Disease Management
Hospitals report improved preparedness for emerging infectious diseases since the Ebola outbreak in 2014.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday announced that it has confirmed 62 cases of acute flaccid myelitis – a polio-like illness that mostly affects children and can cause paralysis.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today issued updated recommendations for managing and reporting Shigella infections that were treated with ciprofloxacin or azithromycin.
Health care and public health leaders, clinicians and first responders can register to attend an Aug. 7-8 workshop in Atlanta on preparing for Ebola and other emerging infectious diseases.
The Diabetes Medical Home Extender Program offers home-based services by community health workers (CHWs) and a registered nurse to high-risk diabetic patients.
After HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital conducted the 2015 community health needs assessment, one of the top priorities identified was addressing the chronic disease of diabetes.
Los Angeles, CA
January 2018
HRET and Million Hearts® hosted a webinar on cardiac rehabilitation (CR), a comprehensive secondary prevention program that helps patients improve key clinical measures and adopt and practice a healthy lifestyle, including regular exercise. This webinar highlighted Million Hearts® 2022, a national…
To better serve its patients and reduce the effects of ineffective pain management, Mercy Hospital of Buffalo developed a pain management program that introduces pharmacists to patients. From January to April of 2012, both the nurse manager and pharmacist made individual rounds to all medical-…
The disease management process at Bassett Medical Center was positively impacted after the hospital developed an improved system that allows quality reporting. The process improvement helped manage patient outcomes, patient experience and quality indicators. The initiative was supported by a team…