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In the heady days after passage of the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act in 2000, zero needlesticks was an aim worth striving for and some lofty goals were on the table. HealthyPeople 2010 set a goal of reducing needlesticks by 30% from a baseline of 384,000 among hospital-based health care workers in 1998 to 269,000 in 2010.
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Rather than compare needlestick rates with other hospitals, she looks at her own injury trends. "Zero needlesticks is my goal," says Dicristina. "It doesn't matter to me how many employees I have because if you're the employee who gets stuck, it's catastrophic."
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Despite widespread vaccination against measles, some health care workers remain susceptible and they have a much greater chance of contracting the disease than the general public, according to a recent report.
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Patient access departments are offering financial counseling and online price estimates to patients who call with questions about cost.
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Patient access areas are seeing more procedures requiring authorization, a surge in the number of insured patients, and more clinical requirements from payers. All of these factors make an increase in claims denials - and much lost reimbursement - very likely.
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MSD goal: Reduce the rate of injury and illness cases involving days away from work due to overexertion or repetitive motion by 10% by 2020.
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With the lack of contributions from vendors to provide free surgery for uninsured patients, one center set up a donor-advised fund in a community foundation so that 100% of donations go toward the free surgeries.
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