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Older patients visiting the emergency department who received specialized geriatric care were admitted to the hospital 36 percent of the time, compared to the 53 percent who did not receive this attention.
Adfinitas Health currently partners with 14 hospitals and more than 40 post-acute facilities in Maryland, Virginia and Michigan.
The healthcare industry created more new jobs in December than other sectors, outpacing construction, manufacturing and business services.
New AMA report finds the weight of technology and administrative burdens is creeping into time physicians need for patient care.
Cost-reduction plans will largely consist of staff cuts and contract renegotiation with suppliers and vendors, system said.
AHA says $1.1 billion from that total goes to support violence prevention and preparedness programs.
Consulting firm CedarBridge Group Founder Carol Robinson says the APIs may be the key to fix workforce shortages.
The research is the first large-scale national study to link nurses' well-being to self-reported medical errors.
Hospital leaders say they are acting in good faith to negotiate a contract, but lessons from other systems show why these labor disputes can be costly.
Each compensation survey or report was executed with a specific methodology and purpose, so results vary, journal says.