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The Office of Healthcare Quality is soliciting public comment on a new long-term care facilities strategy of the “National Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections: Roadmap to Elimination.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Boosting preventive health efforts is simple, according to a new study: Simply allow patients access to their health records online. A clinical trial at eight primary care practices did just that, and after 16 months patients given...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on July 19 announced a competitive funding opportunity for up to 30 states to design or implement multipayer payment and service delivery models. The State Innovation...
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Medication adherence is a big problem for patients who use Medicaid and have multiple chronic conditions that can lead to heart disease, according to a new study. Analyzing data from more than 150,000 Medicaid recipients...
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Christus Spohn Health System Corporation, based in Corpus Christi, Texas, has paid the United States more than $5 million to settle allegations regarding violations of the False Claims Act. The hospital allegedly admitted patients inappropriately to inpatient...
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While other industries have floundered in a relatively stagnant economy, employment at U.S. hospitals increased 0.08 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted 4,815,800 people, according to...
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For elderly patients who suffer a stroke, prompt treatment is critical to survival and best-case outcomes. Yet a new study shows that emergency medical services (EMS) alert hospitals about a potential stroke victim just two-thirds of the time, resulting...
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| 08.01.2012 |
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Welcome to the August issue of Case In Point. I hope your summer has been enjoyable and you have found time to take a break from your daily routine to kick back and relax. In this issue we take a close look at the increasingly alarming issue of obesity...
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| 08.01.2012 |
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A new report from the Institute of Medicine starkly depicts a future of geriatric healthcare, where baby boomers and their accompanying mental health and substance abuse issues will overrun a delivery system that is severely ill-equipped to handle them. The...
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| 08.01.2012 |
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that as of July 1, 89 new accountable care organizations began serving 1.2 million people with Medicare in 40 states and Washington, D.C. These 89 new ACOs – organizations...
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| 08.01.2012 |
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A new model of care developed at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows that home-based care teams can help seniors with dementia stay at home, instead of moving into a nursing home, and improve quality of life. Built around a team consisting of a nurse...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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In order to see the connection between nutrition and pain we must first understand some basic science of what causes pain. Where does pain come from? Pain comes from inflammation. Inflammation is the immune system’s natural response to invasion...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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In recent years, there have been a number of regulatory developments in the United States that affect the healthcare industry, protecting the rights and interests of patients. An early example is Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which states that...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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Here is a short premise of this article: Surgery for lower back pain (LBP) does not work. It is puzzling that it has become such a common procedure in spite of the lack of success and good data. The most common reason to perform a fusion or insert an...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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Chronic pain affects up to 116 million Americans. It is a syndrome that is incredibly frustrating to patients and providers alike. However, it is often difficult to pinpoint the exact cause of pain by examination and imaging of painful regions. In fact...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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You leave work at the end of a long day. Whether you like your work or not, you’re tired, physically and mentally. You get out the door of your office building or you slide behind the wheel of your car or you climb on a bus and the first thing you do is...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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In 1988, the Drug-Free Workplace Act was enacted, requiring some federal contractors and all federal grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a precondition of receiving a contract or grant from a federal agency. It was President...
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There is a pain crisis in America today. Desperate, countless numbers of people are seeking treatment for pain, not understanding its source, and where to turn for help. Unresolved pain issues have caused higher insurance premiums, decreased productivity of...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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Healthcare professionals understand the importance of an effective and safe process to manage patients’ medications. Medication management is complex and costly. When the process does not follow as intended, inefficiencies and poor patient outcomes can...
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| 07.01.2012 |
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The April issue of Case In Point emphasized “Optimizing 24-Hour Nurse Line and Care Management Programs” (Clare Levitt) and “Innovative Behavioral Health Services for Active Duty Military and Dependents” (Mona Polom) utilizing...
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