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AHA Financial Solutions Inc., a subsidiary of the American Hospital Association in Chicago, is offering a new ergonomics consultation program. Diligent, which is associated with the Arjo Corp. ergonomic equipment company, will provide ongoing consultation, employee training, implementation of equipment, and measurement of progress. The Diligent Ergonomic Risk Management Program provides a guarantee of a 60% reduction in transfer-related injuries for three years.
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The first stage of smallpox vaccination has begun, even before the doses are released or a final plan formulated. Across the country, hospitals are educating health care workers about smallpox and the vaccinia vaccine.
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Amid a nationwide decline in tuberculosis cases and opposition to new rules on skin testing and respirator fit-testing, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is prepared to withdraw its proposed tuberculosis standard.
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Stop trying to get health care workers to wash their hands.
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Janine Jagger, PhD, MPH, whose research and advocacy brought attention to the preventable hazards posed by needle devices, has received a MacArthur Foundation award, which provides an unrestricted award of $100,000 for five years. Jagger, who is director of the International Health Care Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center in Charlottesville, says she plans to use the funds to expand the centers work in developing countries.
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The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recently approved a plan that calls for smallpox immunization of 510,000 health care workers.
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Too often, a physicians charts will stop at the word hypertension, leaving the details for coders to obtain through careful detective work.
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Imagine daring to take a look at your hospitals dungeon where a decade or more of medical records are stored and then deciding to clean up the mess as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible.
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It doesnt matter whether a natural disaster, an accreditation survey, or simply the growing avalanche of files prompt a hospitals HIM department to plan a major clean-up of medical records, because there are certain strategies that can make this job easier and more efficient.
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Many G codes are outdated and overlap other coding sets, and coding for evaluation and management (E/M) services needs to be standardized once and for all, according to the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) of Chicago.
