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Analysis: Good communication enhances patient safety, satisfaction
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Joint Commission issues new requirements for health and wellness programs
The Joint Commission has issued new requirements for hospitals accredited for behavioral health care, which includes health and wellness promotion programs. These…
Marriage may promote happiness
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A 200-year perspective on hospital costs and mortality
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Physician supports APRNs in Atlantic article
John Rowe, a physician who is professor in the department of health policy and management at the Columbia University Mailman School of…
CMS broadens ‘medical staff’ concept to include APRNs
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