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Simulation allows practice of ‘Code Blue drill’ in large health…
Len DeRamus Medical & Allied HealthcareIn just about every healthcare facility, announcements exist to let the staff know of emergency events. Several factors, including training, skill, experience and practice, help mitigate this autonomic reaction in healthcare providers. How does one hone their skills, and gain experience and practice without placing actual patients at risk of harm? On Aug. 9, The University of Georgia Health Center practiced "Code Blue" drills. These drills were simulation-based and reviewed medical emergencies.
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Loyalty is a 2-way street
Anne Rose Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementI often hear business owners and corporation executives bemoan the lack of loyalty among their underlings. They complain about staff turnover and how staff will move to another company at the drop of a hat, their employees’ willingness to publicly disparage the company they work for, and their eagerness to discourage others from joining the company by openly sharing the "dirty laundry." If you can find another person to hire in this person's place, then that’s a smart, no-brainer business solution. Right? But take another look: loyalty is a two-way street.
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Pilot study: Treating opioid use disorder with naltrexone during pregnancy…
Dorothy L. Tengler Medical & Allied HealthcareNeonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS) is common due to the current opioid addiction epidemic. The incidence of infant opioid withdrawal has grown rapidly in many countries over the last decade, nearly a fivefold increase, presenting significant health and early brain development concerns. However, a recent study led by researchers at Boston Medical Center showed that infants of mothers taking naltrexone during pregnancy had shorter hospital stays than infants of mothers who took buprenorphine during pregnancy.
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Global surgical transfer of care to the wound clinic
Tiffany Hamm and Jeff Mize Medical & Allied HealthcareA common scenario occurring in wound clinics all over the nation is the request for follow-up wound services by surgeons during the post-operative global period. Wound clinic physicians might be seeing these patients with the intention of offloading some of the work for the surgeon or believing that they are increasing volume in their own clinics. Wound clinic physicians must be aware of the surgical global packaging rules as they relate to the transfer of care from one provider to another.
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The most important job of a leader
Roberta Matuson Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementWhat do you think the most important job of a leader is? Is it to motivate the team to achieve departmental business objectives? Engage employees to ensure they are highly productive? Drive home business results? While thoseare essential, none are the most important job of a leader. Why? Because a leader cannot accomplish any of this without the right people on his or her team. Therefore, the most critical job of a leader is to hire the right people.
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Is your hospital’s patient-centered approach specific enough?
Lisa Mulcahy Healthcare AdministrationAs a healthcare professional, you strive to provide your patients with service that creates the highest level of satisfaction possible. Yet, even the best patient-centered approach may be overlooking small points that really matter. It's key to take a granular overview of whether you're getting as specific as you possibly can when it comes to the details your patients truly care about. Use this advice to provide the things they truly want and need.
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New paper looks at link between private equity, unforeseen medical billing
Seth Sandronsky Medical & Allied HealthcareThe rising price of healthcare, up 18.6% over the past 12 months, is hammering businesses and the customers that they serve across the U.S. A recent paper from the Institute for New Economic Thinking, "Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing," by Eileen Appelbaum, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Rosemary Batt, the Alice Hanson Cook Professor of Women and Work at Cornell University, sheds light on part of this inflationary trend.
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Study: Patients don’t think payers, providers can protect their data
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareProviders and payers: Patients don't think you’re able to keep their personal data healthy and safe, even though you’re charged with doing the same for their health. That blunt assessment is from a skeptical public who is growing increasingly weary of seemingly daily news about breaches and hacks. According to a new study by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and POLITICO, only 17% have a "great deal" of faith that their health plan will protect their data. Hospitals are not much further ahead.
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Podcast: Be your very own nursing career detective
Keith Carlson Medical & Allied HealthcareWhen it comes to your nursing career, you need to be your very own private eye or detective because good ol’ Sherlock or Columbo won’t be able to help you with this particular case. Your assessment of your nursing career is the gathering of facts and clues. And what are you looking for exactly? Here are some potential questions to ask yourself — this is only the beginning of the assessment, but you’ll get the picture.
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Study finds a ninefold increase in ESRD patients opting for bariatric surgery
Lynn Hetzler Medical & Allied HealthcareAs with the general population, obesity in the number of people with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing. Because they are less likely to receive a kidney transplant, many obese patients with ESRD are opting for bariatric surgery to increase their chances of undergoing the lifesaving procedure. Despite the potential for improving the health status of people with ESRD, also known as end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), there is very little information about the national bariatric surgery practice patterns in patients with end-stage renal disease.
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