Hospitals & health networks / AHA
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Treating patients' pain is a new priority for health care providers, spurred by research that dramatically demonstrates the impact pain has on illness and recovery and by pressure from the Joint Commission and patient advocates. Hospitals are confronting the newfound knowledge head-on, setting up pain management programs that offer clinical, rehabilitative and counseling help utilizing traditional and nontraditional methods.
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Hospitals are in the business of saving lives. Yet, thousands of patients die unnecessarily each year in hospitals. H&HN asked experts to recommend relatively simple and inexpensive steps that hospitals can take to avert these tragedies. The result:"25 Things You Can Do to Save Lives Now," a practical action plan that hospitals of every type and size can use to advance their patient safety initiatives.