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Motivators and barriers to influenza shots
A large Canadian study of 3,275 health care workers found that the decision to receive the vaccine for seasonal or pandemic (H1N1) influenza was most influenced by their concern for their own health. -
Study highlights these chief vaccine motivators & barriers
Canadian researchers found a variety of key motivators and barriers to health care workers becoming vaccinated to prevent seasonal or pandemic influenza. -
Nurses at high risk of work-family conflict
Nurses are at high risk of stress caused by work-family conflict (WFC) partly because of the physical and emotional demands of their long shifts. One solution could be to permit some worker self-scheduling, an expert says. -
Self-scheduling may reduce worker stress
There is no magic template for initiating a self-scheduling practice, but there are some strategies hospital employee health departments could employ that will help reduce health care workers work-family conflict (WFC) stress. -
`Significant dollars at stake’ with surge in high-deductible plans
Patient access areas are increasing seeing patients with high-deductible health plans. Significant revenue is at stake if the unmet deductible is not collected. -
High deductibles are adding to bad debt
Many patients will be unable to pay -
HHS to survey 1,200 — Audits might follow
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`Training buddies’ can improve morale
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Access applicants: Are they patient-friendly?
Customer service is the number one skill for patient access applicants, according to patient access leaders. -
Observe body language of your applicants
It shows how they really feel about the job