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Get the flu vaccine or wear a mask during flu season. That ultimatum is becoming increasingly commonplace in the nations hospitals.
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Make changes to help HCWs of all ages.
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Too many hospital employees are missing in action. Health care workers have among the highest rates of family and medical leave.
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An aide in a state-run nursing home is more likely to be injured than a police officer. More work-related injuries and illnesses occurred in the nations hospitals than in any other industry in 2011.
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Doctors are prescribing more and more narcotics to injured workers every year. Oxycontin, an opioid associated with prescription drug abuse, is the most commonly prescribed medication in workers compensation claims.
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When a 37-year-old pregnant woman presented to an ED with right upper quadrant pain, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, communication between the emergency physician (EP) and the patients obstetrician became a key issue in the ensuing malpractice litigation.
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In the course of medical malpractice litigation, the plaintiff attorney claimed the emergency physician (EP) didnt see a patient with respiratory failure until 15 minutes after arrival. This was what the electronic medical records (EMR) time stamp showed, but it wasnt the case.
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After a 50-year-old man told an emergency physician (EP) that he thought his upper back pain was a result of using a pull crank to start his mower, the EP did a brief musculo-skeletal history and physical exam focused on the patients back pain, and discharged him with anti-inflammatory medication.
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