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Pandemic Grief: Loss Includes the Rituals of Bereavement
Healthcare workers are experiencing a collective grief experience during the pandemic. The inability to participate in grief and farewell rituals could lead to cases of prolonged grief disorder, a clinically diagnosable condition of unresolved grief that is impairing.
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Physician Suicide After COVID-19 Infection Spurs Mental Health Bill
A bill to provide resources and programs to improve mental health and prevent healthcare worker suicide has been introduced in Congress with bipartisan support. The Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act addresses longstanding mental health woes in healthcare that have been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Many Nurse Suicides Are Preventable
New research on nurse suicide that included meticulous reviews of death records and other materials revealed nurses who leave the profession because of substance use, mental health issues, or chronic pain are at risk for suicide.
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N95s Moving Back to Single Use, Phasing Out Reprocessing
Hospitals should begin phasing out reprocessing systems for single-use N95 respirators, as national supplies have been replenished and it is time to end the temporary crisis response to the pandemic, the Food and Drug Administration stated in a letter to the healthcare industry. -
Whistleblower Exception Allows Reporting HIPAA Violations with PHI
Healthcare professionals can find themselves in a quandary when they want to report fraud or other concerns within their organizations because doing so could require disclosure of protected health information. That could seem like a HIPAA violation; fortunately, there is a whistleblower exception that covers this scenario.
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Busy Year for Right of Access Settlements in 2021
At press time, OCR had settled five Right of Access investigations so far in 2021, four of those since President Biden was sworn in to office on Jan. 20.
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Right of Access Settlements Yield Lessons, Insight on OCR Approach
With nearly 20 settlements so far, the Office for Civil Rights is showing its determination to protect patients’ rights to obtain their medical records from healthcare entities.
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Case Managers Help Resolve Inpatient Claims Issues
Admission notification denials are no longer happening at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, thanks to collaboration between patient access and case managers.
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Revamped Processes Prevent Admission Notification Denials
Some patients clearly meet the medical criteria for a hospital admission. Despite this, the health plan refuses to pay the claim — because staff did not notify the health plan soon enough.
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Simple Changes Cut Wait Times in Registration Areas
Delays can be caused by slow registrars, the need for interpreters, too many patients scheduled at the same time, or talkative patients, among many other things. To cut wait times, two centers in North Carolina have tackled these issues and more.