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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has proposed a new infection control standard. As part of emergency management activities, organizations should prepare to respond to epidemics or infections likely to require expanded care capabilities over an extended period of time.
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Two years after needle safety became a mandate nationwide, hospitals face what may be their greatest challenge: keeping the momentum.
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A fight is brewing over requirements for annual fit-testing of filtering face-piece respirators to protect against TB. Opponents to annual fit-testing at hospitals have flooded the U.S.
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Even something as benign as a research symposium can cause a ruckus when the topic is ergonomics.
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When the director of medical records at the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian left for another position, it presented yet another opportunity for the hospitals proactive patient access department to take a leadership role.
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A new preadmission program at the University of California Davis Health System is building a stronger link between hospital and physicians office and identifying issues much earlier in the process issues that might affect length of stay.
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Poll indicates hospitals feeling HIPAA burnout; Charity, bad debt costs up by almost $1 billion; CMS quality initiative participation increasing; ED volume increasing, most hospitals report
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Pulmonary embolism (PE) is an illness that frequently presents with nonspecific symptoms, that affects people of all ages and stages of life, and that is difficult to diagnose with available tests. The first article in this two-part series will cover the epidemiology of PE, the factors that increase a patients risk for the disease, and the pathophysiology and clinical features of PE. In addition, complicated issues regarding the diagnosis of PE and the controversies involved will be addressed.
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As the 16th edition of the Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference concluded here late last month, much of the crowd had already departed, presumably for warmer climes. However, those still in attendance as the three-day gathering drew to a close were treated to an informative panel on the use of and emerging trends in diagnostics in the emergency department and intensive care unit.
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It may have been frigid and gloomy outside the storied Hotel Pierre where the Piper Jaffray conference was held, but inside the jam-packed meeting rooms, investors heard that the state of the healthcare industry is upbeat and filled with optimism.
