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NewsAMA: Boost patient navigator communication, disclosure to enhance care
Hospitals continue to add patient navigators to their healthcare teams. But in order for them to enhance the quality of patient care, they need increased communication and transparency, delegates Read more...
'Race matching' moot for heart transplant patients
The practice of 'race matching' organ donors and recipients appears to have little effect on transplant success, nor does it hold any significance in the disproportionately worse outcomes after heart Read more...
Bill aims to cut hospital readmission rates
A Senator from Colorado has introduced a bill intended to cut down on hospital readmission rates by improving after-hospitalization care and follow-up Medicare patients receive. The Medicare Care Read more...
Study: Medicare disease management pilot failed
A new study done by a government-contracted research firm has concluded that Medicare's recent disease management pilot largely failed to meet their goals. Back in 2002, CMS awarded 15 demonstration Read more...
Study: ED patients not clear on doctors' instructions
A new study appearing in the current Annals of Emergency Medicine suggests that most patients passing through hospital emergency departments don't understand their doctors' instructions. The study, Read more...
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