Articles Tagged With: guidelines
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Study shows best practices do improve outcomes
One of the most challenging issues for quality managers is demonstrating that best QI practices can actually improve outcomes. Demonstrating such success requires a good deal of time and resources. In light of this challenge, the results of a new study published in JAMA should be good news, indeed. -
Back care program helps to keep pain under control
After being enrolled in MVP Health Care's back care program for a year, the percentage of participants reporting that their back pain did not interfere with their work increased from 10.9% to 22.9%. -
Patient Safety Alert supplement
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Full July 2007 Issue in PDF
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Addressing incontinence: Outcomes improve 24%
With "improvement in urinary incontinence" identified as one of the pay-for-performance measures for the upcoming Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' demonstration project, it is essential that hospice managers take a closer look at how they identify and treat incontinence. -
Feds consider legislation that would tighten research, IRB regulations