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A patients record is invariably going to be with a health care provider far longer than the patient will be. How facilities handle records retention what records they keep, in what format theyre stored, and for how long varies from state to state, by specialty, and sometimes, by accreditation regulations.
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Hospitals and health care workers have gone to great effort to understand the patient privacy rules, but more needs to be done to educate the public, according to some health care providers.
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Fewer than one-quarter of rehab hospitals responding to a recent survey believe they will be able to comply with the 75% rehab rule during the three-year transition period; more than 40% will be turning patients away; and 14% said they expect to have to close their units or hospitals completely.
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In what appears to be a relatively crude attempt at domestic bioterrorism, ground-up remnants of castor beans were found in two baby food jars in Irvine, CA.
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In the wake of a bioterrorism attack requiring the release of the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), local planners will have to set up points of distribution (PODs) for antibiotics and other medicinal interventions.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established partnerships with national clinician organizations for the purpose of timely communication of information on disease outbreaks and terrorism events.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Journal of Analytical Toxicology have collaborated on a special issue devoted to assessing human exposure to chemical agents.
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Given the well-chronicled vulnerabilities of human society to large-scale disease outbreaks, the prospect of deliberate epidemics is a daunting one for both political and medical leadership.
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Communication between hospitals and public health departments was a major problem among Chicago-area facilities participating in a federal bioterrorism drill, says Connie Cutler, RN, MS, CIC, director of clinical excellence for Advocate Healthcare.
