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Voluntary annual influenza immunization programs that use educational efforts and other incentives to vaccinate health care workers have been an abject failure, a leading proponent of mandatory flu shots said recently in Tampa at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has approved a new infection control standard that requires accredited organizations to offer influenza vaccinations to staff, which includes volunteers, and licensed independent practitioners with close patient contact.
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Case managers in rural hospitals have to think outside the box and find creative solutions to problems that their big city counterparts rarely face.
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A case manager in a rural setting often is responsible for what it takes an entire case management department to do in a big city hospital.
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A documentation improvement program in which care managers and coders work as a team resulted in an increase in revenue of more than $1 million in 2005 for United Health Service Hospital in Johnson City, NY.
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Since the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' (JCAHO) unannounced survey process began in January, the average number of requirements for improvement (RFIs) given to hospitals has increased to 6.9 as of April 2006, compared with 5.8 in 2005.
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An initiative to improve the health of pregnant women and their infants and toddlers has resulted in a drop in the infant mortality rate for Crozer-Keystone Health System.
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The Teddy Bear Clinic sponsored by Browns Mill, NJ-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center was interactive, fun, and educational.
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Health plans across the country are coming up with innovative ways to tackle asthma, a disease that costs $11.6 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to the American Lung Association.
