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In order to meet todays challenges and those of the future, case managers need to stay connected and keep their finger on the pulse of todays health care system, says Anne Llewellyn, RN, BHSA, CCM, CRRN, CEAC.
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Prompting members who are at high risk for complications of diabetes to change their lifestyle to better control their disease is the hardest part of Fallon Community Health Plans diabetes program, points out Janice Betz, RN, senior clinical manager for diabetes care at Fallon.
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After four years of positive experiences with a national disease management vendor, Fallon Community Health Plan in Worcester, MA, decided it would be more beneficial to members and providers if the diabetes management program was transitioned in-house.
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Its not an urban legend or an Internet rumor. A Canadian woman really did walk through a metal detector at an airport and trigger the alarm, which led to the discovery that a 33 cm surgical retractor had been left in her abdomen after a procedure.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations still requires you to mark the surgical site for some surgeries, but you wont have to mark all surgeries as originally required under National Patient Safety Goal No. 4.
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Ambulatory programs accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations soon will be required to perform at least one failure mode effect and analysis (FMEA) per year.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could not come to a conclusion on the cause of an outbreak at Allegheny General Hospital in Pennsylvania in which patients may have been exposed to pseudomonas bacteria through improperly sterilized bronchoscopes.
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Question: Who are my business associates, and what needs to be included in a business associate agreement?
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The National Quality Forum has approved four additional safe practices that should be used universally in applicable health care settings to reduce the risk of harm. These four include three that affect the outpatient surgical area.
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In this second part of a two-part series on addictions, we discuss the characteristics of drug-impaired employees and give you resources for helping them.