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Human Trafficking Myths Every Healthcare Worker Should Know
Healthcare professionals and others often are mistaken about what human trafficking is and what its victims are like. Professionals could identify and help trafficking victims by learning the truth about the crime.
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Signs a Patient Could Be a Trafficking Victim
The following signs of trafficking victimization are culled from several sources and encompass both labor trafficking victims as well as sexual and underage trafficking victims.
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Human Traffickers Increasingly Take Victims to Outpatient Health Providers
Human trafficking is a worldwide problem. Often, victims are invisible to the public, including healthcare providers, who could help rescue victims if the public knew more about the issue.
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How Much Do You Know About These Trends?
Here are some questions you may not have considered.
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Tips for Creating Better Emergency Preparedness Policies
Emergency preparedness plans should be multidimensional, in writing, and include detailed policies and procedures.
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Set Clear Rules, Supplement Employee Reviews With Improvement Plans
ASC leaders can stay on the right side of federal and state employment laws if they create clear objectives and policies, document performance reviews, institute performance improvement plans, take appropriate disciplinary actions, and apply policies consistently and according to state and federal rules.
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Improving Procedures for Employee Reviews, Disciplinary Actions, and Discharges
Even minor employee disciplinary actions can be viewed as breaking employee laws and policies.
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One Surgeon Explains Why Transparent Pricing Works for His Facility and Patients
An Oklahoma surgery center first posted its bundled surgery prices online 10 years ago, starting a mini-revolution in surgical price transparency.
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Transparent Pricing Growing Trend in ASCs
The healthcare industry is undergoing a seismic shift as surgeries and procedures increasingly move to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and other outpatient sites. Consumer demand and greater efficiency are driving this change, but there’s a growing new trend that also could push even more business to ASCs: transparency in pricing.
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Overheard Peer Comments Might Raise Awareness at Your Facility
Hopefully, asking more questions and raising awareness around important issues will result in improved operations at your facilities.