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In 2004, the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) revised standards to identify the need for specific personnel to be available until the patient was medically and physically discharged.
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This cost-effectiveness analysis based on available published data suggests that the routine use of maximum sterile barriers for central venous line insertion would reduce the incidence of line-related infections and save both money and lives.
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This prospective, randomized trial evaluated the role of early percutaneous tracheostomy in critically ill adults projected to require more than 14 days of mechanical ventilation. They found significant reductions in ICU length of stay, the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, and mortality.
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Amazing Teen Survives Rabies; India, Genetics, and HIV; Illicit Botox Products; Sharing Your MRSA With Your Pet; Could Sepsis Respond to Nicotine?
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Incidence of Diabetes in Middle-Aged Men is Related to Sleep Disturbances; Renal Dysfunction and Cardiovascular Outcomes after Myocardial Infarction; Topical Treatments for Psoriasis; Induction of Long-term Glycemic Control in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetic Patients is Associated with Improvement of Beta-Cell Function; Predicting Bacterial Cause in Infectious Conjunctivitis; Angiotensin-Receptor Blockade vs Converting-Enzyme Inhibition in Type 2 Diabetes and Nephropathy.
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In any group of people who work together under stressful and demanding circumstances, there are bound to be interpersonal conflicts that can reduce the teams effectiveness. Hospice managers who would like to prevent some of the more common conflicts and resolve the inevitable ones might follow these tips from Martha Lasseter, MBA, RHIA, vice president of compliance, and Kathy Moon, RN, BSN, clinical director of day programs, for the Hospice of Martin and St. Lucie in Stuart, FL.
