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To make a go of it as an independent practitioner, case managers must have a strong desire to do the job, know the rules and regulations involved in their profession, stand firm and resist the pressure to veer from doing things the right way, says Brenda Keeling, RN, CPHQ, CCM, president of Patient Response, Inc., a Durant, OK, healthcare consulting firm specializing in regulations and compliance.
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While the 12-hour work day has become the norm for nurses, there is new evidence that such longer shifts are not necessarily a good idea, especially when nurses work several consecutive days involving 12-hour shifts, or they are required to put in excessive amounts of overtime.
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Nancy Polites, LCSW, C-ASWCM, worked as a social worker for a home health agency, a hospital, and a hospice service before starting Elder Care Service, a case management service for seniors in 2007 with a colleague while she was living in California.
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Outcomes-based incentives for employer-sponsored workplace wellness programs are expected to become more common as a result of provisions in the Affordable Care Act that encourage their use, but some employers aren't waiting.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Safe Injection Practices Coalition have released new materials to make it easier for clinicians and others working in healthcare to learn and train others about following safe injection practices.
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More than 30% of Pennsylvania healthcare facilities have successfully implemented 21 potential recommendations for preventing wrong-site surgery, according to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority (PPSA). Such efforts go a low way toward avoiding potentially costly lawsuits.
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Are you performing unnecessary preoperative tests? If so, you're wasting expensive staff time required to conduct them and analyze them, as well as supplies needed to conduct them. In addition, you're experiencing potentially unnecessary surgical delays due to false positives.
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A new tool that calculates the financial and environmental impact of reprocessing is available from Phoenix, AZ-based Ascent, a division of Stryker Corp.
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Would you like to realize dramatic cost savings, including cutting your interest rates in half? Meet with your bank once a year, suggests Joan Shearer, CASC, administrator of Lawrence (KS) Surgery Center.
