Survey: Nearly half of healthcare professionals want pain dropped from vital signs
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Feb 22, 2017
A recently released survey of physicians and nurses shows that nearly half are in favor of eliminating pain as the “fifth vital sign.”
Demo projects need new safeguards, improvements, healthcare group says
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Feb 14, 2017
A coalition of healthcare groups is pushing lawmakers and the new head of the Department of Health and Human Services to consider strengthening the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation as they debate...
Not getting your due — and liking it
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Gary Tetz
Feb 05, 2017
It’s just not fair. You’re the one who sat at that traffic light forever, and then when it finally changed, some idiot in the lane beside roared through first, without even slowing down.
Winning the drug war
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Liza Berger
Feb 05, 2017
Often forgotten or glossed over, there is still one sure answer to questions about how to improve medication mismanagement: have better documentation
Profile: Alise Ionashku
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Elizabeth Newman
Feb 05, 2017
If there’s one aspect of Alise Ionashku’s childhood that stands out, it’s the desire of her and her three older brothers to make their immigrant parents proud.
Progress denied
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John Hall
Feb 05, 2017
‘Prior level of function’ rule can complicate rehabilitation efforts, as providers wrestle with cost, quality of care and what a resident’s goals are in maintaining quality of life
How to do it … Handwashing compliance
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John Hall
Feb 05, 2017
Simple handwashing is indisputably the easiest, most effective way of preventing the spread of germs and infections anywhere, including healthcare settings. Yet it is far from being a widespread practice....
Trump’s Supreme Court pick may mean trouble for CMS, healthcare regs
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Feb 02, 2017
Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Supreme Court Justice, has a history of sparring with federal agencies over regulations, a tendency that could bring some relief to long-term...
Woman wins $1.6 million verdict from SNF owner, contractor after meat slicer accident
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Jan 25, 2017
A skilled nursing facility and contractor will pay $1.6 million for a meat-slicer incident that severely damaged a Pennsylvania woman’s hand.
Hospital, ambulance company sued after patient sent to nursing home 300 miles away
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Jan 23, 2017
The sister of a nursing home patient is suing a Georgia hospital, physician and ambulance service amid claims that her brother was discharged and sent to a nursing home 300 miles away.