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As the use of Twitter and other social media by physicians and patients rises, some professionals worry that physicians increasingly seem to forget to do what many consider crucial for building doctor-patient trust:
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The recent dismissal of a lawsuit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FSLA) against Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN, holds several lessons for risk managers, says the health systems attorney, Paul E. Prather, JD, a shareholder with the law firm of Littler Mendelson in Memphis.
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Simply gathering the data about clinical alarms wasnt enough to help The Johns Hopkins Hospital improve patient safety. Those numbers have to be broken down into meaningful parts.
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In 2006, Maria Cvach, MSN, RN, CCRN, assistant director of nursing clinical standards at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Andrew Currie, MS, CBET, the director of clinical engineering, were asked to head a team to reduce clinical alarms.
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News: In 2005, a 43-year-old man was crushed by an all-terrain vehicle when it crashed and flipped over while he was riding it.
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A new nightmare bacteria has put renewed emphasis on health care worker use of personal protective equipment and compliance with hand hygiene.
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According to guidelines updated in 2012,1 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the following measures for identifying and managing hepatitis B virusinfected health-care providers and students:
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A recent case of hepatitis B transmission from a surgeon to as many as eight patients highlights the potential risk of health care workers who perform exposure-prone procedures but do not know their bloodborne pathogen status. Yet public health authorities say such transmissions are too rare to justify a testing mandate.
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Each nurse has a way of coping with the stresses of the job, whether there is conflict with coworkers or patients or difficulty balancing the demands of work and family life. But those who cope most effectively use just one or two strategies, recent research shows.1
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A better respirator designed specifically for health care workers is on the horizon. Manufacturers are working with the Veterans Health Administration and its Project BREATHE to create a B95, a respirator to protect against biologic hazards.