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Rehab staff members at St. Francis Hospital in Greenville, SC, havent looked at the inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) as an onerous task. Instead, theyve treated PPS as an opportunity to become more efficient, productive, and profitable.
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Good posture is important because it facilitates the best functioning of the musculoskeletal system, says Scott Bautch, DC, past president of the Occupational Health Council for the Arlington, VA-based American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and a practicing chiropractor in Wausau, WI. Muscles, ligaments, vertebrae, disks, and nerves are meant to be in good posture, he says.
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Most of health care these days seems to be about problem-solving figuring out what is wrong with a patient, a process, or a system and fixing it. This is a negative way of viewing things, says Kathleen Davis, RN, MBA, vice president of hospital and nursing services for the Lovelace Health System in Albuquerque, NM. Take nurse retention, she says. Everyone is focused on why people are leaving, not why they stay.
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When considering opportunities to improve financial performance, benchmarking may not immediately come to mind, but health care managers who have used benchmarking techniques to enhance the fiscal well-being of their institutions have found it to be invaluable.
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Providing low vision rehab services can greatly enhance patients daily lives, from helping them find what they need at the grocery store to seeing pictures of grandchildren. But attention to vision can also lead to better outcomes in the rest of your rehab program.
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Ever seen an orthopedic patient with great X-rays who still complains of terrible pain and cant get back to work? If youve ever faced this puzzling situation, researchers at the University of Texas might have the answer for you: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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