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With The Joint Commission and other organizations noting that poor communications are often at the heart of bad outcomes and that care must become more patient-centered, it's not surprising that facilities are seeking to improve the ways that providers deliver information to and share care plans with their patients.
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Medicare spends about $17 billion a year on hospital readmissions that could have been prevented, experts say.
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Communication among caregivers is always important, but never more so than in the emergency department. A collaboration among hospitals across the country and a leading malpractice insurer has produced several simple but effective ways to improve communication.
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More often than not, when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issues a proposed new rule, the comment period is opened and several months later a final rule emerges that bears fairly close resemblance to the original.
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An infection prevention program in a large pediatric intensive care unit successfully reduced hospital-acquired infections and improved mortality rates among children admitted to the unit in 200709, according to a recent paper in Health Affairs.
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Faster throughput can clear waiting rooms and boost patient satisfaction, but there are also instances where time-to-treatment can make a critical difference in outcomes.
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All research institutions provide some ongoing education and training to staff, but these programs often are variable and dependent on which department is in charge.
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