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Infection Prevention Tips for Omicron Variant
As omicron swept through the nation, creating chaos at hospitals, the Infectious Diseases Society of America made four major suggestions for how organizations and individuals can prevent infection and serious illness. -
Study Results Reveal How Hospitals Handled COVID-19’s First Wave
Healthcare systems’ responses to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic varied, but most canceled elective procedures to preserve ICU capacity and adapted staffing and physical space to prepare for patient surges, according to the results of a recent study. -
Omicron Created Problems of Too Few Staff, Too Many Patients, Too Much Distress
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare leaders know how to react and prepare. But with omicron, the earlier lessons learned were not enough to prevent patient surges and staffing shortages. -
Abnormal Vitals Linked to Unanticipated Death After ED Discharge
Repeating vital signs before discharge is key to averting disaster.
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EDs See More High-Risk Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices
To reduce risks for patients with ventricular assist devices, providers should learn how they work, what complications need to be evaluated, and how to do so. Ensure systems are put in place for providers to care for these patients in an expeditious and effective way.
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Screening Ineffective for Identifying HCWs with Respiratory Illness
Ubiquitous employee temperature screening and symptom questions upon entry during the pandemic have not yielded much success in identifying sick healthcare workers and reducing the long-standing problem of presenteeism. -
HIT Changes and Case Management
While health information technology is ever-changing, case managers should have an idea of how new (or improved) solutions might affect their practice. -
‘Why Not Home?’ Program Improves Efficiency of Care Transitions
Why Not Home? is a new program designed to encourage more transitions from hospital to home with healthcare support instead of from the hospital to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). Data show a positive effect on costs. Research showed the rate of SNF discharges per 1,000 patients declined from 73 per 1,000 to 70 per 1,000 patients in the postintervention period. -
Universal Method Needed to Collect Social Determinants of Health Information
Healthcare professionals seek a standardized universal method for collecting and using social determinants of health data, according to new research. -
Childhood Trauma Is an Overlooked Social Determinants of Health Factor
Research demonstrates strong connections between exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), chronic stress, and poor health, including frailty in older adults. Health systems could make it a priority for providers and case managers to identify ACEs among adult populations and ask for better integrated services and models of care to serve this group.