It really is about data and QI,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/magazine/08Healthcare-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
Despite Wide Adoption, Little Evidence of eICU Impact on Intensive Care Cost/Quality
I am sure I know that some of our readers will disaagree with this , your thoughts?
While nearly 10 percent of U.S. hospital intensive care unit (ICU) beds use advanced telemonitoring--known as eICUs-- there has never been a systematic evaluation of how the innovative approach to caring for critically ill patients affects quality and costs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) published today as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive.
http://content.healthaffai rs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.28.5.w937
While nearly 10 percent of U.S. hospital intensive care unit (ICU) beds use advanced telemonitoring--known as eICUs-- there has never been a systematic evaluation of how the innovative approach to caring for critically ill patients affects quality and costs, according to a study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) published today as a Health Affairs Web Exclusive.
http://content.healthaffai rs.org/cgi/content/abstract/hlthaff.28.5.w937
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Pilot project shows promise for cutting Medicaid costs
A Kansas telehealth program has helped to reduce participants' hospitalizations by 70% and the state's Medicaid cost by an estimated $1.5 million, according to officials. The two-year pilot program is scheduled to end in October, but officials are hoping to expand it. Kansas Health Institute News.
http://www.khi.org/s/index.cfm?aid=2337
http://www.khi.org/s/index.cfm?aid=2337
Thursday, July 2, 2009
New Nursing web site
Dear Nursing Colleague
I am writing to invite you to become a VIP member of a new website I
Aiming to launch on 1 July
It is called ‘Community Nurses Network’ and, under the slogan of
‘Harnessing the knowledge of nurses outside hospital settings’, my aim
is to provide a forum for both learning and mutual support. What I
have said in the introduction to the site is "Nurses who work in
hospitals have easy access to a large number of people who share
experiences, but if you are working in the community that has been
really hard". Clearly, there are hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, of our colleagues in this position, and I want to develop
this site to be of real value to them.
One of the member's benefits will be to read blogs or articles from
experts. (i.e. You!) In return for your input, I am happy to offer you
a lifelong VIP membership, with full access to the site's facilities,
free of charge. This will be a great profile-building opportunity and,
if you have a book or other nursing-related materials to promote, you
If you visit the site now, you will see it is thin and still
very much under construction, but you can sign up for your VIP account
- see instructions below.
In fact, please sign up before July 2- even if you cannot commit to
writing something before that - because we will have to remove the VIP
signup before the public launch. Although, of course would be great if
you could read and get something going on the site before we launch it.
The web address is http://www.communitynursesnetwork.com/
I look forward to meeting up with you on site, perhaps in one of the
chat rooms! Any comments, feedback and suggestions about the site
before the launch can be sent to both me and my colleague who is
administering the site, Steve Hards (email
steve.hards@communitynurses.com or admin@communitynurses.com
Bob Pyke Jr., RN, NP
repyke@communitynurses.com
VIP Account Sign Up Instructions
To sign up for your VIP account, visit the site:
http://www.communitynursesnetwork.com/
and just follow a link to join up, create your profile, then email my
Colleague Steve Hards at
steve.hards@communitynursesnetwork.com
He will upgrade you to the VIP membership and send you some pointers on
Setting up your profile or adding a blog or article, etc.
I am writing to invite you to become a VIP member of a new website I
Aiming to launch on 1 July
It is called ‘Community Nurses Network’ and, under the slogan of
‘Harnessing the knowledge of nurses outside hospital settings’, my aim
is to provide a forum for both learning and mutual support. What I
have said in the introduction to the site is "Nurses who work in
hospitals have easy access to a large number of people who share
experiences, but if you are working in the community that has been
really hard". Clearly, there are hundreds of thousands, if not
millions, of our colleagues in this position, and I want to develop
this site to be of real value to them.
One of the member's benefits will be to read blogs or articles from
experts. (i.e. You!) In return for your input, I am happy to offer you
a lifelong VIP membership, with full access to the site's facilities,
free of charge. This will be a great profile-building opportunity and,
if you have a book or other nursing-related materials to promote, you
If you visit the site now, you will see it is thin and still
very much under construction, but you can sign up for your VIP account
- see instructions below.
In fact, please sign up before July 2- even if you cannot commit to
writing something before that - because we will have to remove the VIP
signup before the public launch. Although, of course would be great if
you could read and get something going on the site before we launch it.
The web address is http://www.communitynursesnetwork.com/
I look forward to meeting up with you on site, perhaps in one of the
chat rooms! Any comments, feedback and suggestions about the site
before the launch can be sent to both me and my colleague who is
administering the site, Steve Hards (email
steve.hards@communitynurses.com or admin@communitynurses.com
Bob Pyke Jr., RN, NP
repyke@communitynurses.com
VIP Account Sign Up Instructions
To sign up for your VIP account, visit the site:
http://www.communitynursesnetwork.com/
and just follow a link to join up, create your profile, then email my
Colleague Steve Hards at
steve.hards@communitynursesnetwork.com
He will upgrade you to the VIP membership and send you some pointers on
Setting up your profile or adding a blog or article, etc.
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