healthcare administrationlaboratorylength of staymortalitynursepharmacyphysicianradiologyreadmissionIntroduction: Increased nursing staffing levels have previously been associated with improved patient outcomes. However, the effects of physician staffing and other clinical care costs on clinical outcomes are unknown....
California's Valley Health System to Sell Its Hospitals The article reports on the decision of the administrative board of the Valley Health System health care district in Southern California to sell its hospitals to Select HealthCare Solutions LLC. The board has voted out in favor of the $13....
its Perlmutter Cancer Center, and the Manhattan campus of the VA NY Harbor Healthcare System, increasing numbers of these men are electing to postpone additional therapy unless their symptoms worsen—a passive practice called watchful waiting—or they are choosing so-called active surveillance. This ...
In the last several years, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced211u001etwo major initiatives to change the way it manages its $17 billion health care 211u001esystem. In fiscal year 1996, VA decentralized the management structure of its 211u001eVeterans Health Administration ...
Texas medical schools are part of a movement to adapt medical education to today' s evolving health care system. They are trying to get ahead of the curve ... " AAMC's Chief Medical Education Officer Carol A. Aschenbrener, MD, said. She believes today's health care changes aren't the...
Bradley SM, Hess E, Winchester DE, et al.Stress testing after percutaneous coronary intervention in the Veterans Affairs healthcare system: insights from the Veterans Affairs clinical assessment, reporting, and tracking program.Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes.2015;Epub ahead of print. ...
Alexis R. Internal medicine practitioners, Specialized optometrists, Specialized dental practitioners Newington VA Clinic VA Connecticut Healthcare System provides comprehensive health care services for Veterans, their families, and caregivers in the Newington, CT area. With a focus on experienced health car...
The passionate embrace of performance measurement by the US health care system has produced an unbridled proliferation of metrics that has been decried by the National Academy of Medicine.17 In response, a federal/industrial complex has evolved to “help” hospitals and providers to survive in this...
However, ECPR is a complex labor-intensive intervention that requires a highly trained team, specialized equipment, and multidisciplinary support within a healthcare system, and it has the risk of life-threatening complications including vessel rupture, bleeding, and thromboembolism. Therefore, physicians...
Mary Washington Healthcare is an award-winning, non-profit healthcare system in Fredericksburg, Virginia that has grown with its community in the past 120+ years. Today, we are made up of two hospitals, four emergency departments, and over 60 outpatient