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If a physician mistakenly orders a CT scan with contrast when it needs to be done without contrast, is this error corrected before the patient arrives?
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Hospitals can get an immediate boost in health care worker vaccination coverage with mandatory influenza immunization policies. But before implementing a mandate, employers must answer an important question: Who will get an exemption?
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Getting an early start on influenza vaccination may not be the best strategy. Three studies from Europe have raised new questions about waning immunity after vaccination within the same flu season.
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Its time to liberate yourself from pencil, paper and PC. For a growing number of employee health tasks, youll be able to say: Theres an app for that.
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Information is power the power to prevent occupational injuries. That is the fundamental concept behind a new national surveillance system that will help health care employers track their injuries and compare them to other, similar facilities.
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Health care workers may be suffering in silence from work-related dermatitis.
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Good communication is the key to promote successful return-to-work among employees with low-back pain, says Denise Knoblauch, BSN, RN, COHN-S/CM, clinical case manager at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL.
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Pertussis outbreaks have continued despite a push to provide booster vaccines for adolescents and adults. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now considering whether additional boosters may be needed, including for health care workers.
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When it comes to boosting return-to-work success after occupational injuries, sometimes more is more.
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It seems like one of the more straightforward standards: to make sure that you regularly collect and review quality data from providers. And yet, surveyors do find issues with organizations. So what makes for a good Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluation policy? And what are the common problems that Joint Commission surveyors are finding?
