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Complex Language Hinders Informed Consent
It is rare for written consent forms used for cancer treatment with radiotherapy to meet recommended readability levels for patient materials, according to the authors of a recent analysis.
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Change in How Donated Livers Are Allocated Sparks Debate
A patient has needed a liver transplant for years, and one finally becomes available in her town. Instead, the organ is shipped by plane to someone hundreds of miles away. Because of a change in how donated livers are allocated, such a scenario could become common.
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Guidance on Grateful Patient Fundraising: No Consensus on Direct Solicitation by MDs
There is more attention paid to ethical implications of grateful patient fundraising, particularly when physicians solicit directly from their patients. Recent guidance could help physicians in this area.
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Inadequate Nurse Staffing Tied to Increase in Hospital-Acquired Infections
Researchers: Patients on units with both shifts understaffed were significantly more likely to develop infections two days later.
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TJC Requires Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs for Ambulatory Care
Starting next year, outpatient facilities that prescribe antimicrobial medications routinely must have put in place programs to combat antibiotic misuse, which promotes antibiotic resistance.
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Hip Fracture Outcomes, Time to Surgery Addressed With Co-Management
Co-management of hip fractures among different disciplines can be effective in improving care and outcomes, according to the experience of one healthcare network.
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Quick Wins With Focus on Sepsis, Fall Prevention
Quality improvement leaders at Spectrum Health, based in Grand Rapids, MI, are seeing success with several initiatives addressing sepsis, preventive screenings, and fall prevention. Their experiences may offer lessons for other hospitals.
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Improving Telemedicine Can Raise Leapfrog Scores
Hospitals seeking to elevate their Leapfrog scores might want to look to telemedicine, especially if one weakness is intensivists or critical care-trained physicians managing patient care around the clock.
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CMS May Revise HCAHPS to Improve Response Rates
Although hospitals must participate, the patient response rate for the 29-question Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey is only 27%, according to the most current data.