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For Some Ethics Programs, ‘Tele-ethics’ Is Routine
Sustainable development of virtual consultation platforms, funding, training of ethics consultants, and visibility of virtual clinical ethics consultation are priorities.
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AAP Advocates Placing Outpatient Pharmacies in Emergency Departments
The pediatrics group suggests this around-the-clock service would ensure more patients fill vital prescriptions.
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TJC Healthcare Equity Certification Launches July 1
The accrediting organization joins the industry’s push to provide more equitable treatment and services.
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Whole-Hospital Approach Accelerates Patient Flow in ED, Slashes Wait Times and Walk-Outs
To prevent people from leaving an ED without seeing a provider, researchers identified bottlenecks, secured support from leadership, and engaged with all units that conduct business with the department to address throughput problems. Coordination and accountability helped solve flow issues at the source.
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Virtual Nurses Alleviate Burdens on Frontline Staff, Critical Workforce Shortages
Across the United States, health systems are experimenting with programs that enable nurses, working remotely, to handle tasks that usually are handled by in-person, bedside nurses. These virtual nurses are managing everything from purposeful rounding to handling administrative tasks that often keep bedside nurses from spending more time on patient care.
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Patients with Limited English Proficiency Pose Risks
It is critical for administrators to provide professional interpreter services for all languages commonly spoken among patient populations that present to emergency departments most often.
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CMS to Test Innovative Primary Care Model
The focus is on better management of chronic health conditions by streamlining access to integrated services.
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Ethical Concerns if Study Participants Use Electronic Wearables
Study participants should clearly understand who owns the data collected and how they can exercise control over its use. Participants should know privacy will be maintained when researchers share data with third parties or when publishing research findings.
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Patients’ Race, Insurance Status Affect Likelihood of Ethics Consult
More frequent ethics consults in a given patient population could be a signal of more ethical dilemmas, or more conflict, communication issues, or bias. Regardless of the reason, the fact that a group of patients is going through more ethics consults is not necessarily harmful.
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Proposed HIPAA Change on Reproductive Care Could Be Significant
If finalized, the rule would modify HIPAA to create stricter privacy standards for reproductive healthcare records. Covered entities would need to evaluate their practices surrounding, and interactions with, reproductive healthcare information. That includes creating a process by which they can determine the lawfulness of any reproductive healthcare for which they possess protected health information.