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ODG Guidelines Improve Care for Injured Workers
Workers’ compensation case managers routinely follow occupational disability guidelines in developing goals and plans for helping injured and ill workers recover and return to work safely and expeditiously.
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Workers’ Compensation Case Managers Improve Outcomes for Workers
Workers’ compensation case managers can help injured workers return to work much faster than they would without case management services and monitoring. Case managers can make a big difference on the long-term health and economic impact related to workers’ injuries on the job, even when the injury is less serious.
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Case Management Program Addresses Gaps in Behavioral Health Needs
EDs see at-risk patients with behavioral health needs that are not met in the community. Hospitals might not offer the best resources for these patients. A solution is a collaboration between a health system and community psychiatric health organizations.
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Survey: Physicians Embrace Digital Tools
Between 2016 and 2019, doctors’ adoption of many technology types increased, regardless of age, gender, or specialty.
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Falls in the Elderly
Falls in patients older than 65 years of age are an increasingly common presentation in U.S. emergency departments, and intricate knowledge and confidence in the evaluation and management of these patients is vital.
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Continuous Visible Lighting Disinfection May Offer Benefits
The University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center recently replaced traditional light bulbs in its operating rooms with antibacterial LEDs for a visible-light continuous environmental disinfection system. Research suggests the fixtures can continuously kill harmful bacteria on high-risk surfaces, which should be an improvement over intermittent cleaning. Another common option, ultraviolet lighting, is not safe for human exposure and can only sanitize spaces once patients and staff leave the room.
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Surveillance Programs for Staff Working With Hazardous Medications
Looking for guidance on best practices for a hazardous medication surveillance program? Many employee health professionals may be making changes to their hazardous medication surveillance program in response to United States Pharmacopeia <800> standards.
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NIH Developing a Vaccine for 2019-nCoV
The National Institutes of Health has fast-tracked vaccine development to stop a novel coronavirus emerging from China, but it will be months before it can be administered safely to an anxious public. While promising, vaccine development and testing is a time-consuming process, both to ensure that it works and that it is safe in humans.
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First Case of Person-to-Person Transmission in the United States
The first case of person-to-person spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus emerging in the United States has occurred, as the husband of a previously identified case in Illinois has been hospitalized, the CDC reported on Jan. 30. The man is the first U.S. case with no history of travel to China. Public health officials announced the woman became ill after returning from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of what is threatening to become a global outbreak. She has been hospitalized, and her husband became ill and also was hospitalized. They both are in stable condition.
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WHO Declares Coronavirus Outbreak an International Emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-CoV) outbreak in China a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Jan. 30. WHO emphasized China will not be isolated from the global community, which can happen after a PHEIC is issued.