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NewsHospitals target high-risk patients by predicting readmissions
Under reimbursement pressures, hospitals are examining ways to prevent readmissions, and some are identifying high-risk factors to predict which patients--particularly cardiac and colorectal surgery Read more...
PA sees some heart surgery improvements
A new report from a Pennsylvania state agency has concluded that while, as might be expected, there are a few hospitals with questionable performance in heart surgery, the quality of care has Read more...
Study: Older blood raises heart surgery risk
Right now, it's commonplace for patients getting heart surgery to get blood that has been waiting in a refrigerator for two weeks or longer. As it turns out, this may be raising their risk of Read more...
| Press ReleasesNational Initiative to Reduce Infections in Cardiac Surgery: Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Foundation and DrFOCUS Initiative to Develop Assessment and Intervention Tools to Reduce Infections in Cardiac Surgery RICHMOND, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Underscoring the importance of the infection rate information Read more >> |
