Archive for March 5th, 2010
Abbott Northwestern study shows non-drug techniques reduce pain in hospitalized patients
[Allina Newsroom, March 5, 2010] Non-traditional therapies relieve pain among a wide range of hospitalized patients as much as 50 percent, according to a first-of-a-kind study in the Journal of Patient Safety. “Roughly 80 percent of patients report moderate to severe pain levels after surgery,” says Gregory Plotnikoff, M.D., one of the study’s authors and medical [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 3:17 pm under Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Institute for Health and Healing, integrative medicine.
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Hospitals try to improve patient experience
[Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, March 5, 2010] Hospital food has a well-deserved bad reputation. It’s often mass produced and delivered according to caregivers’ schedules instead of the patients’ desires. United Hospital, part of Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics, wanted to do better, so it switched its food vendor to one that would operate on a [...]
Posted: March 5th, 2010, 11:06 am under Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, newspapers, United Hospital, _.
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