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There might be pressure to return an injured employee to work as soon as possible by management, human resources, or supervisors. However, returning someone to work too soon can put the employee at risk, warns Mary D.C. Garison, RN, COHN-S, CCM, COHC, FAAOHN, an Angleton, TX-based occupational health nurse.
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As the baby boomers reach retirement age, the senior population in this country is growing by leaps and bounds.
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Just six months after Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA, began its Geriatric Fracture Care Program, the average length of stay (LOS) for seniors having orthopedic surgery for fractures dropped from 7.2 days to 5.1 days.
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At Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia, case managers work closely by telephone with Medicare Advantage members with chronic conditions that put them at risk for rehospitalization, which helps them transition from the hospital to the community and ensures that their needs are met after discharge.
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Social media is opening up new avenues for delivering health and safety information. Employee health professionals can download training videos from YouTube, track occupational health news or research on a blog or Twitter, and even communicate with their own employees through social networking sites.
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A major vein was torn during a Whipple procedure at a hospital that performs the procedure a few times a year, according to a case reported on The Law Med Blog.
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Several incidents of infection control breaches have been reported in recent months among ambulatory surgery providers:
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(Editor's note: This issue includes the second part of a two-part series on how a hospital addressed a wrong-site surgery. Last month, we looked at the details of the event and how the facility responded. This month, we look at what specific changes were made and how the top leader started networking with other CEOs on safety issue.)
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To improve patient safety by encouraging providers to speak up about their concerns, managers should focus on the influences that have the strongest effect on behavior, suggest the authors of The Silent Treatment, a report released by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, and VitalSmarts, a training company in Provo, UT.
