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Nursing Management
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SCIP core measures: Deep impact In August 2005, the SIP project grew to become a multiyear, national quality partnership of organizations called the Surgical Care Improvement Project, or SCIP, with the goal of decreasing surgical complication by 25% by 2010. |
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Focusing on the Surgical Patient with Cardiac Problems Learn about the latest guidelines for assessing cardiac risk and protecting his heart during noncardiac surgery. |
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Higher Quality Does Mean Lower Cost at Geisinger Geisinger Health System's ProvenCare program seems to work for both sides, and if it does, there is no reason, in principle, that it cannot work with hospitals and plans that are unrelated. |
InternetNews
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