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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Mortality and length of stay"”.
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Analysis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Patients' Hospital and Intensive Care Charges, Length of Stay and Mortality
AbstractThis research investigated the amount of potential increase in charges, mortality and length of stay of patients with Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) over non - VAP patients at the Wexner Medical Center between the dates of 11/1/2011 and 12/31/2012VAP patients were identified and …
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Implementation of an Innovative Early Warning System: Evidenced-based Strategies for Ensuring System-wide Nursing Adoption
… is associated with increased intensive care unit and hospital mortality (Goldhill, 2001). Failure to recognize deterioration is a preventable patient safety and quality issue. To address this problem, since 2013, Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KP NCAL) has piloted Advance Alert Monitor …
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Närståendes besök hos patienter som vårdas på intensivvårdsavdelning
Aim: The overall objective of the present thesis was to describe and assess the importance and impact of visits by the patients’ families in an ICU, from patient and family perspectives, and to develop, from a hermeneutic perspective, a research method to study the interplay between patient and …
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The Impact of Electronic Health Records on the Quality Outcomes of the Adult Intensive Care Unit
<p>Purpose: The purpose of this retrospective pre and post descriptive study is to examine how EHR systemic implementation impacts the quality outcomes of the intensive care unit.</p> <p>Background: EHR can improve safety and quality through communication, automation, streamlines and evidence based …
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ESSAYS ON HOSPITAL REIMBURSEMENT AND QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE PROVISION
… reimbursement policy affects the quality of care provided to patients when providers compete for healthcare labor that is limited in supply. Cost payment systems fully reimburse a provider’s the total cost of healthcare provided, fixed reimbursements are predetermined at a fixed amount and …