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Injured Nurse Becomes Safe Lifting Advocate, Expert
During a webinar hosted by the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare, a nurse recalled an injury she suffered while lifting a patient. Safe patient handling equipment must be available and accessible for nurses. -
Surgeon General: Health System Overhaul Must Prioritize Worker Well-Being
Vaunted for its medical and technological prowess, the American healthcare system has a critical blind spot that has been widely exposed during the pandemic: Employee wellness. -
Overall Needlestick Rates Hold During Pandemic
Despite healthcare facilities being overwhelmed with COVID-19 in 2020, the overall rates of sharps injuries and mucocutaneous exposures to healthcare workers remained relatively stable, the International Safety Center reports. -
States Sue to Halt COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate in Healthcare
Citing the national shortage of nurses and other issues, 22 states have joined in two separate lawsuits demanding the Biden administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services halt their mandate of COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers. -
WHO: Corticosteroids OK for Children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome
International group updates guidelines for treating young patients with this rare-but-serious COVID-19-related complication.
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Changes in Senior Care Post-COVID-19
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, it is not too early to see changes to senior care because of what was learned in 2020 and beyond. -
Addressing Healthcare Disparities
For some patients, there exists certain health disparities — “preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or in opportunities to achieve optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and other population groups, and communities,” as defined by the CDC. Case managers are in a unique position to address these challenges as they serve as a more concrete bridge between healthcare and the patient. -
New Research Supports Use of a Prenatal Case Management-Style Intervention
A new study of an intervention that used care management techniques to help women improve prenatal health revealed women made some positive changes, including reduced consumption of sugary drinks, increases in physical activity, and a decrease in pregnancy-related anxiety. Called the First 1,000 Days, the systems-oriented program, which starts in early pregnancy and lasts through the first 24 months of infancy, is for low-income mother/infant pairs. It is designed to help women and their children eliminate obesity risk factors. -
Link Found Between Stroke Patient Readmission Disparities and Minority Status
Black stroke patients are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital than white stroke patients, but this gap closes in hospitals with better nurse staffing levels, investigators found. These patients could experience better outcomes if hospitals allocate nursing resources in a way that appropriately addresses their additional, extenuating concerns and issues. -
Researchers Identify High Costs of Various Conditions
Researchers recently identified predictors of high-cost hospital stays related to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions. The highest median cost of care is related to heart failure, followed by diabetes and COPD.