Hospital case management : the monthly update on hospital-based care planning and critical paths
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By developing a set of guidelines for admission parameters, antibiotic administration, and treatment, multidisciplinary health care professionals in a Utah health system have significantly reduced the number of deaths and hospital admissions for patients with community-acquired pneumonia. Lengths of stay also were reduced. Before the introduction of these standards, more than 70 different antibiotics had been used statewide.
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In 1997, administrators discovered that DRG 108 (other major cardiothoracic procedures), which includes many of the surgical repairs for congenital heart disease, was one of the biggest money losers for Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, resulting in a loss of approximately $1 million dollars per year. Time for action.
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It makes sense to move your facility to an attitude of cultural competency, not only because there are certain minimum requirements from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations in Oakbrook Terrace, IL, and other watchdogs, but also because it's the right thing to do, according to Beth Remus, an expert in the field of cultural awareness and competency in health care.