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One of the EMTALA-related questions he hears most frequently from providers is whether it is permissible to send patients to an urgent care setting following triage in the emergency department (ED), says Stephen Frew, JD, a web site publisher (www.medlaw.com) who specializes in interpreting the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act.
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A potentially onerous hospital discharge rule proposed in April 2006 by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is significantly less burdensome in its final form.
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You read it in the newspaper or hear about it on the news almost every day: The country's obesity epidemic is out of control. And with Americans' ever-growing girth comes an epidemic of health problems, ranging from hypertension and diabetes to osteoarthritis and heart disease.
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Bariatric surgery works wonders, but it's not a miracle cure. That's why insurers and hospitals alike take pains to make sure their patients are prepared for the surgery and the lifestyle changes it requires.
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While the rapid growth of hospital-based palliative care programs is the good news, the bad news is the wide range of quality and standards that exist, notes Betty Ferrell, PhD, RN, research scientist at City of Hope National Medical Center in Los Angeles and chair of the National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care (NCP) Task Force.
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List the components of patient- and family-centered care and many would think it was the formula for good education. The four core concepts include "dignity and respect," "information sharing," "participation," and "collaboration."
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It's a situation you don't want to have during a survey by The Joint Commission surveyors discovering previously identified problems are still occurring. Or just as bad the problem was fixed but the solution was only temporary.
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A survey of hospital quality improvement directors and senior executives found that the vast majority were enthusiastic about a future pay-for-performance (P4P) initiative by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
