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Risk managers must act on disruptive behavior, says the vice president and medical director at VHA in Irving, TX.
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Arguments, nasty comments, and demeaning behavior what health care professional cant tell stories of how some co-worker or colleague made life miserable for people just trying to do their jobs? Disruptive behavior is all too common in health care, but now experts are warning that the harmful effects fall on more than just the health care professionals.
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As daily workplace demands rise, overtaxed leaders often target other decision makers the CEO, a head nurse, technician, or doctor as the source, says a psychologist who is a conflict resolution consultant and president of TheraRising.com in Minnesota.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued the first in a projected series of seven papers to provide guidance for covered entities.
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An elderly man diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis was prescribed methotrexate by his doctor. Although he immediately began to experience symptoms of methotrexate toxicity, the doctor failed to take the patients complaints seriously and refilled the prescription for another month. The man continued to experience the same symptoms and, two weeks later, he was rushed to an emergency department for treatment. The ED physicians were unable to prevent the mans death, which they attributed to methotrexate toxicity.
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Thomson American Health Consultants has developed an influenza sourcebook to ensure you and your hospital are prepared for what could happen this flu season or the next.
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After hosting the recent National Summit on Medical Abbreviations with several other organizations, JCAHO modified the 2005 requirements for meeting National Patient Safety Goal 2b Standardize the abbreviations, acronyms and symbols used throughout the organization, including a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols not to use.
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Taking the idea of full disclosure to another level, a Seattle hospital has posted a public apology to the victim of a medical error with apparently no regard to how that may affect the inevitable lawsuit from the family.
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Not-for-profit hospitals are a natural target for allegations that they are failing to serve the indigent community, and the latest lawsuits targeting them are not likely to be the last, according to an expert in health care law.
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How would you like to increase occurrence reporting by 134% while improving patient safety and communication among your staff? If that sounds good, the Safe Passage Program, developed by Clarian Health Partners in Indianapolis, might be for you.