Articles Tagged With: CDC
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The End of the Tether: Healthcare Workers in Mental Health Turmoil
Some healthcare workers are hanging by a thread as thin as a suture. Others have fallen — due to COVID-19, workplace violence, or by their own hand. Many have fled healthcare as if it were a burning building. Perhaps, more appropriately, a burned-out building. Too many healthcare workers today are described as anything but well. Mentally, they are at the end of the tether: burned out, morally injured, compassion fatigued, with some depressed to the point of suicidal ideation.
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Best Practices for Hospital Z Codes
Hospital Case Management asked Tammy Love, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, director of coding classification and policy at the American Hospital Association in Washington, DC, to answer a few questions via email about Z codes and what case managers need to know.
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With No Annual HCW Screening, Treatment of Latent TB Imperative
The CDC dropped its labor-intensive recommendation for annual routine screening of healthcare workers for tuberculosis (TB) in 2019. However, there are multiple TB issues with which occupational health departments must contend. These include post-hire pre-placement testing, treating latent TB that could activate later in life, identifying and following up on worker exposures, and the threat of multidrug-resistant strains.
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CDC Unveils Sepsis Core Elements Initiative to Address Gaps in Care
Agency leaders believe sepsis programs in every hospital — regardless of size, location, and resources — can strengthen the quality of care delivered to patients and ensure their survival.
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Misinformation from Physicians Hurt Pandemic Response
While studying high-use social media platforms, researchers found 52 American physicians from across a range of medical specialties were spreading misinformation about COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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Callous Care for Pregnant Patients, Particularly Those of Color
With maternal mortality rates on the rise in the United States, a new report comes as an unwelcome complication — and, in part, an explanation for the disturbing trend: Many women feel disrespected and even experience verbal abuse during their pregnancy and delivery care, the CDC reported.
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CDC’s ‘Hear Her’ Campaign Raises Voice of Problem Pregnancies
The Hear Her campaign provides resources for pregnant and postpartum women to share concerns with providers and to recognize urgent warning signs, according to the CDC.
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CDC Publishes Guide to Help Hospitals Diagnose, Treat Sepsis
The agency details seven pillars upon which leaders can build a successful program.
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STI Epidemic Continues to Escalate in United States, CDC Data Show
Syphilis rates surged in 2021, increasing by nearly one-third, and gonorrhea rates and chlamydia rates increased by close to 4%, according to the latest data on sexually transmitted infections.
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Reduce Risk of Long COVID Nightmare: Get Vaccinated
Healthcare workers and millions of other Americans are suffering from the ghost of COVID-19, a seemingly endless or remittent continuation of a disturbing panoply of symptoms that could have been lifted from Dante’s Inferno: cognitive decline, chronic pain, shortness of breath, intense fatigue, and neurological attacks on the body’s organs. This is long COVID, about which there is little consensus on diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. However, evidence is accumulating suggesting vaccination can prevent or reduce the impact of long COVID.