Hospitals & health networks / AHA
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H&HN's ongoing series on ways that hospitals can reduce medical errors takes a look at how clinicians can better talk with one another as patients move from one setting to another.
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As more states mandate the reporting of health care-acquired infections and CMS spearheads a voluntary reporting initiative, hospitals ask: Is a patchwork of state regulations better than a nationwide mandatory or voluntary system? And when does all of this lead to "analysis paralysis," hindering hospitals' performance-improvement efforts?
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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.
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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.