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The Massachusetts Hospital Association recently announced that all Massachusetts hospitals are adopting a uniform policy to not charge patients or insurers for certain serious adverse events as defined by the National Quality Forum (NQF), including wrong-site surgeries and serious medication errors. In doing so, Massachusetts becomes only the second state in the nation to take this voluntary action.
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Patients are more likely to have better health outcomes if they are treated at hospitals using information technology (IT) systems, according to a new study from Florida State University in Tallahassee.
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has endorsed S. 1693 — the Wired for Health Care Quality Act of 2007 — and has strongly urged action on it.
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News: An autistic girl with a history of swallowing foreign objects was taken to the emergency department by her mother following repeated episodes of vomiting and constipation.
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When you are interviewing, any comments about race, national origin, religion, age, family, military or marital status, and disability are off-limits, says John W. Robinson IV, a shareholder in the employee litigation department in the Tampa, FL, office of Fowler White.
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Just saying "no" to the flu shot isn't so simple anymore. Thanks to new state mandates and employer requirements, health care workers who don't want the vaccine are increasingly asked to acknowledge the risks for patients, themselves, and their family members.
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Being a nurse is all that Rebecca Rhoads, RN, BSN, CLNC, ever wanted to be. She loved working at the bedside. And that is where she'd be today — if she hadn't suffered a debilitating back injury.
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As nurses age, keeping them safe as they lift and transfer patients becomes a greater challenge. Munson Medical Center in Traverse City, MI, has responded to that by creating a Seasoned Nurse Initiative.
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Warning: Working the night shift may cause cancer.
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