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CHWs Embedded in the Hospital and Clinic Support Patients in the Community
After a randomized trial showed that patients receiving interventions from a community health worker had improved outcomes, Penn Medicine expanded the program and now 30 community health workers are embedded on teams in hospitals and primary care clinics.
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No Degree? No Problem: CHWs Need the Ability to Connect With People
When it comes to being a successful community health worker, academic background takes a backseat to life experiences and characteristics like compassion, reliability, and the ability to connect with people, experts say.
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Successful CHW Programs Are Complex and Require Meticulous Planning
Successful community health worker programs don’t just happen by magic: Providers have to plan the initiative carefully and be clear about the roles and responsibilities.
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Who Are Community Health Workers?
If your hospital doesn’t have its own community-based workers to support at-risk patients, you should research the providers in the community and what services they can offer.
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Your New Best Friend May Be a Community Health Worker
Community health workers, lay people who live in the community they serve and understand the challenges of the people who live there, can teach at-risk patients how to navigate the healthcare system, help them obtain community services, and support them in overcoming obstacles to care.
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Ebola Outbreak Ends; Lessons of 2014 Resonate
The WHO declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus on July 2, 2017, saying two 21-day incubation cycles had passed since the last confirmed case in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There were eight cases, four of whom died.
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Why Antibiotic Stewardship Teams Need IPs
Patti Kieffer, BSN, RN, CIC, FAPIC, infection prevention consultant at BJC HealthCare in St. Louis, had a much different talk in mind when she originally thought of addressing her IP colleagues on the antibiotic stewardship.
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Waterborne Outbreaks Go Beyond Legionella
Legionella is not the only bug in hospital water capable of threatening patients with deadly infections. Hospital Infection Control & Prevention recently talked to two investigators in the CDC’s vaunted Epidemic Intelligence Service. Investigating two separate waterborne outbreaks, these medical detectives offered some sage advice in the form of an observation and a caveat.
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APIC 2017: Amid Change, Hold to Core Values
Amid rapid change and new challenges, it is critical for infection preventionists to preserve their core values, including protecting patients and families, APIC President Linda Greene, RN, MPS, CIC, FAPIC, said recently in Portland at the annual conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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Implementing the CDC Water Management Program
With the recent CMS action1 to begin enforcing Legionella controls in hospitals, infection preventionists can find a wealth of compliance resources in a newly updated CDC Water Management toolkit.2