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Things we may not think about until we need them: hospital preparedness
Posted by Liz Borkowski on July 5, 2011
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One of the disturbing aspects of the recent E. coli outbreak in Germany was the apparent lack of sufficient hospital surge capacity to handle a sudden influx of seriously ill patients. Der Spiegel reported: On Monday, hospitals all over northern Germany struggled to treat thousands of patients suffering from the effects of the bacteria. More…
Saving Money while Helping Patients: Palliative Care Teams in Hospitals
Posted by Liz Borkowski on March 14, 2011 With nearly one-third of US healthcare spending going to hospital care, it’s natural that people would be looking for ways to trim spending on hospital services. A new study just published in the journal Health Affairs reports that seriously ill hospital patients receiving consultations from palliative care teams can incur lower costs. For this study’s…