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TrendWatch: The Road to Meaningful Use: What it Takes to Implement Electronic Health Record Systems

Today, hospitals and physicians use health IT to store health information electronically, facilitate clinical decision-making, streamline clinician workflows and monitor population health.
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TrendWatch: The Opportunities and Challenges for Rural Hospitals

As more rural Americans gain access to health coverage through Medicaid and the commercial markets, rural hospitals will experience greater patient demand that may strain already limited staff and capital resources.
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<strong>Report: </strong>AHA Survey on Drug Shortages

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Examining the Drivers of Readmissions and Reducing Unnecessary Readmissions for Better Patient Care PPT Deck

This TrendWatch from September 2011 examines recent research on hospital readmissions, including the linkages between readmissions and quality of care, and the various circumstances that may drive readmissions.
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VAP Reduction in the NICU

In 2005, the neonatal intensive care unit at Women and Children's Hospital of West Virginia experienced a ventilator-associated pneumonia incidence rate of 18 percent for infants weighing less