Nurse Practitioners
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Top 7 Reasons Pressure Ulcer Rates are Still Going Up in Hospitals
Recently, my colleague wrote that the CMS’ Value-Based Purchasing incentives were working to reduce hospital-acquired conditions (HACs), according…
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CMS Incentives Reduce HACs, But Much Work Remains
On January 29, 2019, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released a report showing the changes…
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Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 10 million Americans
DOWNLOAD NOW Affecting approximately 10 million Americans, as well as about 3-6% of the world population According to…
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Medicare Trustees: Trust Fund Will Begin to Deplete by 2026
What measures and means will be taken in the meantime? To the average person, Medicare is simply health…
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Study: Medicare-covered Stroke Patients are Receiving Inconsistent Levels of Therapy
Findings surprising in light of the importance of rehab for stroke patients Medicare-covered stroke patients receive vastly different…
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
Understanding the Significance of DVT When Serena Williams shielded her eyes from the glare of a setting sun…
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The Affordable Care Act
Issues, Successes, and the Future The landmark legislation of the Affordable Care Act provided a first step toward…
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House, Senate Bills Propose Idea of National Nurse for Public Health
H.R. 1597, S.696 suggest Chief Nurse Officer for role Earlier this month, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson introduced the…
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Pharmaceutical Drugs in Short Supply
Why we are seeing drug shortages and the impact on patients and professionals For at least the past…
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Follow-Up Care
The emergency department at New York University Langone Medical Center (NYULMC) in New York City has developed a…
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Infectious Diseases A to Z: Bacterial Meningitis
With this new column, Elite will compile an index of various infectious diseases, with occasional highlights of…
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Preventing Accidents in the Workplace
A full 25% of preventable accidents in the workplace involve slips, trips, and falls. It was a…
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