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NIOSH: Violence in Healthcare Is Increasing
Although there are cautions and caveats about generalizing the data, occupational health researchers are tracking a disturbing increase in violence in a network of surveillance hospitals.
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Worse Than Snake Oil
Rattlesnake “pills” are basically dehydrated, ground up rattlesnake meat stuffed into gel caps. These may be sold locally in health food stores and are available online. The FDA has not reviewed nor approved this item.
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Invasive Procedures and the Risk of Infective Endocarditis
This large study suggests that several invasive, nondental medical procedures may be triggers for subsequent infective endocarditis, reopening the debate regarding prevention and management.
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Safety First: Employee Health and Accident Investigations
In addition to treating and reporting injuries, employee health professionals can be instrumental in accident investigations.
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Does Triple Inhaled Therapy for COPD Decrease Exacerbations Compared to Dual Therapy?
A single dose of inhaled triple therapy improved exacerbations compared to dual therapy in COPD patients.
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Better Management of Patients With Psychiatric Needs
Recognizing an urgent need to improve the way patients with psychiatric needs are managed in the ED, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has teamed up with Well Being Trust and nine participating hospitals to test and implement new approaches.
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Burnout Linked to Medical Errors, Malpractice, and Suicide
While no specialty is spared, emergency physicians are particularly vulnerable to burnout, a problem that produces several negative consequences. Experts note the problem must be addressed at both the individual and system levels, but stress that effective interventions likely will deliver a return on investment.
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Which Chest Pain Patients Require Further Testing, Intervention, or Discharge?
Hospitals in Kaiser Permanente’s Southern California region have implemented a new approach to help identify which patients who present with chest pain require further testing or intervention and which can be discharged safely. The core of this approach is use of the HEART score, a tool developed in the Netherlands to help physicians risk-stratify such patients quickly.
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Offering Patients Hospital Care at Home
There is growing interest in an approach that delivers hospital-level care to appropriate patients in their homes. Generally, such programs identify potential candidates for the approach upon their presentation to the ED. Depending on the program, emergency physicians and/or hospitalists determine whether patients should be offered the option of receiving care for their acute condition at home. Investigators have found the approach can deliver equal or superior outcomes to similar hospitalized patients at considerably lower cost, although reimbursement remains a major obstacle.
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Regulators Want ASCs to Build Infrastructure to Ensure Safety
ASCs need to build an infection prevention program that is managed by someone with knowledge and training in infection control.