Articles Tagged With: readmissions
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Talk to each other to improve patient care, reduce readmissions
When hospital staff start examining the reasons patients are being readmitted, the famous line from the movie Cool Hand Luke may come to mind: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”
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Full July 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Comparison of Laparoscopic Linear Staplers in Clinical Use
The results have shown that the Ethicon 6-row stapler had more misfires and the Autosuture Endo-GIA 6-row stapler resulted in more bleeding complications. -
Full July 1, 2007 Issue in PDF
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Hospital learns the pros and cons of openness
After a baby was nursed by the wrong mother at Immanuel St. Joseph's Mayo Health System in Mankato, MN, the family members involved were understandably very upset and very vocal. They alerted the news media, which reported on the incident, and staff were educated about processes to ensure this would not occur again.