Oct. 18, 2013 — In the U.S., one in five Medicare patients is readmitted to a hospital each year at an estimated cost of $17.5 billion annually.i To reduce this impact, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has introduced hospital penalties based on readmissions conditions...
Medical News | Physician’s First Watch October 21, 2013 By Joe Elia Using home telemonitoring to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease does not delay patients’ hospital admissions or improve their health-related quality of life, a BMJ study finds....
Welcome to Sunday All Day Brunch. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. We are starting to see cooler weather here in North Carolina. It was such a wet summer here that the water table has...
12:00pm Sunday 20th October 2013 in News Flu vaccination plan to target ‘at risk’ groups and young children: INFO Helath experts say that as autumn sets in and winter approaches, it’s time for those at greatest risk from flu to protect themselves and their...
SHAMOKIN – VNA Health System joins in celebrating National Healthcare Quality Week, Oct. 20 to 26. The week highlights the work of health care professionals, working in quality care and patient safety, and how they influence improved patient care outcomes...
(BPT) – Actress Rose McGowan, best known for her leading role in the TV series, Charmed, is sharing her story in a new leading role: raising awareness for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF. After her father was diagnosed with IPF, she became determined to...
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