40 mg).
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Discharge planners at some facilities apparently are either unaware of or are ignoring a federal requirement that hospitals offer patients a choice of home care providers and that they tell patients when there is a financial interest between the hospital and an agency to which the patient is being referred.
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Reducing patient length of stay (LOS) from nearly seven days to the regional average of 5.5 days usually takes two years, according to the Health Care Advisory Board, a nationally recognized organization that provides best practices research and analysis to the health care industry.
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For years, health care managers have been reworking documentation forms trying to streamline the process to make it fast and efficient to increase compliance. No one ever designed the perfect form.
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While many case management organizations are struggling to demonstrate the contributions they make to patient care, reimbursement, and cost containment, the integrated case management department at Sarasota (FL) Memorial Hospital has overcome the barrier and can demonstrate with confidence how it contributes to organizational success.
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At Sarasota (FL) Memorial Hospital, discharge planners dont spend a lot of time checking off boxes to document each individual task they have performed.
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When Jeanne Musolf, MS, RN, CCM, talks with new employees about the inpatient case management program at Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin, she often tells them, expect that how things are currently will not be how they are six months from now. Were always trying to improve and change.
