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Physicians With The Least Experience Have Higher Cost Profiles Than Do Physicians With The Most Experience

Health plans and Medicare are using cost profiles to identify which physicians account for more health care spending than others.
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Nurses Take the Lead, as Team-Based Care Takes Off

In an era of team-based care, nurses are increasingly taking on new leadership roles.
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Improving Patient Safety Systems for Patients With Limited English Proficiency: A Guide for Hospitals

The goal of this guide is to help hospital leaders better understand how to address the issue of patient safety for limited-English-proficient and culturally diverse patients.
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Next Generation of Palliative Care: Community Models Offer Services Outside the Hospital

Acute care hospitals have been establishing palliative programs at a rapid pace; the United States now has more than 1,600 of these team-based programs that focus on relieving symptoms and improvin
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Life After a Merger

The November issue of Trustee magazine delves into hospital mergers with a cover article featuring case studies and interviews from leading experts.
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Early 50s May Be Key Time to Reach Baby Boomers with Health Messages

For baby boomers, the peak interest in health issues comes at about age 51, with a second peak coming near age 65, according to a new study.
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Saving lives could start at shift change: A simple way to improve hospital handoff conversations

At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients they're handing over—or at least they strive to.
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Rural Nursing and Quality End-of-Life Care: Palliative Care ... Palliative Approach ... or Somewhere In-Between?

Secondary analysis of data from two studies examining palliative care in rural areas was conducted with the aim to better understand how a nursing palliative approach influences quality outcomes at
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Annotated Model Physician-Hospital Employment Agreement

Many physicians are becoming employees of hospitals, medical groups or affiliate organizations.
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The Role of Medicaid for Adults with Chronic Illnesses

Medicaid is the nation's health coverage program for the low-income population, covering , more than 60 million people or one in five Americans.It is a diverse group: low-income partents, chil