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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made "a serious mistake" in holding fast to a recommendation that health care workers wear N95s or comparable respirators during the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, a national pandemic planner says.
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Though some other infection prevention duties were shunted aside, IPs and the health care system in general rose to the challenge of the first pandemic in four decades.
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During the early stages of the H1N1 pandemic, the only vaccine available to hospitals was the live attenuated intranasal (LAIV) version, but many shunned LAIV out of an abundance of concern for high-risk patients.
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If you don't bill and code correctly, you could be leaving money on the table, in addition to being noncompliant, warns Stephanie Ellis, RN, CPC, president, Ellis Medical Consulting in Brentwood, TN. Ellis spoke at a recent coding seminar held by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
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Splashes and splatters can transmit disease effectively, but many institutions don't adequately protect against this risk, says Susan Y. Parnell, RN, MSN, MPH, CIC, director of employee health clinical services at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
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(Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the benefits of a marketing director. In this issue, we tell you about the successes of a former RN who increased referrals while working part-time as the marketing director of a surgery center. In next month's issue, we tell you about the benefits of having a full-time director with a marketing background.)
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It is viable for your facility to be out of network in a world dominated by powerful insurance payers? The answer is a definite . . . maybe.
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At first glance, an applicant may look at an open access position as a "get their foot in the door" opportunity. "They feel should a position become available within their educational background, that they will have 'first picks' as an internal employee...
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A 22-year-old emergency department registrar working the night shift at Northern Hospital of Surry County in Mount Airy, NC, was obviously very intelligent. Equally obvious to her managers, though, was her complete disinterest in her job.
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For a small number of extremely challenging cases, patient access staff at University of California-Los Angeles Medical Center work closely with a multidisciplinary team, including clinical areas.