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The Joint Commission Focuses on Preventing Workplace Violence
Healthcare workers, especially nurses, are at a high risk of violence, largely at the hands of patients. Research shows that healthcare workers are at greater risk from violence than almost every other worker, and the problem is on the rise. Recognizing the risk, healthcare organizations are developing and sharing resources to help mitigate workplace violence.
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Medicare’s Online Procedure Price Lookup Tool Could Be Useful for Patients
ASC patients with Medicare coverage now can use a simple tool to compare total costs and what they will pay for procedures and surgeries in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments.
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It Is the Little Things That Go a Long Way
These small gestures can enhance and promote great customer service and set your organization apart from others.
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Prescribers Have Contributed to Opioid Epidemic but Can Help Stop It
Ohio's opioid prescribing initiative could serve as a blueprint for others looking to give doctors information about the dangers of opioid addiction, overdoses, and over-prescribing.
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ASCs Can Improve Reporting Culture
Recently, The Joint Commission issued four basic steps that healthcare organizations can take, starting with establishing trust.
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Thanks to High-Deductible Plans, ASCs Must View Patient as Payer
Interested in what the rise in patient deductibles means for surgery centers’ bottom line? Read on.
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Document, Assess, Audit: Improving Infection Prevention Procedures
ASCs can improve their infection prevention processes is by keeping their policies and procedures aligned with standards, regulations, and nationally recognized guidelines. Experts explain several additional steps centers could take to improve their overall infection prevention program.
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Two Recent Infection Breaches Highlight Danger of Complacency
Surgery centers should refocus on infection prevention efforts in light of recent reports of breaches involving HIV, hepatitis, and the potentially fatal carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE). These problems point to the need for ambulatory surgery centers to follow the highest level of infection prevention standards and guidelines.
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Pioneering Community Hospitals Address Opioid Epidemic
Community hospitals work with fewer resources than large, academic medical centers. However, these facilities can create effective treatment programs for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD). In fact, experts state that when patients with OUD present to the ED, or are admitted as inpatients, there is a powerful opportunity to place them on the road to recovery. Still, clinicians in these settings need to engage with their leaders to set up a positive path.
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Paramedics, Screening Protocols, and Involuntary Psychiatric Holds
While there is no simple solution to ED crowding caused by a backup of patients with behavioral health concerns, a new study offers intriguing results on what could be part of the answer for at least some hospitals.