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Simulation Can Improve Staff PPE Safety
It is important for healthcare workers to learn and practice the correct way to wear personal protective equipment. One helpful technique is to use medical simulation.
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Medical Marijuana and Patient Treatment
If a patient asks about medical marijuana, how will you respond? Are you familiar with the legalities and science to advise your patient? The legalities are complex, but the bottom line is this: medical marijuana is gaining support nationwide.
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Preoperative Screening Can Save a Life — If Staff Ask the Right Questions
A physician or nurse might save a life by asking probing questions that cause patients to go deeper in their answers.
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Ethical Considerations for Complex Discharges
What will you do if a patient refuses prescribed treatment? If the patient does not follow doctor’s orders, how will you advise them? If adult children will not let you tell the patient his diagnosis, what will you do? These are common situations in healthcare. Each raises an ethical dilemma for hospital case managers.
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Case Management Leaders Should Identify Sustainable Solutions
Hospital case management leaders have found their departments evolving in recent years, often to include practices and models that focus on population health goals. As care coordinators and case managers move toward transitions that incorporate these goals, one challenge is sustainability. New research provides a model for sustaining a collaborative practice model that advances population health.
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Mandates for Discharging Homeless Patients Take Effect in California
California recently enacted a law that addresses this issue by requiring hospitals to follow a prescribed plan for identifying and safely discharging homeless patients. SB 1152 outlines specific discharge planning measures for homeless patients in acute care hospitals.
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Plan of Care Rounds Improve Communication
Collaborative care teams can use interdisciplinary plan of care rounds to improve communication and facilitate smooth transitions. The plan of care round team can give patients a brief overview and answer patients’ questions or concerns.
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Analysis Reveals Extent of COVID-19 Damage to U.S. Healthcare Finances
The CARES Act was a critical lifeboat, but more assistance is necessary to prevent the system from drowning in red ink.
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FDA Releases Q&A for COVID-19 and Clinical Trials
The Food and Drug Administration recently released updated guidance on conducting clinical trials of medical products during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new version of the guidelines includes a question-and-answer section that clarifies some emergency changes affecting human research protection policies and procedures.