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In today's fast-food society, a speedy response often determines which agency gets the referral. By taking advantage of the speed of the Internet to secure and process referrals, Swedish Home Care in Seattle was able to boost referrals by 80% and slash referral processing time by 75%.
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Patient safety and quality of care are improved with the use of telehealth, according to a recent report by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ).
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is consolidating its fraud detection efforts, strengthening its oversight of medical equipment suppliers and home health agencies, and launching the national recovery audit contractor (RAC) program.
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OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus is building a navigator program called CancerConnections to educate and support cancer patients.
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An important element of the CancerConnections program at OhioHealth Cancer Services in Columbus is a tool to measure patient acuity.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has produced a publication to help home health agencies prepare for their role in a flu pandemic.
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It is not essential that a hospice create a staff position for a grant writer, but a hospice's fundraising program does have an advantage when a staff person is assigned the responsibility of finding and applying for grants, according to experts interviewed by Hospice Management Advisor. In fact, the part-time grant writer for Hospice of Wake County has more than covered her salary with more than $450,000 in grants obtained in the 14 months she's worked for the agency.
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The use of integrative medicine therapies continues to grow, with hospitals opening integrative medicine centers and health care providers offering massage therapy and acupuncture.
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Several resources are available to health care providers and consumers on end-of-life issues.
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Advances in information technology (IT) can improve the quality and other aspects of health care, but electronic storage and exchange of personal health information might compromise privacy, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in a report issued Sept. 17.
