Scrubs

MARCH 13, 2023

Around one third of nurses in the U.S. say they are thinking about leaving the profession due to staff shortages and low pay. But some providers who want out are waking up to a harsh reality. Jacqui Rum recently quit her job at Los Robles Regional Medical Center only to receive a bill for $2,000 from the facility a few months later. She was being charged for the training she received at the hospital during her employment.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 17, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. Of late, the healthcare industry is going through a tornado of technological revolution. Among them, the introduction of mental health practice software has taken over the healthcare industry by storm. A handful of practitioners have […] The article How Is Mental Health Practice Software Benefiting Practitioners?

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Health Populi

MARCH 17, 2023

The pandemic worsened food insecurity for many people in the U.S., putting more people at risk for not only hunger but for chronic diseases that can be managed with access to nutritious, fresh food. In Helping SNAP Consumers During Economic Headwinds from Numerator, we get a current read on food security, the SNAP program, and the challenges of chronic health management that are intimately tied.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 17, 2023

The annual recognition of Certified Nurses Day on March 19 honors the nurses who go the extra step to achieve certification in their specialties. But the day also helps raise awareness in the nursing community about the importance of certification and the benefits it brings to a nursing career. Certification is an excellent career advancing move; after all gaining more knowledge and skills in your nursing specialty is only going to help you be a better nurse.

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Scrubs

MARCH 16, 2023

Canada is experiencing a surge in demand for healthcare services and there’s not enough staff to go around. That has led to dramatic delays for patients seeking emergency care. A retired nurse experienced these delays firsthand in early February when she woke up feeling weak and believed she was having a heart attack. Sharon Chartier, a former RN in Saskatchewan, called 9-1-1 on Feb. 7 to request an ambulance but the dispatcher told her there were none available in her area. “I laid on the

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 15, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. MDaudit, an award-winning provider of technologies and analytics tools that enable premier healthcare organizations to retain revenue and reduce risk, announced today the retirement of its long-time president and CEO, Peter J. Butler, effective Mar. […] The article MDaudit President and CEO Peter Butler To Retire appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 15, 2023

March is National Kidney Month and Minority Nurse caught up with nephrology nurse Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN to find out what it’s like to be a nurse in this specialty. She is the national president-elect 2023-24 of the American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA). Please tell me about your role now and how your career brought you to this place.

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Scrubs

MARCH 13, 2023

Emily Moore, a hospice nurse in Chillicothe, Oklahoma, was out in the neighborhood completing some paperwork when she noticed a woman who looked oddly familiar. She thought about where she might’ve seen this woman before recognizing her from a local missing person’s case. The trouble started late last month when a car pulled into a gas station on U.S. 23.

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Electronic Health Reporter

MARCH 14, 2023

This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Illegal copying is prohibited. According to a report, about 50 million (20.4%) American adults had chronic pain, while 19.6 million (8%) experienced high-impact chronic pain. Sadly, researchers and doctors are discovering that painkillers, including over-the-counter medications and potent opioids, […] The article 5 Ways Pain Management Has Advanced with Technology appeared first on electronichealthreporter.com.

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Emerging RN Leader

MARCH 12, 2023

By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC One of the biggest challenges for new leaders is dealing with difficult staff members. Left unchecked, difficult staff can do an amygdala hijack of the team, causing everyone to go into stressful fight-or-flight responses. Consider the following story: A new manager has several RN team members who have worked […] The post Leading Difficult Staff appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

Occupational wellness is a key ingredient to a healthy, happy, and balanced life — no matter one’s line of work. When it comes to direct support professionals (DSPs) and other positions focused on care where burnout is prevalent, occupational wellness is even more important. Although achieving occupational wellness is often discussed from the perspective of the employee, there’s actually quite a bit that organizations can do to promote it.

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Scrubs

MARCH 17, 2023

Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, is using students to ease the ongoing worker shortage at all but three of its hospitals. The program, which has been around for thirty years, allows junior-level students to work alongside experienced nurses in various departments. But unlike an internship, they are being compensated for their time.

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Health Populi

MARCH 14, 2023

Ten years ago, ECRI named the top 10 health technology hazards for 2013: they were alarm hazards, medication administrative errors using infusion pumps, unnecessary exposure and radiation burns from diagnostic radiology procedures, patient/data mismatches in EHRs and other HIT systems, interoperability failures with medical devices and health IT systems, and five other tech-related hazards.

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Medical Gas Compliance

MARCH 13, 2023

What is a Medical Vacuum Pump? A medical vacuum pump system provides a safe, sufficient flow of gas or vacuum at the required pressure. While the Joint Commission (JC) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) keeps us on our toes with the current standards and recommendations they continually roll out, one thing has stayed consistent for healthcare facility managers looking to keep their patients safe: The need for quality suction equipment. specifically a medical vacuum system

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Top Practices

MARCH 16, 2023

Slowing down to speed up may seem counterintuitive, but it can actually be a very effective strategy for achieving success. When we're constantly rushing around, trying to get everything done as quickly as possible, we can become overwhelmed, stressed, and burnt out. This can lead to mistakes, missed opportunities, and a lack of progress towards our goals.

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Scrubs

MARCH 17, 2023

A nurse in New Zealand is out of a job for hugging one of his colleagues too tightly. He was discharged from Auckland City Hospital without conviction after accidentally making one of his coworkers uncomfortable. The incident occurred in February 2021. Seong Oh, 57, arrived at work and greeted one of the other nurses with a hug. He held on to the other nurse’s waist and brushed her cheek.

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Relias

MARCH 17, 2023

Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement , is the perfect time to review the Joint Commission’s National Patient Safety Goals. Each year, the Joint Commission issues a list of top national patient safety goals for healthcare settings, including hospitals, nursing care centers, behavioral health care and human services, ambulatory healthcare, home care, and more.

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Northwestern College

MARCH 15, 2023

If you enjoy working with older adults, a career in medical assisting might be a good fit for you. While medical assistants can work in all kinds of healthcare settings, […] The post Demand Growing for Medical Assistants in Elder Care appeared first on Northwestern College.

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Minority Nurse

MARCH 13, 2023

Patient safety depends on many preventative steps, and many of those steps must be followed meticulously. The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America collaborated with several organizations to address hand hygiene and infection control in the recently released Strategies to Prevent Healthcare-Associated Infections through Hand Hygiene: 2022 Update , one in a series of expert guidance documents known collectively as the Compendium.

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Scrubs

MARCH 16, 2023

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Wednesday that a federal grand jury has chosen to indict a home healthcare executive in Las Vegas for conspiring to fix the wages of nurses. According to the DOJ press release, Eduardo Lopez, was an executive at three different home health agencies, which provide various in-home services to patients all over the state.

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Relias

MARCH 13, 2023

In the healthcare industry, regulations and best practices are always changing. Regular compliance audits help organizations provide the most efficient, effective patient care. But they can also be a source of stress and frustration. In addition, failing an audit can lead to fines and other penalties. The best way to protect your organization is to monitor your compliance risks proactively.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2023

On February 27, 2023, a jury in Minnesota federal court rendered a verdict in favor of the United States and against a surgical product distributor following a False Claims Act jury trial that lasted six weeks. [1] The jury identified $43 million in Medicare payments flowing from 64,575 kickback-procured claims. Under the provisions of the False Claims Act, the judge may now treble that $43 million and also award the government a penalty of at least $5,500 for each of the 64,575 false claims.

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

Providers at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center in San Diego say their managers are putting patients and staff at risk by overcrowding facilities with gurneys because there aren’t enough beds to go around. The nurses are a part of the California Nurses Association, which represents 18,000 nurses who work in the University of California health system. The union alleges that management is keeping patients in hallways and other areas that aren’t meant for patient beds.

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Scrubs

MARCH 14, 2023

Prosecutors and medical boards all over the country are still searching for the thousands of individuals with fake nursing degrees as part of Operation Nightingale, which involved the selling of some 7,600 phony degrees from three now-closed nursing schools in Southern Florida. The FBI is working with local law enforcement to bring anyone with a fake degree to justice, while nursing board officials are trying to stop these individuals from practicing medicine.

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Scrubs

MARCH 14, 2023

There’s a new weight loss drug on the market that’s quickly surging in popularity. It’s called semaglutide and is sold under the brand names Ozempic, Wegovy, and Rybelsus. The drug is an antidiabetic medication that’s used as an appetite suppressant in individuals looking to lose weight. The FDA has approved semaglutide for once-daily use in those struggling with obesity.

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Scrubs

MARCH 17, 2023

Enormous advances in the treatment of cancer have been made in recent years. Oncologist Daniel Catenacci MD explains that the progress in oncology is due to translational medicine. What Is Translational Medicine? Translational medicine combines the skills and insights of laboratory researchers, pharmacologists, and physicians to bring advances in treatment to patients faster.

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Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

Four nurses who used to work for MCR Health, a non-profit facility in Bradenton, FL, are now out of a job, but they still don’t know why. Several former employees recently received letters of termination from the facility, but the notices didn’t list a reason for the firing. The hospital has yet to comment on how many people were fired or why, but several nurses say it could be up to 20 or more.

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