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Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island's case management department consistently scores in the 90th percentile on satisfaction surveys sent to members who have completed a case management program.
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Below are some of the proposed additions to The Joint Commission's National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) for 2009, with challenges outlined for each:
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Your employees have devoted their lives to caring for others, but unfortunately, they often aren't very good at taking care of their own health. They may be sedentary, or obese, or they have undiagnosed hypertension or high cholesterol. Those health risk factors equate to rising medical costs and a greater risk of injury.
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Survey your employees about their health status, and the results you find may be eye-opening. Sutter Health, a Sacramento, CA-based health system, discovered that 30% of its employees were obese and an equal number were overweight.
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Fit-testing of N95 filtering facepiece respirators could become significantly quicker under a new protocol proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
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Nurses won the final round of litigation over the mandatory flu vaccination program at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. They cannot be required to have the vaccine as a condition of employment.
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Obtaining source patient consent for HIV testing after a bloodborne pathogen exposure may slowly be getting easier.
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Dishes are churning in the dishwasher, metal utensils are clanging against pots, the radio is blaring, and someone is running the blender and an electric can opener. The noises in a hospital kitchen can be a cacophony as loud as a rock concert. But do they add up to an occupational hazard?
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The Joint Commission has broadly expanded its emphasis on infection prevention in proposed 2009 patient safety goals that recommend specific strategies to fight a veritable "murderers' row" of health care-associated infections (HAIs).
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The Joint Commission's proposed 2009 National Patient Safety Goals include the following new emphasis on infection prevention:
