September 1, 2006
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Related websites Urgent Matters Web site In order to conduct individual patient follow-ups, a call back clerk phones discharged patients to inquire about the status of their medical conditions and their satisfaction with their providers. This inform ...
September 1, 2006
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Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital developed a comprehensive diversion reduction plan to improve efficiency of hospital discharges and identified a team of individuals to oversee implementation of the plan. The plan sets guideline ...
September 1, 2006
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Related websites Urgent Matters Web site The hospital implemented a discharge resource room (DRR) in order to free inpatient space for emergency department (ED) patients. Patients are moved to the ground floor DRR when they are ready to leave the ho ...
May 27, 2005
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Program Results Report
From 1990 to 2001, Working Together-Fighting Back attempted to reduce the demand for illegal drugs and alcohol in Ward 7 and the eastern part of Ward 6 of the District of Columbia.
May 27, 2005
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Program Results Report
The Fighting Back project in Kansas City worked to consolidate existing programs and resources into a communitywide system of prevention, early identification, treatment, aftercare and relapse prevention services.
May 4, 2005
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Program Results Report
The Fighting Back project in Vallejo, Calif., worked from 1990 to 2002 to prevent, intervene and treat alcohol and other drug abuse, focusing on local partnerships and strategic alliances to coordinate activities.
October 1, 2005
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Journal Article
Parents' and Physicians' Perspectives on How Pediatric Asthma Hospitalizations Can Be Prevented
December 1, 2005
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Program Results Report
Two competing hospital organizations - Memorial Health University Medical Center and St. Joseph's/Candler Hospital System - helped develop and support a health center and related shelter clinics.
January 31, 2004
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Program Results Report
The Gift of Life Foundation worked to remove barriers to care for infants born to low-income mothers in Montgomery's four-county region and to help prevent babies from "falling through the cracks" of the health care system there.
March 28, 2004
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Program Results Report
The Iowa Hospital Education and Research Foundation produced and evaluated a screening instrument to identify the care-giving capacities and needs for parenting support services among new mothers in Iowa.