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Discharge planners and case managers certainly cannot accept cash payments from providers in exchange for referrals of patients. But what about noncash items that have a relatively low value and that providers who receive referrals are not obligated to provide to case managers? Can case managers accept such items?
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While most urban hospitals across the country reported participating in basic planning and coordination activities for bioterrorism response, they do not have the medical equipment to handle the number of patients that would be likely to result from a bioterrorism incident, according to a report by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
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Could smallpox the historic scourge of mankind and still the most feared of the bioterror agents be a major weapon against the global HIV epidemic? Might fire be fought with fire?
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Hospitals and public health agencies should prepare for the unique features of radiological terrorism, such as mass casualties with blast injuries combined with burns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends.
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Researchers studying the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among HIV-positive patients have found a 57.3% prevalence of depression among HIV-infected patients and a 69.8% prevalence of depression among people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C.
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Hospitals received an unwelcome New Years present from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in the form of a new mandate: They must update their respiratory protection programs and conduct annual fit-testing of any employee wearing a respirator for TB or any other reason.
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If public health authorities want to convince health care workers to get vaccinated against influenza, they wont mention a recent study at a Denver hospital. It found that this years vaccine did not reduce the likelihood of getting influenzalike illness. Yet that study is far from the final word on the subject.
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A wall-to-wall, comprehensive Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspection resulted in 41 alleged health and safety violations and $91,500 in fines for New Britain (CT) General Hospital.
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As of Jan. 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to use the revised OSHA 300 form, which includes a separate column for occupational hearing loss.
