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December 19, 2012 - This past year was a significant one for healthcare leaders, with topics of interest ranging from the presidential election and its effect on health reform, to healthcare IT and meaningful use, to new research and insights on patient safety and a number of challenging workforce issues.
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December 5, 2012 - December 5, 2012 - Recognizing the value electronic health records (EHRs) could bring to America’s rural residents, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has set a “stretch” goal that 1,000 of the nation’s critical access hospitals (CAH) and rural hospitals--...
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December 3, 2012 - The Joint Commission announced Nov. 30 that it will expand performance measurement requirements for accredited general medical/surgical hospitals from four to six core measure sets. The additional requirements, which are part of The Joint Commission’s ORYX® performance measurement initiative to stim...
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November 26, 2012 - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have recently announced the first three participants in a program designed to help consumers get more information regarding their local doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers. The Medicare Data Sharing for Performance Measurement pr...
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November 15, 2012 - U.S.-based hospitals struggle to make ends meet amid ever-shrinking operating margins and reimbursement dollars, prompting healthcare leaders to look for cost-saving strategies that balance the budget without compromising care.
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November 8, 2012 - Have you read a good prescription medicine label lately? If you have one nearby, take a closer look: do the instructions seem clear to you, or is there any information that is hard to read or might seem confusing?
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November 8, 2012 - Have you read a good prescription medicine label lately? If you have one nearby, take a closer look: do the instructions seem clear to you, or is there any information that is hard to read or might seem confusing?
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October 30, 2012 - Patients nationwide are likely to experience increasing challenges in accessing care if current physician practice patterns trends continue, according to a comprehensive new survey of 13,575 practicing physicians. One of the largest physician surveys ever undertaken in the United States, the survey ...
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October 10, 2012 - Akin to churches and schools, hospitals are the cornerstone of a solid community. It’s a given that healthcare is available in the regional hospital, but many hospitals are taking that a step further and reaching out, not only as an organization but by encouraging their clinicians to volunteer servi...
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October 8, 2012 - Hospitals have long supported their communities, offering educational programs, health fairs and caring for every emergency patient that passes through their doors. Today, they are becoming more strategic in their community service, developing innovative programs for addressing the health needs of t...
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September 18, 2012 - Even with a few months to go before the end of the year, there is little doubt that the biggest event in healthcare in 2012 was the Supreme Court’s verdict that upheld the Affordable Care Act in June.
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August 29, 2012 - Philosophers and psychologists will tell us that perception is reality. While we can argue facts, we can’t really tell someone that his or her perception is wrong--and that goes for our patients, too. Some will worry no matter what, but a new survey points out that the majority of patients are gen...
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August 6, 2012 - Optimal patient care is not a solo endeavor, but one that requires professional teamwork. That teamwork can reduce errors and lead to substantial savings, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University. The study found that nurse–pharmacist teams are effective in identifying potentially harm...
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July 13, 2012 - The Institute of Medicine has published a new discussion paper intended to help leaders of health care organizations improve their health literacy efforts, which experts say is a key component in becoming more patient-centered.
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June 26, 2012 - “Hunger is a national problem. Every city has this problem,” began Latchman Hiralall, DTR, food pantry manager at Boston Medical Center (BMC). “If a clinician is telling patients to eat healthy but they can’t afford it, the advice goes nowhere. Now our clinicians say, ‘You need to eat healthy and I ...
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April 25, 2012 - Increasingly, healthcare professionals are recognizing that colleagues from other disciplines contribute to good patient care.
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April 15, 2012 - Kevin Roberts, RN, remembers his first day at his current job at Glendale Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, Calif. He donned a set of scrubs and headed to the operating room to watch surgery.
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April 4, 2012 - With healthcare reimbursement becoming tighter and patients expecting more from their providers, hospitals and other health systems are seeking ways to change processes and become more efficient.
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April 3, 2012 - The volume of waste generated by a healthcare facility can be substantial, adding a financial and environmental burden on the organization and the surrounding community. That’s why many healthcare facilities are going to extra efforts to be good citizens and implement “green practices” for their st...
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March 25, 2012 - America’s aging, and the country lacks sufficient numbers of healthcare practitioners skilled in caring for this special population.
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March 13, 2012 - Just over a year ago, in January of 2011, the registration process for the health information technology “meaningful use” programs with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began. Over the course of 2011, a growing number of hospitals and physician practices signed on to participate ...
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February 21, 2012 - Want to boost your patient satisfaction scores? Try investing more resources and attention in your clinical staff.
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February 20, 2012 - Recruiting and retaining the best clinicians--be they physicians, nurses or allied health professionals--requires creating a healthy culture in which they can thrive and deliver
quality care, where people are engaged and can collaborate as part of a team with supportive leaders and are recognized f...
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February 1, 2012 - As the nation’s largest healthcare staffing company, AMN Healthcare is privileged to provide a business service that directly benefits our society at large by providing hospitals and healthcare clients across the country with the highest quality clinical professionals they need to deliver improved p...
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January 31, 2012 - More than a decade since the Institute of Medicine called attention to the problem of patient safety, with its To Err is Human report indicating as many as 98,000 lives were lost annually as a result of medical errors in hospitals, the institute’s latest paper reports improvements have moved at a gl...
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January 20, 2012 - At the end of every year, the Leapfrog Group awards its prestigious “Top Hospital” designation to a select group of health care facilities, based on their safety practices and outcomes. The 2011 list included 65 hospitals, and marked the 11th year of the Leapfrog Hospital Survey.
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January 10, 2012 - Can a program that builds teamwork among a surgical team make a difference for patients and staff? A new study in Archives of Surgery suggests that it can.
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January 9, 2012 - A bastion of stability and generator of jobs, healthcare now has reached a critical crossroads--with increasing demand for services yet limited reimbursement to pay for that care--and is entering a volatile period. Industry experts predict a number of changes in 2012 and over the next few years.
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January 9, 2012 - Economic growth rates, baby boomer retirements, primary care shortages and clinical job prospects are just a few of the big healthcare employment issues under discussion as 2012 unfolds. What will change, and what will remain the same?
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January 5, 2012 - Recognizing the patient safety dangers associated with fatigue, The Joint Commission recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert urging greater attention to the issue and suggesting specific actions for healthcare organizations to mitigate the risks.
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