Litigation or redesign: Improving pressure ulcer prevention
Article Abstract:
Juries are issuing lawsuits to the Texas nursing homes on their failure to provide adequate nutrition and care for pressure ulcer. Texas Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services is trying to improve the quality of services to reflect the problem. Change that occurred in the health care services from the past few years is discussed.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
Legal issues & crime, Texas, Legal/Government Regulation, Company legal issue, Cases, Bedsores, Decubitus ulcer
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2005
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Translating evidence-based falls prevention into clinical practice in nursing facilities: results and lessons from a quality improvement collaborative
Article Abstract:
A study on effect of nursing facilities' quality improvement collaborative on falls reduction is presented.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
United States, General services, Product quality, Usage, Safety and security measures, Prevention, Quality management, Falls (Accidents), Accidental falls, Evidence-based medicine
Publication Name: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0002-8614
Year: 2006
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