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Although no one is happy to see a potential pandemic, the swine flu situation does give home health agencies the opportunity to test their emergency plans in a live situation, points out Phyllis Wang, president of New York State Association of Health Care Providers (HCP), which represents home- and community-based providers in New York. New York agencies are required to have emergency plans in place for a variety of crises but no real test of plans to address pandemics has occurred, until now, she says.
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Change is difficult but hospices have to change the way they approach patient care due to the requirements of the Conditions of Participation (CoPs) that became effective in December 2008.
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The HIV/AIDS epidemic has wreaked havoc among African-American communities in the United States in the past decade, and the government's slow response is partly to blame, one AIDS advocate says.
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In order to be recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) star site, companies must demonstrate a high degree of employee involvement in safety. According to OSHA, VPP companies achieve average injury rates 50% below the Bureau of Labor Statistics average.
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Pain medications are involved in more than 20% of deaths occurring in the years after spinal fusion surgery for low back pain, reports a study in the April 1 issue of Spine.
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The National Business Group on Health, a Washington, DC-based non-profit association of more than 300 large U.S. employers, has released an Issue Brief, "Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities: A Business Case Update for Employers."
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Employees trust you to help them when they are sick, hurt, or worried about anything from chemical exposure to a back injury that keeps them out of work. For this reason, "the occupational health nurse is the best person in the company to address the H1N1 health issue," says Kay N. Campbell, EdD, RN-C, COHN-S, FAAOHN, president of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
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What is the best way to communicate with employees during the H1N1 crisis? Every way.
