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With a vaccine shortage projected for novel H1N1 influenza A, only the highest priority groups are likely to be offered the shot when initial lots are cleared for distribution this fall.
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A mentoring program for staff members who have already completed orientation is seen as a key strategy in the programs of Carolinas Medical Center (CMC) in Charlotte, NC, which recently was named the winner of the 2009 Franklin Award of Distinction by The Joint Commission and the American Case Management Association.
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By assigning an anticipated date of discharge to every patient within 24 hours of admission, the clinical resources management staff at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, FL, have been able to shave three hours off the hospital's average discharge time, freeing up beds and dramatically decreasing the amount of time patients wait for a bed in the emergency department.
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Many factors keep people from putting into practice what they have learned about diabetes. One frequent factor is that people do not make diabetes management a priority, says Teresa Benge, RN, CDE, CPT, a diabetes educator at Fairview Diabetes Care in Wyoming, MN.
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"We don't say it is always easy to manage diabetes, but we do say that diabetes is a manageable disease," says Janis McWilliams, RN, MSN, CDE, BC-ADM, an advance practice diabetes specialist at the University of Pittsburgh (PA) Diabetes Institute.
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A comprehensive case management program at Desert Oasis Healthcare that provides care coordination for patients throughout the continuum keeps patients healthier and out of the hospital. And it's cost effective.
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With a vaccine shortage projected for novel H1N1 influenza A, only the highest priority groups are likely to be offered the shot when initial lots are cleared for distribution this fall.
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Outpatient surgery managers in hospitals, surgery centers, and offices still have a lot of questions about The Joint Commission's (TJC's) National Patient Safety Goal (NPSG) on reducing the risk of health care-acquired infections, despite the fact that this goal must be fully implemented in a few short months.
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In a likely prelude to a battle over mandating a swine flu vaccine, the New York State Health Department overrode nursing union protests recently in enacting an emergency regulation requiring seasonal flu shots for health care workers (HCWs).
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While the details of health care reform were uncertain at press time, one point is clear: Change will be coming to outpatient surgery regardless, and providers need to be prepared.