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Diagnostics: The Shunt Series

Taming the SRU

Case 4 3 year old unresponsive You are working as solo coverage in a critical access hospital. Estimated incidence of normal pressure hydrocephalus and shunt outcome in patients residing in assisted-living and extended-care facilities. 2008) Shprecher, Schwalb, Kurlan. Lancet Neurol. Marmarou, Young, Aygok. Wallace et al.

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The Private Equity Wave in Health Care

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These stakeholders are similarly shielded in court when adverse patient outcomes, such as negligent deaths, occur under their management or when the bought-out companies are challenged for anticompetitive business practices overseen by the PE firm. 7-9 The PE model then aims to sell acquired businesses for a profit within three to six years.

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ED Boarding

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It was submitted in 2008 to the National Quality Forum (NQF), which convenes external groups to endorse measures. ED crowding and boarding are causing patient experiences and outcomes to worsen. Accessed July 13, 2023. The effect of emergency department crowding on clinically oriented outcomes. Accessed July 13, 2023.