Canadian College of Health Service Executives - CCHSE

Name :

Canadian College of Health Service Executives - CCHSE

Address  :

292 Somerset Street West

Town  :

Ottawa

State  :

Ontario

Country  :

CANADA

Post Code:

K2P 0J6

Phone  :

613 235 7218

Fax  :

613 235 5451

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Hospital checklists cut readmissions Medicare costs

In another win for inhospital checklists new research finds that a simple onepage checklist can keep heart patients out of the hospital as well as save Medicare billions of dollars according to a presentation Saturday at the American College of Cardiologys ACC annual scientific session After using the 27question checklist before discharge 30day ... Read More

Better to transplant smokers lungs than staying on wait list UK study finds

Transplant patients who need new lungs have a better overall chance of survival if they receive donor lungs from smokers than if they remain on wait lists new British research shows The study provides strong evidence there is a net benefit to patients receiving smokers lungs even though recipients of such organs are less likely to live as long... Read More