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While the beginning stages of the effort may not have been pretty, Washington states coordinated program to tamp down costs related to high ED utilization by Medicaid recipients has not only exceeded expectations in terms of cost savings, now emergency medicine professionals are eager to apply the partnerships formed as part of the approach to other health care problems.
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Most readmission efforts are focused on patient education and engagement during and after discharge, says Paul Shorrosh, founder and CEO of AccuReg Patient Access Solutions in Mobile, AL.
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To get a larger, more holistic view of the patient flow process, a multidisciplinary improvement team at Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) developed a five-domain patient flow scorecard.
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The first cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have turned up in the United States.
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A dramatic improvement in door-to-balloon times for STEMI patients is one example of how John Dempsey Hospital at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT, is using checklists and other tools for standardization to improve safety and care.
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With health care workers in the bulls eye of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), hospitals preparedness was recently tested by the first two U.S. cases in Indiana and Florida. The real-world situation revealed one critical element of a response plan: Communication.
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Safe patient handling may become an imperative in the nations hospitals not because of any proposed legislation or regulation, but because of rising financial pressures related to both patient safety and workers compensation.
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In patient rooms, doctors are prescribing a low-sodium diet to improve health. But in hospital cafeterias, employees and visitors may be loading up on salty and processed food.
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After years of development, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has created a respiratory protection device prototype that is expected to improve health care workers comfort and tolerance when wearing these devices.
