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Health care workers soon will be able to receive their influenza vaccines with a couple of sniffs instead of a shot in the arm.
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Fewer than half of the nations acute care hospitals have vaccinated even a single employee against smallpox, and only 235 have vaccinated a response team of at least 25 employees, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported. That means hospitals will need to consider other mechanisms to ensure bioterrorism preparedness, CDC experts said.
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has selected 10 hospitals systems to participate in a national program to reduce emergency department (ED) crowding and assess the health care safety net.
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The Kansas, Michigan, and Nebraska hospital associations have joined a growing list of American Hospital Association (AHA)-affiliated associations formally endorsing The Quality Initiative, the voluntary data reporting effort developed by the AHA, the Federation of American Hospitals, and Association of American Medical Colleges.
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As a result of case management interventions at the hospital bedside, emergency department (ED) visits, hospital admissions, and net days in the hospital have dropped dramatically for the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI) population served by Horizon/Mercy.
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Case managers should always remember that giving patients the right information about their condition is a form of care, Molly Mettler, MSW, says.
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Being at work and re-establishing a normal life rhythm is an important part of a successful return to work after someone is disabled.
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Case managers are the center of the universe when it comes to spotting psychiatric problems that can impede recovery and return to work, asserts Barton Margoshes, MD, chief medical officer for CIGNA Group Insurance, based in Bloomfield, CT.
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Thirty-one new community health centers are to be funded through $16 million in grants recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Internet Commerce Corp. (ICC) says it has created a new service to address the need for health care payers and providers to exchange health care transactions that conform with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements.