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Physician Injuries Can Create Even Higher Workers’ Comp Costs
Workers’ comp injuries in healthcare most commonly affect nurses and aides, who are more often involved with high-risk activities like moving patients, but physicians also can be injured on the job.
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Minimize Workers’ Compensation Costs With the Right Approach
Workers’ compensation claims are a major concern for healthcare risk managers and can create tremendous liability for the healthcare organization, but careful attention to injury prevention and proper handling of claims can keep the costs to a minimum.
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Prince Lawsuit Shows Risks of ‘Star Treatment’ for Celebrity Patients
Celebrity status can lead healthcare providers to change the standard of care, often unwittingly.
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Barriers Exist to Family-centered ICU Care
New guidelines from the Society of Critical Care Medicine emphasize the benefits of family-centered care in the ICU.
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Study: Effects of Early Palliative Care Differ by Age, Gender
The effects of early palliative care differ depending on patients’ age and gender, found a recent study.
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Views on Disclosure of Donor-assisted Conception Are Evolving
Should parents inform their children that they were conceived by gamete or embryo donation? A position statement from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine examines the ethics of this issue.
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Physicians’ Mental Health ‘Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves’
Physician well-being is increasingly being recognized as an ethical issue, but mental health stigma remains an obstacle.
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Many Providers Say Spiritual Needs Should Be Assessed, But Few Do So
Should health professionals take a screening spiritual history of their patients? Most clinicians agreed they should, a recent survey found.
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Novel Approaches to Justify Ethics Resources: Value Goes Beyond ROI
Ethics services often find it challenging to demonstrate financial impact on the organization due to lack of data and the preventive nature of many interventions.
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Correction
The March issue of IRB Advisor featured a story about plain language informed consent with an incorrect reference.