Nursing - News October 1, 2012

Medicare Rolls Out Carrots And Sticks For Hospital Quality (National Public Radio)
As part of the government's biggest effort yet at paying for performance, Medicare is withholding 1 percent of its regular hospital payments and putting that money into a fund to reward hospitals that score well on 20 different quality measures.

Home-based stroke therapy improves outcomes, eliminates wait times, saves money, study suggests (Science Daily)
Early Supported Discharge, introduced as a permanent part of the Calgary Stroke Program in 2011, has resulted in equally good or better cognition, communication and physical function for people who receive therapy in their own homes as opposed to in a hospital or facility.

Positive Payouts May Improve Quality of Nursing Home Care, Says Dallas Elder Care Attorney (Law Firm Newswire)
The new approach ties a percentage of the Medicaid payments, on which most nursing homes rely to quantifiable quality ratings, including residents' satisfaction levels, the ratio of nurses-to-staff and the number of avoidable medical complications that arise on a regular basis.

North Wales News: Transfer of baby care to England means fewer nurses ... (IcNorthWales)
MOVING the care of North Wales's most vulnerable and premature babies to an English hospital will mean fewer nurses per child, fewer cots and will cost local taxpayers more than 1 million.

Nursing courses offered online (UnionLeader)
The state Department of Education has approved new online bachelor's and master's degrees in nursing through Southern New Hampshire University, in cooperation with the state's community college system.

More nursing care staff are needed in order to curb bacteria-related deaths (Bangor Daily News)
How much do you love your neighbor, particularly those who spend years of their lives in a nursing facility? For Christians, the second of the two great commandments spoken by Jesus, in Matthew 22: 34-40, states, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Recently I had the opportunity to spend a great deal of time with my mother in a couple ... (more)

Data takes scalpel to malpractice lawsuits (Boston Herald)
"Analytics is becoming increasingly important in medicine and it's crucial that we use physician experts to communicate what we learn from crunching data," said Dr.

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