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Something called "cognitive load" or "cognitive work" is the centerpoint of some of the latest thinking on the way people process information and do their jobs.
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Hospitals continue to accelerate their use of health information technology, with 68% reporting that electronic health records had been fully or partially implemented as of fall 2006, according to the American Hospital Association's second annual survey of hospital health IT use.
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In the first weeks after a tornado destroyed Sumter Regional Hospital in Americus, GA, the case management staff was at loose ends.
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When injured workers come into Detroit Receiving Hospital's Level 1 trauma center at the Detroit Medical Center, their care is coordinated by a dedicated occupational health case coordinator who acts as a liaison between the emergency department's medical care team, the employee, the employer, and the workers' compensation carrier.
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Through the efforts on an interdisciplinary team, the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics has been able to shrink the number of patients who remain in the hospital for 30 days or longer from an average of 60 or 70 in-house each day to an average of 20 or fewer.
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As a case manager, your job involves being an advocate for your patients as well as keeping your hospital's best interests in mind, and that means being informed about the business end of health care.
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If a patient has a sexually transmitted disease and you are fearful of him or her infecting others, you may be tempted to inform the patient's spouse or significant other. However, this is the patient's decision to make... not the doctor's.
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While the media glare on cases like those of brain-damaged, "vegetative" patients such as Terri Schiavo and Terry Wallis has brought plenty of attention to the questions surrounding the recovery of severely brain-injured patients, it has done little to clear up confusion, according to medical ethics experts.
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The vaccine that provides protection against four types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a leading cause of cervical cancer, is recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), but drives to mandate it for adolescent girls have created a storm of controversy.
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A Kansas Supreme Court ruling that defined physicians as "suppliers" prompted swift action by legislators, who have taken action on a bill that would exclude health care providers from being sued for deceptive practices under the state Consumer Protection Act.