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As of Wednesday March 10, 2010

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Nonprofit Group Will Lead $3 Billion Meaningful Use Initiative in California

Nonprofit Group Will Lead $3 Billion Meaningful Use Initiative in California

by CHERYL CLARK | 3/9/2010

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger named Cal eConnect as a new nonprofit organization that will help hospitals, physicians, clinics, and other providers purchase appropriate health information exchanges under meaningful use rules, and thereby capture more than $3 billion in stimulus funds over the next decade.

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Joint Commission Working on Breast Cancer Care Quality Measures

by MATT PHILLION | 3/9/2010

The Joint Commission's Division of Quality Measurement and Research has been contracted to complete a portion of a project to develop quality measures to assess and improve care for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy in an ambulatory setting, according to an official announcement from the accrediting organization.

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Study Links High Hospital Occupancy to Higher Death Risk

by JOHN COMMINS | 3/9/2010

A new study found that patients admitted to full or near-full hospitals increased their risk of dying by 5.6%. University of Michigan Health System researchers also found that having more nurses made patients safer, but weekend admission and admission during seasonal flu increased the risk of death.

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Nurses Say Distractions Cut Bedside Time by 25%

by JOHN COMMINS | 3/9/2010

Hospital nurses spend three hours of a typical 12-hour shift away from the patients' bedside to complete regulatory requirements, redundant paperwork, and other non-direct care, a recent online survey of more than 1,600 nurses shows.

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Testing the Limits of Lean

by Philip Betbeze

Hospitals are into this management technique, but key employee buy-in can be lost in translation. More Analysis

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Got an App for That?

by Carrie Vaughan

Smartphone applications are liberating clinicians and administrators and improving quality all at the same time. More Analysis

Quick Poll

Washington (DC) Hospital Center is firing 21 staff members, including 15 nurses, who missed work because of a blizzard that hit the capital last month. What do you think?

The hospital was correct in firing the employees.
The hospital should have disciplined the employees, but should not have fired them.
The hospital can't expect all of its employees to make it into work during those conditions and should not have fired them.
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