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Improving IV Insulin Administration in a Community Hospital
Published on: June 11, 2012
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Abstract:
The restrictions on the independence of prescriptions in hospitals result from the health insurance law and from the legal regulations for the hospital finances. Within the hospital, the restrictions on the freedom of prescription are laid down by law. Although on the one hand, the head doctor responsible for the medical treatment within his ward is independent of any restrictions regarding diagnosis and therapy, he is, however, committed to a treatment as economical as possible, which creates a field of conflicts that are quite frequently very difficult to solve.
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