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Setting the Course of Our Future: The Role of Professional Collaboration in Improving Health Care
06/19/2008
The credentialing agencies for nursing, radiology and cardiology have set minimum standards for the continuing education necessary for annual and biannual license renewal. Does simply acquiring the necessary continuing education qualify you...
The credentialing agencies for nursing, radiology and cardiology have set minimum standards for the continuing education necessary for annual and biannual license renewal. Does simply acquiring the necessary continuing education qualify you...
The credentialing agencies for...
06/19/2008
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Cath Lab Expense/Cost Process Improvements
06/19/2008
Drug-eluting stent procedure payment, total impact decreased by up to -3% (the original proposed was -33%) (DRG, 558) Cardiac Defibrillator implant W/O cardiac cath, total impact decreased by 9.6% (DRG515) Chest Pain, total impact...
Drug-eluting stent procedure payment, total impact decreased by up to -3% (the original proposed was -33%) (DRG, 558) Cardiac Defibrillator implant W/O cardiac cath, total impact decreased by 9.6% (DRG515) Chest Pain, total impact...
Drug-eluting stent procedure...
06/19/2008
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Tips to Improve Door-to-Balloon Time to < 90 Minutes:Life in the real world
06/19/2008
Treatment and care of these patients has improved significantly over the past decade, which has resulted in a decline in mortality and morbidity. The AHA and the American College of Cardiology (ACC)2 formed a task force to develop...
Treatment and care of these patients has improved significantly over the past decade, which has resulted in a decline in mortality and morbidity. The AHA and the American College of Cardiology (ACC)2 formed a task force to develop...
Treatment and care of these...
06/19/2008
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Remembering a Cardiac Cath Lab History
06/19/2008
Let's take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. If you are old enough to remember the equipment discussed here, you are probably a baby boomer; if not, consider this both a history lesson and a peek ahead into the future. As the old saying...
Let's take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. If you are old enough to remember the equipment discussed here, you are probably a baby boomer; if not, consider this both a history lesson and a peek ahead into the future. As the old saying...
Let's take a nostalgic trip down...
06/19/2008
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Remembering a Cardiac Cath Lab History
06/19/2008
Let's take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. If you are old enough to remember the equipment discussed here, you are probably a baby boomer; if not, consider this both a history lesson and a peek ahead into the future. As the old saying...
Let's take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. If you are old enough to remember the equipment discussed here, you are probably a baby boomer; if not, consider this both a history lesson and a peek ahead into the future. As the old saying...
Let's take a nostalgic trip down...
06/19/2008
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Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group
06/19/2008
The Daily Operations of a Cath Lab
The Daily Operations of a Cath Lab ...
(Thank you to Roberta Sparks of Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois, for last month’s discussion group question, below). I am doing research on the actual daily operations of a cath lab: 1. What are normal hours of...
(Thank you to Roberta Sparks of Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois, for last month’s discussion group question, below). I am doing research on the actual daily operations of a cath lab: 1. What are normal hours of...
(Thank you to Roberta Sparks of...
06/19/2008
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?
06/19/2008
On Call Definition: Is there a concrete definition of on call? Isn’t it for emergencies after hours? Our lab expects the staff to stay late to finish any elective cases without question. This sounds more like mandatory OT to me. Especially...
On Call Definition: Is there a concrete definition of on call? Isn’t it for emergencies after hours? Our lab expects the staff to stay late to finish any elective cases without question. This sounds more like mandatory OT to me. Especially...
On Call Definition: Is there a...
06/19/2008
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Can Nurses Safely Perform Diagnostic Angiography?
06/19/2008
Nurses, radiologic technologists, and radiographers have increasingly been performing tasks that were previously done exclusively by physicians. This month’s [HealthStream’s] Journal Alert asks whether nurses can safely perform diagnostic...
Nurses, radiologic technologists, and radiographers have increasingly been performing tasks that were previously done exclusively by physicians. This month’s [HealthStream’s] Journal Alert asks whether nurses can safely perform diagnostic...
Nurses, radiologic...
06/19/2008
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Being a Team in the Cath Lab
06/19/2008
Definitions: Team\ tem \ n 1: two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement (OK, we all work in healthcare; please disregard THIS definition, especially anyone who is an administrator!) 2: two or more individuals...
Definitions: Team\ tem \ n 1: two or more draft animals harnessed to the same vehicle or implement (OK, we all work in healthcare; please disregard THIS definition, especially anyone who is an administrator!) 2: two or more individuals...
Definitions: Team\ tem \ n 1:...
06/19/2008
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