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There is low consensus among state medical boards as to whether derogatory speech toward patients, showing alcohol use without intoxication, and providing clinical narratives without violation of confidentiality constitute a violation of online professionalism, according to a recent study.
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The need to protect others from a potentially harmful patient is a pressing ethical issue not just for health care providers, but for society to contemplate at this juncture, according to Gary E. Jones, PhD, JD, professor in the Philosophy Department at University of San Diego (CA).
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Unfounded and ineffective excesses in the use of involuntary commitment proceedings could result from the publics horror over recent mass shootings, according to John Z. Sadler, MD, Daniel W. Foster, MD, professor of medical ethics and professor of psychiatry and clinical sciences at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern in Dallas, TX, pointing to the sociological concept of the outrage dynamic, which emerges in the face of rare but horrific tragedies.
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Is a patient recording a physician without the doctors knowledge? If so, the reason could be that the patient simply wants to remember complicated discharge instructions, or that he or she intends to use the information as evidence against the physician in a legal proceeding.
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Ethics consults typically involve intensive care unit patients where issues can be thoroughly examined over a lengthy period of time, but what if a provider has minutes instead of days to make a decision?
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As the National Association of Healthcare Access Management (NAHAM) reported in November, part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) curbs hospital reimbursement rates based on readmission statistics.
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Its probably a good idea to expect more obstacles and delays than imagined when initiating a collaboration for conducting central IRB reviews across a region.
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IRBs should have both a minutes process and a minutes template, an expert says.
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Nurses suffer from depression at twice the rate as the general population, a problem that contributes to nurse burnout, low productivity and staff turnover, nursing researchers say.
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As concern grows about fatigue and its impact on patient safety, 17 states have enacted laws or regulations to restrict mandatory overtime. But that alone may not reduce nurses work hours or even end the use of mandatory overtime.