The relationship between duration of physical therapy services in the...

Physical Therapy;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Key Words: Functional status; Lower extremity...their role in the acute care setting by asserting...of stay in an acute care setting and the...problems and their functional status at discharge...each patient's functional status at regular intervals...duration ...

Declining capacity in acute care hospitals may indicate problems.(DATA...

Healthcare Financial Management;  June 1, 2007 ;     459 words ......total number of hospitals that provide acute care services remained relatively constant...hospitals. The number of short-term acute care hospitals declined from 1997 to 2005...period, the numbers of other types of acute care facilities increased. The number of long-te...

An Elective Course in Adult Acute Care Medicine Using a Hybrid Delivery...

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education;  September 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......elective. Conclusion. This elective in adult acute care medicine increased student exposure to...think critically. Keywords: elective, acute care medicine, hybrid delivery system, advanced...clinical pharmacists. 3 Pharmacists in the acute care setting can expand their activities ...

Occupational therapy practice in acute care neurology and orthopaedics

Journal of Allied Health;  April 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......description of occupational therapy practice in acute care orthopaedics and neurology by Australian...the factors affecting their practice in acute care. Therapists' primary aim was to conduct...practice ideals and the realities of the acute care setting. The most important factor ...

Helena, Mont., hospital anxious to provide more acute care for children.

Independent Record (Helena, MT);  April 30, 2006 ;     459 words ......well under way, with completion of the acute care center expected by late summer. It can...admissions, either because the existing 12-bed acute care unit was full or because the space available...director of management services. Having 20 acute care beds in the new space will not ...

Regaining functional independence in the acute care setting following hip...

Physical Therapy;  August 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Key Words: Acute care, Functional outcome, Hip fractures, Physical...postoperative complications,[4,7] functional status before fracture or on admission to the acute care setting,[4,6,7,11-13] comorbidity...sociodemographic, clinical, and functional status data on a ...

Professional resilience in baccalaureate-prepared acute care nurses: first...

Nursing Education Perspectives;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......nurses typically begin their practice in acute care settings in hospitals, where their work...new baccalaureate-prepared nurses in acute care settings and to extrapolate pedagogical...years past, when a 30-year career in acute care was the norm, hospitals have had a dramatic...

Perceptions of acute care physical therapy practice: issues for physical...

Physical Therapy;  September 1, 1993 ;     700+ words ......medical and surgical patients in the acute care hospital setting.[1,2] These trends directly...physical therapists for the changing acute care hospital practice environment. Since...due to inadequate staffing. Managers of acute care physical therapy facilities have particularly...

Misys Returns to its Roots: Misys Healthcare Systems didn't have to divest...

Health Data Management;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......effectively competing with the major acute care vendors, says Vern Davenport, executive...Davenport joined the company in February. The acute care sector is very demanding from a research...Va. Once Misys Healthcare entered the acute care business via acquisitions several years...

Acute care hospitals will be more acute.

Health Care Strategic Management;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Hospitals are going to be more acute care providers while integrated systems will...only they can provide. And charges for acute care services will rise on a per unit of service...dropped. Behind the transformation of acute care hospitals into even more acute care ...

Physical Therapy in Acute Care: A Clinician's Guide.(Book review)

Physical Therapy;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Physical Therapy in Acute Care: A Clinician's Guide Malone D, Lindsay...text is to provide a reference on acute care practice for both beginning practitioners...special topics and very useful to the acute care practitioner. The majority of the...

Acute Care Hospitals and Community Health.

Hospital Topics;  September 22, 2000 ;     700+ words ......correct, to hear assertions that the acute care hospital should (and must) become virtually...logical extreme, this view means that the acute care hospital will become the locus and focus...cautions the governance and management of acute care hospitals to be extremely cautious in...

Managing the interface between acute care and rehabilitation - can...

Australian Health Review;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......guidance provided by the tool. Consecutive acute care patients with a diagnosis of stroke...acute episodes, representing 2698 days in acute care, were analysed. In accordance with overseas...levels of inappropriate days of stay in acute care were suggested by the tool. Using the...

Dura Pharmaceuticals Announces Formation of Acute Care Division; New...

PR Newswire;  April 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ......today announced the formation of a new Acute Care Division, during the American Lung Association...Society International Conference. Dura's Acute Care Division will service the hospital market...President of Dura Pharmaceuticals. Dura's Acute Care Division is designed to provide ...

U.S. Acute Care Information Systems Market Heats Up as Patient Safety...

PR Newswire;  November 29, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Calif., Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Many acute care departments continue to rely on paper-bas...improve patient care and safety. Today, the acute care information systems market is still in...scheduling tools. Vendors approach the acute care information systems market from a best-...