MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'discharged'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:26:32 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2561353&cid=t_139205_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FUpfBMCGn-84%2F When someone comes in for treatment to the hospital, you’d like to believe that they won’t be back in for the same condition. However, readmission are a huge problem in hospitals today. Elderly and chronic disease patients account for a large part of readmission, but it can really happen to anyone. The reasons why someone would need to come back days or weeks later for the same condition can vary. We’ve all seen someone sent home from the hospital far too early. Add that to poor communication with health care staff and “trouble getting a prompt doctor’s appointment after discharge” and you’ve got a lot of patients in need of additional care. How to correct this? One suggestion has been a pay system that rewards quality. When patients are treated a... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2561353 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:14:35 +0100 2561353 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=795095&cid=t_139205_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F08%2F13%2Fopera-great-luciano-pavarotti-hospitalized%2F Filed under: Chemotherapy, Pancreatic Cancer, Celebrity newsItalian opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti, hospitalized on Wednesday with a fever, is doing better and should be discharged within the next few days, according to his wife, Nicoletta Mantovani.The 71-year-old tenor underwent surgery for pancreatic cancer one year ago and has since endured at least five rounds of chemotherapy. Although not confirmed, some sources say Pavarotti has pneumonia.Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments (Source: The Cancer Blog) The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=795095 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:00:00 +0100 795095