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The Joint Commission (TJC) has released a free monograph, Improving Patient and Worker Safety: Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation, to draw attention to the need to create a culture that focuses on the safety of patients and the healthcare workers who care for them.
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You can expect fewer workers compensation claims this year, but the ones you do see are likely to be more severe, according to the first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of healthcare consultant Aon, based in Chicago.
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News: This case involves a 69-year-old male who underwent a colonoscopy with lesion removal at the hospital.
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These are additional findings from to first Health Care Workers Compensation Barometer report from Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon, based in Chicago:
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With almost 80% of cell phone owners reporting they use text messaging,1 it is no surprise that physicians are doing the same.
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Smartphones, laptops, and tablets are everywhere. The convenience of mobile devices has made healthcare documentation, follow up, and communication simpler and faster.
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The increasing use of electronic health records, digital imaging, and automated registration systems has created large, complex data sets that can be used by researchers for the development of chronic disease programs, clinical guidelines, and new treatment protocols.
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Before a patient liability estimator tool was implemented at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, a focus group of patients offered some valuable opinions.
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Would you be surprised to learn that what your staff members really want is to be given the opportunity to do additional tasks outside their normal work responsibilities?
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The patient access department has been the facilitator of discharge calls to emergency department (ED) patients for several years, and customer service has improved dramatically as a result, reports Cynthia Norman-Bey, director of patient access services and the Private Branch Exchange Call Center at Glendale (CA) Adventist Medical Center.
