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A short study in the July issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine1 may change handoffs forever. For the first time, a tool created to judge the quality of how one physician passes the baton to another has been validated as effective.
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There has long been a hole in the data collected on joint replacements: Patient-reported outcomes over an extended period of time were missing.
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People who have cognitive problems often face difficulties when they are hospitalized. They are in different surroundings, with different schedules, different caregivers. Symptoms of cognitive problems can become more pronounced, agitation worse. They may become violent where before they were not.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Ebola symptoms, infectious fluids and transmission factors include the following key points:
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Diabetes and prediabetes are huge problems in the United States, with national data showing marked increases in the disease in all groups, but especially among middle-aged women.
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Hospitals and other employers increasingly are concerned about the impact of medical marijuana laws on their staff.
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Consider these tips before making your high-stakes trip to talk to the CEO or other top executives.
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One trick for being ready to discuss risk management with a C-suite executive is to have an elevator speech ready at all times, says Andrew A. Oppenberg, MPH, CPHRM, DFASHRM, director of risk management and patient safety officer at Dignity Health Glendale Memorial Hospital and Health Center in Glendale, CA.
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Risk managers cant be on site all the time, especially when there are only one or two staff members in the department, but you can create deputy risk managers by training those employees who work the graveyard shift, weekends, and holidays.
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Off-hour call coverage for the risk manager should be carefully planned. For some concerns, the risk manager should take calls at any hour.