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Lean management techniques helped Lahey Clinic Medical Center, North Shore, in the city of Peabody, MA, boost patient satisfaction and reduce emergency department (ED) waiting times.
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Six deaths and 77 injuries associated with the use of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) over the course of two years have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue an alert to health care providers.
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Although every patient with dementia has different symptoms and behaviors, and each is at a different stage of the disease, there are some techniques that home health clinicians and aides can use to make the home care visit go more smoothly...
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Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon may never have found the fountain of youth, but scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way to help prevent aging and disease by triggering a transcription factor, the CREB (cAMP response element binding)-binding protein (CRP), that controls the activity of genes that regulate cellular function.
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A team of 23 nurses is strategically placed at 50 community sites, including churches, schools, low-income housing projects, homeless shelters, food pantries, and health resource centers. Their role encompasses health promotion, disease prevention, early detection, and disease management...
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Imagine the perfect respirator for health care workers: They wouldn't mind wearing it for an entire shift. They wouldn't have any trouble communicating with each other or with patients. Yet it would protect them from infectious diseases, and it wouldn't cost too much.
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Compared with carcinogenic chemicals and infectious diseases, workplace bullying may seem like more of an annoyance than a health risk.
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You can't just mandate a civil workplace. You have to build one.
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The Joint Commission's Leadership standard (LD.03.01.01) includes two elements of performance related to intimidation and bullying:
