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Mandatory influenza vaccinations for health care workers can be ethically justified because the vaccine is reasonablysafe andeffective, voluntary participation has failed, and many people will be harmed if it does not occur, according to bioethicists.
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A court recently ordered that two pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis be allowed to compete on an equal basis with adults for lungs from adult donors, but transplant experts say judicial intervention risks disrupting a system based on public trust.
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Clinicians often under-utilize clinical ethics consults because they believe these to be unhelpful and time-consuming, but bioethicists can counter these misperceptions with education and by building relationships in clinical areas.
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Good medication reconciliation is like the Holy Grail in healthcare. If only we could make sure that the old, sick, frail patients understand what they need to take, when and why, we could keep them from bouncing back to the hospital.
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In a concerted effort to improve patient care, payers and providers are collaborating to improve transitions of care and reduce read-missions.
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Patient flow and boarding have been recognized for some time as problems that hospitals need to address.
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We look at technology as a tool that has given us an edge over weather and darkness, over toil and disease. It is here to make our lives easier, better, safer.
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When two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, hospital clinicians had one thought: I have to get to work. A surgeon who had just run 26 miles came into Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and prepared to operate. Nurses and doctors treating the wounded wondered about their own family and friends.
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The message from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on testing for hepatitis C is unequivocal. In the words of director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH: Baby boomers may not remember everything we did in the 60s or 70s, but our liver does.