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NIOSH Network Provides Local Solutions to a National Problem
The federal Occupational Health Safety Network is expanding exponentially. With the recent addition of two new reporting categories for needlesticks and blood exposures, a national reporting system that touts local interventions is on the horizon.
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Infection Preventionists Could Be Helpful to ASCs’ Infection Control Efforts
New reports show that infection prevention efforts at healthcare organizations are resulting in huge declines in healthcare-acquired conditions.
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Heart Throbbing Opportunity
We are creating cardiac cath labs within surgery centers with great success. Although it is not for every facility and certainly not for the faint of heart, it is a viable marketing and financial option for many.
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With a Clinical Registry, ASCs Can Improve Outcomes and Quality
Surgery centers could improve their patient outcomes and efficiency if they use clinical registries to collect, analyze, and operationalize data.
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Successful Total Joint Program Offers Model for Making 23-hour Stays Work
In 11 years, surgeons at an Iowa ASC have performed 1,500 total joint replacements. The program has grown steadily, partly the result of positive word-of-mouth endorsement, mostly because of superior clinical outcomes.
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Ideas to Help ASCs Prepare for Disasters
One of the things ASC directors should keep in mind while putting new emergency preparedness regulatory compliance on their to-do lists is that this advance work can prove to be a figurative and literal lifesaver in the event of an actual disaster.
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ASCs Must Be Ready for CMS Emergency Preparedness Regs
Ambulatory surgery centers might not like facing yet another unfunded burden -- but the fact is that on Nov. 15, 2017, ASCs that receive Medicare and/or Medicaid patients must have in place emergency preparedness plans that meet all the requirements of new regulations.
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Most Hospitals Penalized in HRRP All Five Years
CMS penalized more than half of hospitals participating in the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program initiated by the Affordable Care Act in all five years of the program — but penalties were less common for hospitals treating the most medically complex patients, according to a recent analysis.
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Readmissions Reduced to 7.8% with Nursing Intervention at Home
Hospitals can significantly reduce readmissions with a multilayered program tailored to the needs of individual patients, according to the experience of an Arizona health system.
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Gain Skills Through Clinical Nurse Leader Program
As the healthcare system changes and roles evolve, case managers should look for opportunities like the clinical nurse leader program to gain the skills they need to succeed.