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Does Mandating Nurse-Patient Ratios Improve Care?As more than a dozen states consider laws to establish hospital nurse-to-patient ratios, what has been the experience in California—the first state to establish such a rule—since its policy took full effect in 2005? Do patients get better care, experience fewer adverse events, and have shorter lengths of stay and lower mortality? Are nurses doing a better job, and by extension, are doctors and other hospital workers? And how much has the increased expense affected hospitals' bottom lines? [ Read More]
Needlestick Injuries Remain a Problem for HospitalsWhile concerns remain high about patient safety, emergency management, and other hot button issues, needle-related injuries still present significant regulatory risks for hospitals. For at least the 10th year in a row, the latest Occupational Safety and Health Administration figures show that the bloodborne pathogens standard was the most cited in general acute care hospitals in fiscal 2009. [ Read More]
Medical Center Uses Web Questions to Connect Experts with PatientsThe office of communications and public affairs at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore has taken an innovate approach to the familiar "Ask the Expert" tool that is considerably different from that of most hospitals. UMMC has a team of more than 80 experts on a wide range of topics ready to answer any health question that a site user or smartphone application user may have. [ Read More]
California Program Uses Telemedicine to Reach Medically Underserved Doctor-patient interaction is the key to a new telemedicine pilot program among community centers in California. Under the California Telemedicine Pilot Project, more than 15 sites will be equipped to deliver telemedicine primary and specialty services using the networking system known as Cisco HealthPresence. The "care at a distance" plan will allow patients to visit a center with high-definition cameras and electronic scopes linked to physicians who may be a long distance away. [ Read More]
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Five Strategies that Prove Healthcare is Still a Growth Industry
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The Sports Center
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Famous athletes and big sports programs may be the public face of sports medicine, but at its core are local communities and, increasingly, the unconventional athlete. [Read More] |
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Leaders Forum
Joint Commission Issues Alert About Preventing Maternal Death: The Joint Commission has issued a sentinel event alert about preventing maternal death. The alert highlights maternal death in the U.S. as a serious, although rare problem to which hospitals and caregivers should be paying more attention. [Read More]
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Audio Feature
Blair Sadler, former CEO of San Diego Rady Children's Hospital and now a senior fellow with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, discusses how hospitals are using the arts to reduce patient anxiety. [Listen Now]
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