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A process for making follow-up calls after new moms are discharged with their babies from Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, WA, has helped to improve discharge instructions at the health care facility.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has released a proposed leadership standard on emergency department (ED) overcrowding.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its proposed rule for inpatient Medicare payments for fiscal year 2004.
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Here are assumptions the Washington, DC-based ADAP Working Group used to make its funding projects for the coming year:
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A San Francisco study of a telephone hotline for people who may have been exposed to HIV through nonoccupational risk behavior shows that there is a reasonable demand for post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).
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Several recent studies add to the evidence that HIV infection and possibly highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) increase risks or at least are associated with the loss of bone mass among women and children.
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New dosing option approved for Viracept; Labeling rule proposed for dietary supplements; FDA completes first phase of Drugs@FDA
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Ever since the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) faced the challenge of funding highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) in the late 1990s, there have been annual funding problems that resulted in some states capping enrollment, restricting drug formularies, and putting some HIV-positive clients on waiting lists.
