Showing posts with label patient complications. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patient complications. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Why Not The Best (Hospital Benchmark Data)

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Comparative Health Care Performance Data   See how well U.S. hospitals perform on measures of evidence-ba...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) Portal | Home Content

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As a healthcare professional, you recognize the importance of preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and keeping your patie...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Hospital care easier, faster with standing orders - CNN.com

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My patient one day, a spry 80-year-old, started to cough and feel short of breath during a blood transfusion: classic signs of a transfusio...
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Hospital meals make it difficult to control blood sugars, KevinMD.com

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My mom doesn’t take any diabetes medicine.  She keeps her blood sugars normal through a combination of common sense and careful carbohydrat...
Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Study: Surgical Delays Have Profoundly Adverse Impact | National Nursing News

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A new study emphasizes why caregivers must work to minimize delays in certain elective surgical procedures for patients who have been admit...
Monday, November 29, 2010

The New, Well-informed Patient - NurseZone

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The New, Well-informed Patient Print Page Send to a Friend Annette Moore-Mitchel...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Hospital care fatal for some Medicare patients - USATODAY.com

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An estimated 15,000 Medicare patients die each month in part because of care they receive in the hospital, says a government study release...