Implementing Huddles Improves Care Coordination in an Academic Health Center.

Purpose Of The Study: To determine whether routinely scheduled, organized interdisciplinary huddles result in decreased length of stay and readmissions.

Primary Practice Setting: The study was conducted in an academic health center (AHC) that also fills a community hospital need for a diverse inner-city population. Results are applicable in other care settings.

A comparison of still point induction to massage therapy in reducing pain and increasing comfort in chronic pain.

A quantitative study was completed to determine whether complementary techniques provide pain relief and comfort in patients with chronic pain. Subjects participated in sessions including aromatherapy and music therapy. Massage or cranial still point induction was randomly assigned.