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Reducing Burnout Through Spiritual Leadership
A recent paper reports that incorporating spiritual values in a group of clinical lab workers showed effectiveness in adding meaning to their work and reducing burnout.
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The Link Between Burnout and Medical Errors
The adage that protecting the worker protects the patient is increasingly borne out in studies of burnout and medical errors. In a recently published example, researchers evaluated physician burnout, well-being, and work-unit safety grades in the context of self-reported major medical errors.
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Sepsis-related Neurologic Dysfunction Strongly Associated With Long-term Mortality
In this multicenter, retrospective study, acute neurologic dysfunction was the organ dysfunction most strongly associated with short- and long-term mortality in patients surviving a sepsis hospitalization.
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NIOSH: Violence in Healthcare Is Increasing
Although there are cautions and caveats about generalizing the data, occupational health researchers are tracking a disturbing increase in violence in a network of surveillance hospitals.
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Worse Than Snake Oil
Rattlesnake “pills” are basically dehydrated, ground up rattlesnake meat stuffed into gel caps. These may be sold locally in health food stores and are available online. The FDA has not reviewed nor approved this item.
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Invasive Procedures and the Risk of Infective Endocarditis
This large study suggests that several invasive, nondental medical procedures may be triggers for subsequent infective endocarditis, reopening the debate regarding prevention and management.
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Safety First: Employee Health and Accident Investigations
In addition to treating and reporting injuries, employee health professionals can be instrumental in accident investigations.
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Does Triple Inhaled Therapy for COPD Decrease Exacerbations Compared to Dual Therapy?
A single dose of inhaled triple therapy improved exacerbations compared to dual therapy in COPD patients.
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Better Management of Patients With Psychiatric Needs
Recognizing an urgent need to improve the way patients with psychiatric needs are managed in the ED, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has teamed up with Well Being Trust and nine participating hospitals to test and implement new approaches.
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Burnout Linked to Medical Errors, Malpractice, and Suicide
While no specialty is spared, emergency physicians are particularly vulnerable to burnout, a problem that produces several negative consequences. Experts note the problem must be addressed at both the individual and system levels, but stress that effective interventions likely will deliver a return on investment.