-
A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) project that began with the Center on Aging identifying a need to communicate better with elderly patients has become an ambitious Internet initiative encompassing the entire campus.
-
Emergency department physicians frequently assess and manage patients with potential hip fractures.
-
-
Hospitals should provide ongoing training to staff on how and when to access language services, The Joint Commission recommends in a recent report.
-
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) says the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) should define and implement an overall privacy approach identifying milestones for integrating the outcomes of its initiatives.
-
Baylor Health Care has implemented an enterprise master patient index (EMPI) that will allow patients at a dozen hospitals scattered over four counties to be registered more easily and with greater assurance of accurate identification.
-
Like many health care providers across the country, Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth is struggling with the challenge of ensuring accurate identification of patients.
-
What began as an automated telephonic tool to streamline the precertification process at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock has expanded into a multi-faceted system.
-
A "discharge by appointment" initiative at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, MD, has had some success, but is being challenged by physician delays and families who aren't arriving on time.
-
Nine years ago, when Kristen Stiles became director of admissions at Maine Coast Memorial Hospital in Ellsworth, an access employee who stayed in the job for three months was considered long term.
