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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.
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There's a reason the night shift is dubbed "the graveyard shift." Working overnight has been linked to a greater risk of cancer, heart disease, depression, and automobile accidents. That is why Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City, NC, has focused wellness efforts on this often-forgotten group of employees.
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Exposure to cleaning products, solvents, and disinfectants continues to place nurses at risk for occupational asthma.
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Hospitals struggling to decrease their rates of health care-associated infections such as Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) may want to consider a new strategy: Hiring more staff.
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One hundred percent of scheduled cases authorized - that is the goal set by Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital's financial access unit.
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This is the second of a two-part series on use of performance indicators in patient access. This month, we tell you how to use these data as tools to motivate staff. Last month, we covered ways to develop the most effective scorecards.
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"Staff morale is always an issue for hospital access professionals," says Kathy Matthews, director of admitting and ED registration at Long Island College Hospital of Brooklyn (NY). For this reason, Matthews says she takes great pains to "let staff know what they're doing right."
