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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TeamHealth Medical Call Center (THMCC), a premier provider of 24-hour nurse triage and nurse advice lines, announces its newly formed Clinical Advisory Committee. The 10-person committee, comprising physician, nursing and administrative leaders, provides clinical expertise to advance THMCC's purpose of providing safe, quality and cost-effective services for hospital clients, physician clients and patients. "As our national healthcare...
KIRKLAND, Wash., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EvergreenHealth was today announced as a recipient of Qualis Health's 2013 Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality. The award is in recognition of EvergreenHealth's program to reduce the occurrence of delirium among older hospitalized patients. Since 2002, Qualis Health Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality have recognized outstanding organizations in Washington State who demonstrate leadership and innovation in improving...
STRIKE AVERTED WORCESTER, Mass., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After hours of negotiations, the registered nurses of UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus reached a tentative agreement with UMMMC management that provides the staffing improvements nurses sought to ensure their patients receive quality care at this level one trauma center. The settlement averts a strike, which was set to begin at 6 a.m. today. (Logo:...
Private insurers rather than hospitals would reap the most savings by supporting programs to prevent these avoidable complications Johns Hopkins researchers report that hospitals may be reaping enormous income for patients whose hospital stays are complicated by preventable bloodstream infections contracted in their intensive care units. In a small, new study, reported online in the American Journal of Medical Quality, the researchers found that an ICU patient who develops an avoidable...
PITTSBURGH, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanne Finis, RN, MS, formerly executive director of solutions services for Joint Commission Resources (JCR), has joined TeleTracking Technologies as Vice President of Consulting Services. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130523/NE17696) (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130304/NE68713LOGO ) In her former position with JCR, a non-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, she led U.S. consulting services dealing with...
Trend Report series published by TCS Healthcare Technologies, the Case Management Society of America, and the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians focuses on the results of the 2012 Health IT Survey indicates an unforeseen decline in basic system functionality for most stakeholder groups, with the exception of survey respondents associated with care management programs. Auburn, CA and Little Rock, AR (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 A recent study focusing on health...
CoCENTRIX, a leading provider of coordinated care technology solutions to state Health and Human Services and community providers, announced today that the Alabama Department of Mental Health (ADMH) selected the CoCENTRIX Coordinated Care Platform (CoCENTRIXccp) as its state-wide platform to manage the Health Records and coordinate care within and amongst its four in-patient state-operated psychiatric hospitals. Montgomery, Alabama (PRWEB) May 22, 2013 CoCENTRIX, a leading provider of...
ContinuCare Home Health went through a four-day review by the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services and was found to have no deficiencies to be cited. San Antonio, TX (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 ContinuCare Home Health, Inc. recently received a perfect report from the Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services. After completing a four-day review of patient records, home visits and employee interviews, ContinuCare Home Health was found to have no deficiencies to be cited. The...
Management Walked Out of Talks on Tuesday, Refusing to Address Nurses' Staffing Concerns Threatens to Impose Four-Day Lockout After the Strike, Subjecting Patients to Substandard Care by Replacement Nurses Drawn from All Over the Country WORCESTER, Mass., May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to deteriorating patient care conditions, the 1,100 registered nurses who work at the University Hospital campus of UMass Memorial Medical Center (UMMMC) in Worcester plan to...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nurses from Northside Medical Center are attending the Community Health Systems' annual shareholders meeting in New York City today to voice concerns about the company's plan to adopt a staffing model that could hurt the quality of patient care. The nurses carried shareholder proxies that allowed them to question the CHS Board of Directors about the Nashville, Tenn.-based company's stewardship of Northside and other...
