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Consistent Assignment YouTube Video from Michigan’s QIO

qsadmin — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:29:25 +0000

Posted 5/16/12

Consistent assignment of staff to residents has many positive outcomes for both residents and staff. Michigan’s Quality Improvement Organization (QIO) has produced a 9 minute YouTube video on the benefits of the consistent assignment staffing model.

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National Quality Forum Endorses New Measures to Reduce Readmissions

qsadmin — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:05:16 +0000

Posted 5/15/12

The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed two new measures for all-cause hospital readmissions, focusing attention on the challenging conundrum of how to keep people from bouncing back into acute-care facilities. (Source: NurseZone.com)

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Busy Hospitals Discharge Patients Too Soon, See Higher Readmissions

qsadmin — Tue, 15 May 2012 15:02:27 +0000

Posted 5/15/12

Patients that are discharged during the busiest times for hospitals are 50 percent more likely to come back in within three days, according to research published in Health Care Management Science. (Source: Fierce Healthcare)

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Get Well, Live Well Program Kicks Off at Maury Regional

qsadmin — Fri, 04 May 2012 18:24:13 +0000

Posted 5/4/12

This four-week program assists Medicare patients in returning home from the hospital, helps them avoid being readmitted, and encourages a better quality of life.

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Commission of Leading Experts Unveils Plan to Improve Care for Chronically Ill

qsadmin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:42:59 +0000

Posted 4/30/12

Commonwealth Fund Commission sees unprecedented opportunity for public and private stakeholders to support community progress toward a high performance health system.

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Consumers Compare Results from Home Health Agencies’ Patient Surveys

qsadmin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:46:17 +0000

Posted 4/24/12

CMS will now publicly report on consumer experiences with Medicare-certified home health agencies.

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Avoid Hospital Readmission, Take Action Before Discharge

qsadmin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:34:19 +0000

Posted 4/12/2012

When you leave a hospital after an illness, you hope that your days there will soon be a distant memory. But that’s not always the case. (Source: The Washington Post National)

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New Initiative Establishes IQ Goals to Improve Care

qsadmin — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:32:10 +0000

Posted 4/12/12

Long-term and post-acute care leadership from the American Health Care Association and the National Center for Assisted Living have announced a multi-year initiative to meet new quality goals, including reducing hospital readmission rates and improving staff retention. (Source: Nurse.com)
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Campaign to End Chemical Restraints

qsadmin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:44:35 +0000

Posted 4/11/12

Advocates for nursing home residents who have been working for many years to eliminate all misuse of antipsychotic drugs for nursing home residents applaud the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’s (CMS’s) new national initiative to address the drugging epidemic. (Source: California Health Advocates)

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Medicare’s Readmissions-Reduction Project

qsadmin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:32:53 +0000

Posted 4/11/12

Hospital readmissions are receiving increasing attention as a largely correctable source of poor quality of care and excessive spending. (Source: The New England Journal of Medicine)

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