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A group of Johns Hopkins nurses, physicians, and engineers have significantly reduced the number of distracting, non-critical bedside alarms in some of the hospitals noisiest areas up to 74% in some cases in an improvement that has been linked to patient safety.
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The task force that reduced clinical alarms at The Johns Hopkins Hospital learned many valuable lessons along the way, says Maria Cvach, MSN, RN, CCRN, assistant director of nursing clinical standards.
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An analysis of surgical malpractice claims shows rising payment amounts, with patient outcomes as the strongest predictor of payment size.
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A Tennessee hospital has come out on top in a lawsuit filed by a nurse regarding pay for time worked during meal breaks.
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To increase awareness about the health risks of elective inductions of labor and the importance of full-term pregnancies, the Association of Womens Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) has launched the Wait for Labor to Start on Its Own online pledge.
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Freeman Health System, a healthcare provider and hospital system located in Joplin, MO, has agreed to pay $9.3 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Stark Law and the False Claims Act by knowingly providing incentive pay to physicians in a manner that violated federal law, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced recently.
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The healthcare industry is made up of people who handle crises on a daily basis. They are great under pressure and can make quick decisions when it comes to dealing with life and death aspects of human nature.
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Expect a re-energized OSHA with the reelection of President Barack Obama: New recordkeeping rules, a proposed Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) standard, and possibly an infectious diseases standard.
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Bring science back into the discussion of influenza vaccination.
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The silos that separate patient safety and worker safety are coming down. Preventing medical errors and protecting health care workers are part of the same continuum, The Joint Commission accrediting body asserts in a new monograph.
