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Nursing home bars black nurses, loses lawsuit
When considering whether to accommodate a patient’s request regarding caregivers of a particular race, gender, or religion, the case that comes closest to setting a precedent for healthcare providers is Chaney v. Plainfield Healthcare Center, which involves a Plainfield, IN-based nursing home that forbade black nurses from treating certain patients.
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Healthcare Risk Management’ s Ebola coverage wins first place
Healthcare Risk Management has earned First Place in the Best Healthcare Interpretative or Analytical Reporting category in 2015 Specialized Information Publishers Association journalism awards for coverage of the first U.S. Ebola cases.
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Providers must tread carefully if patient objects to caregiver
Recent racial controversies have prompted some risk managers to wonder how to respond if a patient objects to the race, gender, religion, or sexual orientation of a caregiver. The situation is difficult, and labor law experts advise risk managers to step very carefully once the issue is raised.
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Study: Emergency doctors overstate treatment benefits
Emergency physicians overstated the risks of myocardial infarction and potential benefit of hospital admission to chest pain patients, according to a recent study of 425 patient-physician pairs.
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Do nurses report moral distress after palliative sedation?
It’s not uncommon for nursing staff to report moral distress after administering palliative sedation to a patient who dies shortly afterward.
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Caregivers of LVAD patients face “huge challenges”
Caregivers of patients with left ventricular assist devices face significant emotional, physical and financial burdens, according to a recent review.
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Americans disagree with restricting access to OTC pain medications
Americans prefer education over restricted access to over-the-counter pain medications, according to a recent survey.
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Are terminally ill patients referred to hospice? Physicians play biggest role
Physicians played the biggest role in whether terminally ill patients were referred to hospice care, according to a recent study.
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When is the ICU Inappropriate? Clinicians now Have Guidelines
The American Thoracic Society supports the clinical team’s decision to not offer life-sustaining treatments in some circumstances.
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AHRQ tool shows effect of Medicaid expansion
A new online tool from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows state-level trends in hospital stays for adults with Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance, and the uninsured.