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Physician flameout: It’s time to heal the healers
American medicine is nearing a tipping point with physicians that could adversely affect broader populations of both patients and healthcare workers. More than half of U.S. physicians are experiencing professional burnout and the problem is getting worse, researchers report.
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Defuse hostile nursing work culture by speaking up immediately, directly
Listening to human resources expert Laura MacLeod, LMSW, describe the dysfunctional work cultures she has observed in healthcare and other industries, one is immediately reminded of the truism: “Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets.”
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VA hospital system may mandate staff flu shots
With a new study finding that virtually none of the nation’s 150 Veterans Health Administration hospitals have mandatory flu shot policies for healthcare workers — leaving vaccination rates languishing in the 55% range — the VA system is considering a vaccine mandate to protect patients and coworkers, Hospital Employee Health has learned.
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TB Q&A for patients after exposure incidents
As part of notifying patients of a possible TB exposure to an infected employee, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, CA, issued the following “frequently asked questions” TB information for patients. Employee health professionals may want to consider something like this should they find themselves facing a similar situation:
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Patients alarmed after newborns exposed to TB
A California hospital continues a high-stakes tuberculosis follow-up of more than 350 newborns exposed to an infected healthcare worker. With testing reliability questionable in such infants, the babies are essentially being treated empirically with isoniazid for a TB strain that is susceptible to the first line drug.
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Ebola aftershock: HCWs suffer lingering symptoms
U.S. healthcare workers who survived Ebola after acquiring it from patients have suffered a wide variety of symptoms and maladies, with only one survivor considered symptom-free at five months after discharge, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Were study’s findings misleading?
The “slanting” of data published in the scientific literature was recently spotlighted after an independent analysis suggested a psychiatric drug did not show efficacy, contradicting a previous study’s conclusions.
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Growing evidence that teleconsultation can support palliative care provision
There is growing evidence that telepalliative care consultation is an effective approach, but fee-for-service systems and lack of reimbursement are obstacles.
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Surprising data on nursing homes and “culture change”
Some nursing homes that rely heavily on Medicaid funding have implemented “culture change” or palliative care, a recent study found.
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Access to mental healthcare is “question of social justice”
Access to equal benefits and qualified providers remains difficult for many insured Americans, despite the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, according to a recent health policy brief.