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Emphasizing that 'health care-associated infections are one of the most preventable causes of leading mortality in the U.S," the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed a comprehensive national plan to fight HAIS. A five-point draft strategy was developed by HHS for the plan:
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Infection preventionists well know that patients have become increasingly aware of the problem of health care-associated infections (HAIs), becoming prevention activists in their own right and putting increasing pressure on hospitals to address the issue. That pressure is about to increase exponentially.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has developed a sweeping national "Action Plan to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections" that not only brings its considerable influence to bear on a longstanding problem, but also calls on hospital leadership, infection preventionists, clinicians, and even patients to help solve it.
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When two-time recipient of Most Wired's Innovator award Columbus Regional Hospital decided to move toward real-time locating. While IT staff at the 225-bed hospital did not want to add to the workflow of an already busy clinical staff, they did want to offer real-time information on where staff were located, and they were able to do it.
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In perhaps a perfect illustration of the risks associated with technology, Hospital Peer Review spoke with the VA hospital system about its home-grown electronic medical record (EMR) system, VistA, initiated in 1982.
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Discharge planners can prevent many problems that might occur during a patient's transition from the hospital to home care by focusing on communication with staff from the home care agency or other post-acute setting.
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According to a recent report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, pressure ulcers, or decubitus ulcers, are increasing.
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If you're thinking of purchasing health informatics technology, you have to do a lot of work on the front end before you seal the deal, says Grena Porto, RN, ARM, CPHRM, principal of QRS Healthcare Consulting Inc. in Hockessin, DE.
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The Joint Commission's latest sentinel event alert urges caution and foresight in dealing with the safety risks and preventable adverse events associated with technology-related errors, "as health information technology (HIT) and 'converging technologies' the interrelationship between medical devices and HIT are increasingly adopted by health care organizations."
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Hospice nurses, aides, and therapists do a wonderful job caring for their patients, so it is natural that the patients and families want to thank them with gifts.
