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It's easy to overlook the second-greatest cause of workplace injury because the incidents seem ordinary and isolated.
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Routine HIV screening of patients could benefit health care workers who need to know the HIV status of patients following a bloodborne pathogen exposure.
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During a pandemic, masks and respirators will be in great demand from health care facilities across the globe. But hospitals also may be competing with the general public and businesses that believe they need the protective equipment.
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Stock up on N95 respirators. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is considering its guidance using sugical masks in the event of pandemic influenza and soon may recommend using N95 filtering face-piece respirators.
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Employee health professionals take on duties that overlap with other jobs in the hospital, including risk manager, safety officer, infection control, and educator.
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Long working hours among nurses may contribute to higher injury rates, new research shows.
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This month, St. Joseph's Medical Center in Towson, MD, will begin discharging patients by appointment, in the latest phase of a three-year effort toward capacity maximization, says Jackie Connor, RN, MS, CCS, director of case management.
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With the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announcing its intention to cut down on Medicaid and Medicare fraud, it is more important than ever for case managers to make sure that they report any fraudulent conduct and carefully document it to avoid being held responsible, Elizabeth Hogue, Esq., suggests.
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In its final inpatient prospective payment system (PPS) regulations for fiscal year 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has included some "modest" changes to the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) regulations, says M. Steven Lipton, an attorney with Davis Wright in San Francisco.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced significant changes in the inpatient prospective payment system, including interim steps toward a comprehensive revision of the DRG model to tie reimbursement more closely to the severity of the patient's condition.