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Employee Health Research Steps Up Protection of HCWs
A common truism is that “you can’t have patient safety without worker safety” — which makes intuitive sense, but lacks definitive data.
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Three Nurses Acquire Hepatitis A from Transplant Patient
A highly unusual chain of events led to three nurses being infected with hepatitis A virus from a pediatric transplant patient who contracted it from the organ donor.
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Physician Suicide: Stigma Still Holds Sway
Like so many stories of suicide, this one begins with a haunting memory and an unanswerable question. Why would a young student, having passed the rigorous tests and trials to get into medical school and about to begin the education and career that is his seeming life’s purpose, go home for Thanksgiving break and kill himself?
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AOHP Urges OSHA to Pursue ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Violence Reg
As the comment period closes and efforts to promulgate a standard to protect healthcare workers against violence begin, OSHA should broaden its approach and take a “zero-tolerance” stance against all forms of assaults and verbal threats, urges the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare.
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Health Systems Turn to Communication and Resolution Programs to Identify Errors
Pioneering adherents of this approach note that a policy of extreme honesty gets high marks from both patients and providers while enabling hospitals to prevent repeat errors.
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Institute a Thorough Process to Manage Payer Audits
Time has proven that constant interaction with payers on these issues results in improved payment, greater communication, and a better understanding of issues.
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Team-based Pod System Reduces Lengths of Stay for Treat-and-Release Patients
Administrators note an expanded role for clinicians assigned to treat lower-acuity patients and a revamped pediatric area have contributed to improved flow and rising patient satisfaction.
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Assessing Risk for Future Firearms Violence in Young People Who Present to ED
A new 10-point scale offers potential intervention methods for patients most in need of prevention services.
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Palliative Care Occupies Growing Presence in ED
Experts note that identifying palliative care options is the first step toward making such services accessible to ED patients.
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Evaluation and Management of Abscesses in the Emergency Department
This article reviews the current management options for simple cutaneous abscesses in patients, including review of the epidemiology, differential diagnosis, diagnostic studies, and changing practice of wound cultures and antibiotic therapy.