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Healthcare Workers at Risk of Asthma, Respiratory Woes
Healthcare workers are one of the leading occupational risk groups for asthma and other respiratory problems due to multiple potential allergic “triggers” and sources of exposure in the medical environment, the CDC reports.
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How Much Do You Know About These Trends?
Here are some questions you may not have considered.
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Tips for Creating Better Emergency Preparedness Policies
Emergency preparedness plans should be multidimensional, in writing, and include detailed policies and procedures.
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Set Clear Rules, Supplement Employee Reviews With Improvement Plans
ASC leaders can stay on the right side of federal and state employment laws if they create clear objectives and policies, document performance reviews, institute performance improvement plans, take appropriate disciplinary actions, and apply policies consistently and according to state and federal rules.
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Improving Procedures for Employee Reviews, Disciplinary Actions, and Discharges
Even minor employee disciplinary actions can be viewed as breaking employee laws and policies.
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One Surgeon Explains Why Transparent Pricing Works for His Facility and Patients
An Oklahoma surgery center first posted its bundled surgery prices online 10 years ago, starting a mini-revolution in surgical price transparency.
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Transparent Pricing Growing Trend in ASCs
The healthcare industry is undergoing a seismic shift as surgeries and procedures increasingly move to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and other outpatient sites. Consumer demand and greater efficiency are driving this change, but there’s a growing new trend that also could push even more business to ASCs: transparency in pricing.
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Emergency Providers Sound Alarm on Persistent Critical Drug Shortages
There may be fewer drug shortages than in other recent years, but some shortages are more severe, according to experts. Emergency providers report these shortages are affecting patient care. In particular, emergency providers are struggling to deal with a shortage of IV opioid analgesic drugs that has been in effect since the end of 2017. They are working with hospital pharmacists to conserve such drugs for patients most in need and to find alternative therapies.
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CDC: Suicide Rates Up By 30% in Some Areas
In 2016 alone, 45,000 people committed suicide. Data show suicide is one of only three leading causes of death that are increasing.
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Emergency Providers Play a Pivotal Role in Suicide Prevention
Experts point to insufficient mental healthcare resources in the United States as one of the key drivers of the rising suicide rate. However, these experts emphasize that emergency providers have a front-row seat to the problem, and can play an important role in prevention. To address the issue, a growing number of EDs are implementing universal screening to identify patients at risk for suicide. Such steps must be paired with effective protocols to connect at-risk patients with appropriate interventions.