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View article: Hospital value–based purchasing: How acute care advanced practice nurses demonstrate value
Hospital value–based purchasing: How acute care advanced practice nurses demonstrate value Open
Hospital value–based purchasing (HVBP) is a budget neutral initiative from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services designed to adjust the hospital payment system based on health care quality data. Hospital value–based purchasing is de…
View article: Development and Initial Testing of the Stroke Rapid-Treatment Readiness Tool
Development and Initial Testing of the Stroke Rapid-Treatment Readiness Tool Open
No instruments are currently available to help health systems identify target areas for reducing door-to-needle times for the administration of intravenous tissue plasminogen activator to eligible patients with ischemic stroke. A 67-item L…
View article: Perception Versus Actual Performance in Timely Tissue Plasminogen Activation Administration in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke
Perception Versus Actual Performance in Timely Tissue Plasminogen Activation Administration in the Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke Open
Background Timely thrombolytic therapy can improve stroke outcomes. Nevertheless, the ability of US hospitals to meet guidelines for intravenous tissue plasminogen activator ( tPA ) remains suboptimal. What is unclear is whether hospitals …