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Although prior privacy requirements called for home health agencies to notify patients when a breach of privacy was discovered, the Health Information Technology and Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH) specifically identifies time frames and content of notifications.
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A patient comes in with a mass of misinformation about coverage and benefits, completely unaware of hospital procedures and federal requirements. In situations like this, information is the patient access employee's best friend.
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An irate customer called the access center at Virtua in Marlton, NJ, complaining that she could not take her child on a maternity tour because of the new visitor restrictions enforced due to the H1N1 outbreak. "She was so upset when she first called that she threatened not to have her new baby at Virtua," says Ninfa Saunders, RN, MSN, MBA, PhD, executive vice president for health services.
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A 44-year-old male patient is seen in the emergency room because of intractable nose bleed, hematuria, and ecchymoses all first noted within the past 48 hours. Previously he had been well, without known medical illness, and was taking no prescription drugs.
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Bendamustine was first synthesized in 1963 in East Germany, but its clinical development as an anti-neoplastic agent really began after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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The risk of relapse after effective therapy with plasma exchange for thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) has not been well-characterized.
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Health care clinicians and organizations likely will find that the new health care reform bill's positive features outweigh its drawbacks, experts say.
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AML and MDS are primarily diseases of older adults with poor long-term outcomes.
