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With ACOs, there's a thin line between collaboration and monopoly
Karen M. Cheung
If providers think they are getting mixed messages from regulatory agencies, that's because they probably are. On one hand, the healthcare reform law requires
Hospital CEOs embrace team-based care
The industry is shifting to collaborative care with physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other staff teaming up to provide better healthcare. The trend is catching on in the C-suite, as well, reported
Docs support enhanced NP collaboration
With a looming workforce shortage and a shift toward collaborative care, Virginia physicians support legislation that will include the role of nurse practitioners, while also better defining surgery.
Reporting quality measurement works: Collaborative care improved
Confirming the beliefs of quality and transparency advocacy, measuring the quality of collaborative care arrangements and publicly reporting it does improve overall patient care, according to a study
OR team collaboration improves quality
Hospital operating room (OR) teams can cut costs and improve quality by examining problems from every possible perspective, according to a report in the AORN Journal. The OR team--made of up
Depression lessened for heart disease patients with collaborative program
A hospital-initiated collaborative care program to treat depression, a common condition among cardiovascular disease patients, helped those patients show improvement with their depression, anxiety,
Throwing money at primary care problem not a fix, physician says
An increase in workload and a decrease in manpower has left the primary-care profession in tatters and near "crisis point," New York Times blogger Pauline Chen, MD, believes. But what can be done to
