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You can be certain that your accreditation surveyor will ask you what you do in the ED when you have admitted patients and no inpatient beds are available.
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Its the first of its kind: a course in difficult airway management using mannequin simulations that is required for all practicing emergency physicians at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, says Paul Phrampus, MD, FACEP, director of the course, assistant professor of emergency medicine in the department of emergency medicine, and assistant director of the Peter M. Winter Institute for Simulation, Education, and Research (WISER).
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A study conducted by the Pennsylvania Homecare Association in Lemoyne and Penn State University in University Park, which was published this year, shows the use of telehealth can increase efficiency as well as improve retention of nurses.
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The three-year study conducted by the Pennsylvania Homecare Association and Penn State University is designed to evaluate how telehealth affects not only patient care, but also home healths ability to continue providing care during the nursing shortage.
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One way to set your agency apart from other agencies is to offer a service not offered by others in your market. A Florida hospital home health care facility established a successful lymphedema program that resulted in an increase in referrals and a reputation as an expert in specialized care among physicians.
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Home health agency staff may benefit from a reminder that the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a Special Fraud Alert that specifically addresses the issue of fraud in the home health industry.
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Since Horizon NJ Health plan started its Care Coordination Unit, a comprehensive, holistic program for Medicaid beneficiaries with special needs in 2000, costs of care for special-needs members have dropped in many cases.
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Three resources that address the security rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are available on the Internet.