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Improvements in communication and placement strategies gained by moving bed management oversight from the admitting department to nursing are facilitating patient throughput ...
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The 10-bed holding unit was initiated at the end of 2003, Morris explains, to improve ED throughput by accommodating patients still being screened for various conditions,...
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In keeping with our service-oriented mission and our core value of excellence, Providence Health System has made significant investments in people and training,...
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An emergency preparedness platform that will allow hospitals throughout the state to communicate in the event of a disaster or public emergency is being launched by the Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) ...
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Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) has issued a guide describing how community, state, and federal health care planners can establish temporary facilities,...
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The American Hospital Association (AHA) has told the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that hospitals should have a contingency period of at least three years after a final rule ...
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A federal appeals court has rejected a challenge by patient advocacy groups to a rule promulgated under HIPAA that eased a prior regulation to permit heatlh care entities ...
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Access directors at two facilities recently visited by surveyors from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) reported little or no contact with surveyors, and an overall experience that was decidedly different from previous visits.
