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Asking health care workers to sign a declination statement if they dont receive their annual influenza vaccine soon may become the standard of care. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an advisory panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, voted overwhelmingly to recommend the use of declination statements, along with other measures, to improve health care worker vaccination rates. They did not specify the wording of declinations.
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Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) in the United States is legal only in Oregon, but the palliative care practice of terminal sedation is viewed by some as accomplishing the same thing as PAS, only without the stigma and illegality associated with intentional euthanasia.
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If youre a physician and you have ever (or often) misrepresented patients symptoms to make sure their treatment and your services are covered by insurance, youre not alone.
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Hospitals that receive federal funds would have to advise rape victims of the availability of emergency contraception (EC) to prevent pregnancy under bipartisan legislation that has been introduced into the U.S. House.
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Like any other businesses in a competitive market, hospitals are investing heavily in advertising; but hospitals are held to a different standard than supermarkets and car dealerships when it comes to vying for customers.
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Just a few years ago, kidneys in an adult age 60 or older, or in someone age 50 to 59 who had two or more of the following criteria death from stroke, hypertension, or elevated creatinine were considered outside the standard criteria for transplantation and went with their owner to the grave.
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American physicians are recognized by many as leading the world in delivering the best medical care, but their expertise in delivering news of death to patients families is less than stellar, according to a death issues educator.
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As increasing numbers of older Americans spend their last days in a nursing home, its important for nursing home staff, as well as hospice providers, to identify nursing home patients who might qualify for a hospice placement, an end-of-life care expert says.
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An estranged husband comes into the house while the home health nurse is teaching the patients mother how to do enteral therapy as he begins physically abusing the mother, he looks at the nurse and says, Youre next.
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An initiative that assigns ownership of HEDIS®* measures to various staff members has resulted in improved HEDIS scores and national acclaim for Keystone Health Plan Central, a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital BlueCross, independent licensees of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
