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When the pressures of working in the highly charged atmosphere of the emergency department (ED) collide with the internal "caste" system often created by staff, the situation is ripe for conflict between nurses and ED registration staff.
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One of the EMTALA-related questions he hears most frequently from providers is whether it is permissible to send patients to an urgent care setting following triage in the emergency department (ED).
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While patients assume their doctors will work to maintain trust and privacy in their relationships with patients, research has shown that health care providers often disclose personal information to patients' family members.
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The Department of Health and Human Services found that less than 25% of the total medical privacy complaints lodged with the agency merited further federal investigation of the health care organizations involved.
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As Hospital Employee Health publishes its 25th anniversary issue, employee health professionals can take pride in their accomplishments, such as dramatic reductions in needlestick injuries. Yet challenges remain and hospitals continue to be high-hazard workplaces, with more injuries and illnesses than in construction and transportation.
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Needle safety is a major success story of employee health, although it's one for which the final chapter has yet to be written.
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AIDS has forever altered the way health care workers view the threat of infectious disease.
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Patient handling is the No. 1 hazard in hospitals. More nurses are losing time from work or filing workers' compensation claims related to musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) injuries than any other workplace event.
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Vendors really do listen to their customers. That is the lesson of the latex experience.
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Hospitals are striving to vaccinate more health care workers against influenza than ever before, but this fall they struggled to get their campaigns rolling because of vaccine supply delays. The lesson of the season: Get used to uneven delivery of flu vaccine.
