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Home medical equipment is a category of devices used for patients whose care is being managed from a home or other private facility managed by a nonprofessional caregiver or family member. It is often referred to as "durable" medical equipment (DME) as it is intended to withstand repeated use by non-professionals or the patient, and is ...
Hospital readmissions first appeared in the medical literature in 1953 in work by Moya Woodside examining outcomes in psychiatric patients in London. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Gradually, health services research increasingly examined hospital readmissions, in part as a response to rising health care costs and a recognition that certain groups of patients ...
William Alfred Cook (January 27, 1931 – April 15, 2011), an American entrepreneur, philanthropist and historic preservationist, co-founded the medical equipment manufacturer Cook Group with his wife Gayle Cook in 1963. He resided in Bloomington, Indiana, and was one of America's wealthiest men. [1]
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center: Peoria, IL 505 [13] OSF Saint James - John W. Albrecht Medical Center Pontiac, IL 42 [13] OSF St. Joseph Medical Center: Bloomington, IL 149 [13] OSF Saint Luke Medical Center Kewanee, IL 25 [13] OSF St. Mary Medical Center Galesburg, IL 81 [13] OSF Saint Paul Medical Center Mendota, IL 25 [13] Children's ...
“That is the whole point of hospice – to give patients the most dignity possible.” At Accent Hospice Care in 2013, a small for-profit in Meridian, Idaho, inspectors found that medical staff failed to intervene to protect a 78-year-old patient who said her husband was trying to kill her.
Lincare Holdings Inc. was a publicly traded healthcare company headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. [2] Lincare was leading the respiratory homecare industry by serving approximately 1.8 million patients nationwide Lincare operates from over 700 locations in 49 states across the United States and employs 10,000 people, including 1,300 licensed clinicians.
The patients are monitored typically by anesthesiologists, nurse anesthetists, and other medical staff. [1] [2] Providers follow a standardized handoff to the medical PACU staff that includes, which medications were given in the operating room suites, how hemodynamics were during the procedures, and what is expected for their recovery. After ...