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Feds Extend HIPAA Obligations, Violation Penalties
October 1, 2013
Final rule expands breach notification, punishment for business associates who break confidentiality laws
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Pallative Care Programs Offered in 84% of U.S. Hospitals by 2014
October 1, 2013
PC patient services expected to increase by 67% in hospitals with 50-plus beds
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Little Resistance to Rising Hospital-Acquired Infections
October 1, 2013
CDC study shows rate of antibotic resistance to HAIs rising faster than predicted in 2008
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Boston Hospital Earns Quality Award
October 1, 2013
Beth Israel Deaconess earns McKesson Quest for Quality Prize for leadership, innovation in quality improvement, safety
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Post-Discharge Phone Calls Prevent Hospital Readmissions
October 1, 2013
Calling patients within 72 hours of discharge decreased readmission risk by 33%
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What Is the Best Empiric Therapy for Community-Acquired Cellulitis?
October 1, 2013
Antibiotic treatment is recommended and must provide coverage for community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection
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ACCF/AHA 2013 Guidelines for Managing Heart Failure
October 1, 2013
Recommendations emphasize managing hospitalization and care transitions, using guideline-directed and proven medical therapies, employing evidence-based steps to reduce readmissions
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Hospital-Based Palliative Care Reduces Length of Stay, Charges, Invasive Procedures, ICU Deaths
October 1, 2013
Hospitalized children who received PC in the ICU had reduced lengths of stay, charges, invasive procedures, mortality rate
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Reviews of Reseach on Perioperative Morbidity, Capnography with Diabetic Ketoacidosis in the ED, Mortality Rate for Elective Surgeries
October 1, 2013
Also reviewed this month: publicly reported mortality rates vs. hospitals' overall mortality, cost-saving visits for Medicare patients, video-based workshops for academic hospitalists
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Hospitalist Compensation Models Evolve Toward Production, Performance-Based Variables
October 1, 2013
Proportion of hospitalists' compensation paid as base salary, performance incentive on the rise, SHM study reports
