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 'intermediate'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:30:28 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5158857&cid=t_128470_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F08%2F23%2Fhow-to-guide-improving-transitions-from-the-hospital-to-post-acute-care-settings-to-reduce-avoidable-rehospitalizations%2F Scan or click to download 'How-to Guide Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Post-Acute Care Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations' Title: How-to Guide Improving Transitions from the Hospital to Post-Acute Care Settings to Reduce Avoidable Rehospitalizations The Skinny: Guide from Institute for Health Improvement on avoiding avoidable rehospitalisations as a result of poor co-ordination of care settings. Avoiding this is a key step toward achieving broader delivery system transformation. Based on the healthcare system of the USA this guide is of use to those looking at intermediate care/rehabilitation settings. Publisher: Institute for Health Improvement Published: August 2011 Size: 144p. Filed under: Ooops Missed Category! Tagged: Clinical Governance, finance, Gr... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5158857 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:27:37 +0100 5158857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309590&cid=t_128470_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FVw459i6YkKc%2F By Daniel IkensonA Wall Street Journal editorial today shines a long overdue spotlight on an antidumping case that is emblematic of the dissonance within U.S. trade policy. I, too, wrote about this case last year as an example of how the U.S. antidumping regime undermines U.S. manufacturing, penalizes U.S. exporters, and diminishes chances for achieving the administration’s goal of doubling exports in five years. In 2005, U.S. Magnesium Corporation, the sole producer of magnesium in the United States, succeeded in convincing the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Commerce Department to impose duties on imports of magnesium from competitors in Russia and China. Before toasting this outcome with some clichéd or specious utterance about how the antidumping law ensures fair trade ... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309590 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:07:50 +0100 4309590 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3577343&cid=t_128470_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F19%2Fready-to-go-planning-the-discharge-and-the-transfer-of-patients-from-hospital-and-intermediate-care%2F Title: Ready to go? Planning the discharge and the transfer of patients from hospital and intermediate care Skinny: Good practice professionals guide for health and social care, it provides a practical resource for practitioners and organisations with advice to support improvements in how they manage the discharge of individuals and transfer of care between settings. Publisher: DH Size of Publication:36p. Published: 12/03/2010 Filed under: Grey Literature, Hospitals, Local Authorities, NHS, Primary Care, Social Services Tagged: Good Practice, Grey Literature, Intermediate Care, NHS, Patient Discharge, Primary Care, Social Care (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3577343 Wed, 19 May 2010 09:19:53 +0100 3577343 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331251&cid=t_128470_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fincompetent-gps-and-prostate-cancer.html Do you remember the Nigel Molesworth "self-adjusting thank-you letter"?  OK, OK, most of you are not that old, but it amused a very young Dr Crippen. I cannot find a copy of it, but it went something like this:Dear (Aunt) (Uncle) (Stinker) (Gran) (Clot) (Pen-Pal) Thank you very much for the (train) (tractor) (germ gun) (kite) (delicious present*) (sweets) (space pistol) (toy socks). It was (lovely) (useful) (just as good as the other three) (not bad) (super)And I hav (played with it constantly) (busted it already) (no patience with it) (given it to the poor boys) (dismantled it) I am feeling (very well) (very poorly) (lousy) (in tip-top form) (sick) I hope you are too.My birthday when next present is due is on . . . . . . Love from . . . . . .All good fun. Medical and other journalist... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331251 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:31:00 +0100 3331251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023066&cid=t_128470_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F24%2Fquality-in-primary-care-2009-vol-17-no-5%2F Fade Fave: Looking inside the black box of community rehabilitation and intermediate care teams in the United Kingdom: an audit of service and staffing configuration. Fade Skinny: The object of this research was to generate a picture of the range, configuration and staffing of community and intermediate care services with the UK and whether any relationships occur between service configuration and staffing models. Contact the library for a copy of this article Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Audit, Intermediate Care, Service Provision, Staffing, United Kingdom (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023066 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:41:03 +0100 3023066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=925349&cid=t_128470_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F164800876%2F 3 years old—a child ages out of Early Intervention: When Rockwell “Rocky” McCloskey turned three years old, his parents, Alison and Patrick McCloskey of Huntington Beach, California, were told that he was no longer eligible for services, as reported in today’s OC Register. Rocky, who has autism, had been receiving behavioral intervention via the Regional Center’s Early Start program for children under age 3 and had been making “some progress.” The McCloskeys hired an advocate, Debra Borden, of We Are Kids First Inc. in Irvine, to challenge the decision and were successful. 5 years old—is your child ready for kindergarten, perhaps with an aide, and only for part of the day? (My son never went to kindergarten; he is in the fifth grade now.) 8 y... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=925349 Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:40:48 +0100 925349 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=706581&cid=t_128470_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D1305 Spotted Pulmonary Embolism Paths v1.0 in freewarepalm.com Description: Pulmonary Embolism Paths is a FREE program that outlines the risk factors, signs & symptoms and criteria for low/intermediate/high clinical suspicion for Pulmonary Embolism. Finally, it provides algorithms for how to arrive at your final diagnosis based upon D-dimer assays, V/Q Scans and Pulmonary Angiography. (Source: The Palmdoc Chronicles) The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=706581 Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 706581