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Portland, OR doc makes house calls by bicycle
Before leaving the office to visit a homebound patient, Tony Ohotto, MD, gathered a few necessities: his stethoscope...
Web Exclusive: Informal May be Best Approach to End-of-Life Conversations
How a doctor guides family members through the details of a patient's critical illness may influence caregivers...
Web Exclusive: Evidence-Based Care Gaps Pervasive, Researchers Say
Failure to use research-based evidence to inform healthcare decision making is prevalent among patients, caregivers...
US alters rule on paying for end-of-life planning
The Obama administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare regulation to delete references to end-of-life...
2 million Medicare beneficiaries aren't getting discounted drugs
More than 2 million Medicare beneficiaries have failed to sign up for a program that could save them thousands of...
AT&T, Vitality offer wireless pill caps
AT&T announced that it will be partnering with Vitality to sell Vitality GlowCaps on Amazon.com. The AT&T...
'Conditioned on' kidney donation, sisters' prison release prompts ethics debate
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour has announced that he will grant an early release from prison to two sisters serving...
Cooling caps tested to help cancer patients keep hair
A handful of San Francisco breast cancer patients are donning frigid skullcaps to test a device designed to keep hair...
Web Exclusive: NP Back Pain Assessment Shortens Wait Time
Nurse practitioners may help reduce wait times without impairing quality of care. Ninety-six percent of patients with...
Web Exclusive: Early Dialysis Treatment Increases Mortality Risk
Patients who begin dialysis earlier in the development of their renal disease have a higher risk of death in the...

Book: Reducing Readmissions: A Blueprint for Improving Care Transitions
As the healthcare industry implements reforms that will penalize hospitals for readmissions deemed unnecessary, it’s...
Audio Conference: Improve Discharge Planning
New rules and regulations put additional pressures on the discharge planning process. Discharge planners must continue...
Audio Conference: The Effective Utilization Review Committee: Best Practices for Compliance
A utilization review (UR) committee isn't a luxury, it's a requirement. Join us for this 90-minute audio conference and...
Audio Conference: Reduce Transition-Induced Readmissions Through Improved Transition Management
CMS will begin collecting data that will determine if a hospital will incur financial penalties for excess readmissions...
Book: Long-Term Care Clinical Assessment and Documentation Cheat Sheets
The Long-Term Care Clinical Assessment and Documentation Cheat Sheets is the ultimate blueprint for how to provide...
Webcast: CAA Process Improvement: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Person-Centered Care
Improve care area assessment (CAA) processes to cultivate person-centered care. Long-term care expert consultant Debbie...
Audio Conference: Utilization Review 101: Meet Requirements and Maintain an Effective Committee
Listen to this 90-minute audio conference and learn how to get physicians and essential team members to understand the...
Book: The Healthcare Executive's Guide to Urgent Care Centers and Freestanding EDs
One in five Americans lacks adequate access to primary care physicians and even those patients with insurance and a...
Webcast: Therapy and Nursing Documentation: Maintaining Efficiency and Compliance
Proper documentation has never been more crucial under MDS 3.0, both in terms of therapy and nursing. During this...
Continuing Education: 7th Annual AHAP Conference: Las Vegas, NV
The AHAP conference brings together survey professionals to discuss solutions and best practices to achieve continual...