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A fight is brewing over requirements for annual fit-testing of filtering face-piece respirators to protect against TB. Opponents to annual fit-testing at hospitals have flooded the U.S.
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Even something as benign as a research symposium can cause a ruckus when the topic is ergonomics.
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When the director of medical records at the Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania Medical Center-Presbyterian left for another position, it presented yet another opportunity for the hospitals proactive patient access department to take a leadership role.
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A new preadmission program at the University of California Davis Health System is building a stronger link between hospital and physicians office and identifying issues much earlier in the process issues that might affect length of stay.
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Poll indicates hospitals feeling HIPAA burnout; Charity, bad debt costs up by almost $1 billion; CMS quality initiative participation increasing; ED volume increasing, most hospitals report
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Access personnel at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock can look forward to moving up a recently established career ladder that is boosting morale as well as paychecks.
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American Hospital Association attorney Lawrence Hughes said there are aspects of the privacy rule that still are not working well and are creating unnecessary burdens for hospitals, with little benefit to patients.
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Does the security rule specify how a risk analysis must be conducted?; How should passwords be chosen to ensure security?; Can a home health agency post thank-you letters from patients on a bulletin board that can be seen by staff and other patients?
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IRBs and institutions might take away two important thoughts from the NIHs recent experience: First, it doesnt take more than the appearance of a conflict to harm ones reputation. Secondly, some of the measures NIH has taken in response might guide institutions in their own conflict of interest (COI) policy-making.
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The regulations regarding the use of prisoners in research have not changed since 1978, but the research communitys awareness and perception of these have changed. As a result its a good idea for IRBs to update policies regarding such research.