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As the nation faces the largest outbreak of pertussis in 50 years, the rate of vaccination of health care workers languishes at about 20%.
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It began as an infection control nightmare in New Hampshire, but it didnt stop there. A medical technician who worked in the cardiac catheterization lab in Exeter Hospital in Nashua was charged with diverting drugs and reusing the syringes on patients.
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When patient access leaders had to select a subject for the first e-learning module developed at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Allentown, PA, they chose computer downtime procedures
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Since copayments first were collected in Cambridge (MA) Health Alliance’s three emergency departments (EDs) in October 2008, collections have increased 140%, totaling $173,000 in fiscal year 2009 to an expected $416,000 in fiscal year 2012.
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A patient recently registered at Denver-based Porter Adventist Hospital had just lost his job and employer-sponsored insurance, and he was under the mistaken impression that COBRA coverage was automatic.
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Ask passersby in a hospital hallway what they think the biggest problem is in the emergency department, and one of the most common answers will likely be something about the influx of uninsured patients who use the ED as their primary care physician.
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Within days after The Joint Commission announced that it would begin certifying applicants for comprehensive stroke centers, there were dozens of hospitals either waiting for site visits or preparing their applications in the hope of getting certified this year.
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Ronald Wyatt, MD, MHA, has spent 20 years working in just about every kind of healthcare setting imaginable primary care, emergency medicine in a VA hospital, nursing homes, as a sole practitioner and in a multispecialty setting.
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Some scenarios that cause nightmares for nurses and physicians are blessedly rare.
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