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Illegal immigration and health care have been mentioned a great deal in the news recently, and the issue has Nebraska's lawmakers at odds. Some conservatives are supporting a plan to offer state aid to pregnant women in the United States illegally.
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Is a doctor's spirituality an obstacle or a benefit in the clinic? Does religious affiliation affect medical decision making? Can a spiritual calling protect doctors against career burnout?
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As it stands now, only hospital patients discharged to a home setting complete the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey - not patients who are discharged to a nursing home or rehab, or family members of patients who died in the hospital.
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Options for a cataract patient might include a monofocal lens that will require the use of glasses, or a multifocal intraocular lens that might not, but carries the risk of side effects such as glares and halos.
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[Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series on issues surrounding social media and ambulatory surgery. In this issue, we discuss one facility's nightmare when a temp employee posted patient information on Facebook. We discuss legal issues and employee training. In last month's issue, we gave you some horror stories and told you how to avoid them. We also told you how to be proactive about your online presence, as well as how to develop a social media policy.]
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Survey results released by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS) in Alexandria, VA, showed more patients sought out social networking sites for advice and information on facial plastic surgery before choosing a procedure in 2011 than in 2010. In comparison, the percentage of patients obtaining information from friends declined between 2010 and 2011.
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Way back when, most people had a porch light on their house. It was what we all did. Last night when walking my foo-foo dogs, I noticed that most people don't have their porch light on. I looked behind me at my house, and it was ablaze in petro-sucking electricity. I could hear the electric meter spinning from down the block.
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Peer pressure. The problem isn't limited to middle and high schools across America. In fact, the problem has infiltrated outpatient surgery programs across the country as surgeons and other staff members pressure the central sterile supply (CSS) technicians to sterilize instruments quickly.
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The Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is focusing on unsafe injection practices, and it points out that according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), these practices have caused more than 50 outbreaks of bloodborne diseases in the past 10 years.1 More than 600 patients were infected, according to the CDC.
