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Should High-flow Oxygen Therapy Change Our Approach to Managing Acute Respiratory Failure?
Managing acute hypoxemic respiratory failure with high-flow nasal cannula significantly reduced intubation rates compared to standard oxygen (O2) mask delivery and non-invasive ventilation among patients whose arterial O2 tension to inspired O2 fraction ratio (PaO2/FiO2) was < 200.
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Achieving Successful Rehabilitation in the ICU
Clinicians should consider ICU-acquired weakness in almost every critically ill patient who is ventilated.
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"Shame on the NIH for the Sensationalism."
Why is the federal government talking about preliminary results when the research isn't complete?
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Anti-vaxxer Blows Through the GOP Debate
The subject doesn't get the truth it deserves, says William Schaffner, MD, of Hospital Infection Control & Prevention's Editorial Board.
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HHS issues county data on Marketplace plan selections
The Department of Health and Human Services has issued county-level data on 2015 open enrollment in qualified health plans in the states that use the HealthCare.gov platform for their Health Insurance Marketplace.
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Hospitals join hotels in receiving reviews on Yelp
The newest addition on the Yelp web site is reviews of hospitals, nursing homes, and doctors.
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Automated calls cut no-show rates to 0%
Patient access/registration/scheduling areas are using automated reminder calls to reduce no-shows. No-shows in behavioral health were cut by 20% at Western Connecticut Health Network. Some practices at Orlando Health now have 0% no-show rates.
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Put patient access staff members in clinical areas
Patient access staff members should shadow employees in the clinical departments they schedule for.
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Satisfy patients — Don’t disparage clinical areas
At Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, CA, patients often call the front desk because their prescriptions have not been called in, because they’re unable to get in to see their primary care physicians, or because they’ve waited days for a call back from a clinical area.
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Four hours a day is too much time on the phone with payers — Hold times last up to 45 minutes
Financial counselors at Stonybrook University Medical Center spend about four hours a day on the phone with insurance companies verifying inpatient benefits and obtaining authorizations.