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About one-third of 1,000 workers said they had fallen asleep or become very sleepy at work in the previous month, according to a recent National Sleep Foundation survey.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released an updated and improved version of the Surgeon General's Internet-based family health history tool. The new tool makes it easier for consumers to assemble and share family health history information and helps practitioners make better use of health history information.
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Home health agencies will not receive a payment update in fiscal year 2010, according to payment recommendations submitted to Congress by MedPAC.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medical Adult Day Services Demonstration began in August 2006 and will end July 2009. There is no set date for the final report, but CMS is required to submit the report and recommendations to Congress within eight months of the end of the project, according to a CMS representative. If approved, implementation will begin March 2010.
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No one was surprised at the amount of public and referral source education needed to get the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Medical Adult Day Services Demonstration off the ground, but there were a few unanticipated challenges faced as home health agencies have recruited patients for the project during the past 2 years.
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Cost considerations may stymie an effort to make sure that all hospital employees are immune to measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR).
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Influenza virus particles remain suspended in the air, which suggests that the virus may be transmitted by an airborne route.
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A cardiothoracic surgeon in Israel specializing in open-heart procedures was found to be HIV-positive in January 2007 during evaluation for fever of recent onset, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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If your hospital administrators think that outsourcing employee health would be cheaper than paying your salary (plus that of a few others), show them the numbers. An in-house program is a much better value than paying the marked-up cost of consultants.
