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What Patient Access Must Know about Capitated Insurance Plans
A growing number of patients are presenting to registration areas with capitated insurance plans. These plans allow payment of a flat fee for each covered individual, regardless of how much care the individual receives.
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It’s Coming Soon: Drivers’ Licenses on Smartphones
In the near future, registration areas might identify patients using drivers' licenses — on smartphones. Iowa is piloting mobile drivers’ licenses, and states including Delaware, California, Arizona, and New Jersey are considering doing so.
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Admissions Gives Valuable Nonclinical Input
The Admission Department at Washington, DC-based Sibley Memorial is very involved in the hospital’s Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program, a patient safety-focused change model developed by The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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Want More Respect for Access? Get Involved in Safety Initiatives
A patient without ID presents for an outpatient test. He misquotes his DOB and uses a nickname instead of his real name at registration. Now what?
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New CDC Guidance Includes EH Program Elements, Pathogens
New infection control guidelines to protect healthcare workers will include the following overall program elements and specifically address the list of pathogens, according to the CDC.
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CDC Issuing New Infection Control Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
The CDC is updating its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, which was originally published in 1998 before a series of emerging pathogens posed occupational threats via SARS, H1N1 pandemic flu, MERS, Ebola, and Zika.
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Fatal Attraction: Why are Mosquitoes Drawn to Some People Over Others?
Those with type O blood, beer consumption, foot odor, and heavy breathing may be seen by a female mosquito as a dream date, according to the American Mosquito Control Association.
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NASA Forecasts Zika Mosquitoes in 50 Cities by Mid-July
NASA recently issued a modeling study that projects that prevalence of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes for 50 selected U.S. cities in 21 states for the upcoming summer months.
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Zika: New Test, but No Vaccine and Limited Treatment
More widespread testing for Zika virus is now available, as the FDA recently issued an Emergency Use Authorization for a Qualitative Real-Time RT-PCR test.
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Outdoor Health Workers at Risk for Zika
For employee health professionals who have outdoor workers at their facilities, these are the basic Zika protection measures recommended by OSHA and NIOSH.