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Project BOOST Helps California Hospital Improve Care
May 25, 2012
Root-cause analysis, mentoring help Lodi, Calif. hospital create patient-safety culture, reduce readmissions.
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Six Ways You Can Help Reduce HAIs in Your Hospital
December 21, 2011
Hospitalists can help prevent hospital-acquired infections
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Dartmouth Atlas: Little Progress Reducing Readmissions
November 30, 2011
The newest Dartmouth Atlas report documents little progress in decreasing 30-day readmissions, and identifies a link nationally between readmissions rates and the overall intensity of inpatient care.
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You’ve Got (Post-Discharge) Mail
November 30, 2011
An automated email system that notifies both hospitalists and PCPs about post-discharge test results can help ensure results don’t fall through the cracks.
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Lost in Transition
November 30, 2011
It’s time we invest in patient-centric systems for transitional care.
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New Jersey Hospital Funds Care-Transitions “Coach”
November 4, 2011
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, N.J., has partnered with Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County to support care transitions for 350 chronically ill older patients.
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Joint Commission Launches Certification for Hospital Palliative Care
October 4, 2011
A new Joint Commission program offering advanced certification for hospital-based palliative-care services is accepting applications and conducting daylong surveys through the end of this month. As with the Joint Commission’s reviews of other specialty services (e.g.
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A Discharge Solution—or Problem?
October 1, 2011
Although helpful for some, discharge lounges won’t solve systemic bed-management issues
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Experts discuss strategies to improve early discharges
October 1, 2011
Emergency Nurses Association President AnnMarie Papa discusses patient partnerships; Ken Simone explains the pressures hospitals face in moving patients and potential incentives to get nurses on board the early-discharge train
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ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: The “Weak Link” in Patient Handoffs
August 3, 2011
Few studies have shown how to effectively improve communication to improve patient safety
