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With historically low rates of tuberculosis in the United States and ongoing challenges with TB tests, employee health professionals are understandably frustrated. But the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) has a message: Remain vigilant to prevent occupational risk.
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Most of the positive results in routine tuberculosis screening of health care workers are false positives. That statistical artifact is creating headaches for employee health professionals as they try to find the best TB testing method and struggle with unexpected results.
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2014 Certification Update
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Patient access leaders at Lake Forest (IL) Hospital increased collections by 79% and have set a goal to increase collections by another 10% in 2014.
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Duke Raleigh Hospital participates in a community-wide collaborative of hospitals and post-acute providers but also has developed close relationships with individual skilled nursing facilities.
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As attention focuses on preventing readmissions, hospitals must improve their internal processes and forge relationships with post-acute providers.
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Here's another reason to emphasize influenza vaccination in long-term care: Last year, vaccination prevented an estimated 44,000 flu-related hospitalizations among older people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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"Safety culture" has been an important buzzword in occupational health for many years.
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