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NEW CE: Inpatient Transfers

NHA Now

While performing patient transfers, patient care technicians are at high risk of these types of injuries. Safe movement bolsters patients’ health and is required for the completion of many personal care tasks, diagnostic testing, and medical procedures. Patients are also at risk for falls and injuries as you assist them.

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Nurse Allegedly Refused to Send an Ambulance for Migrant Child Who Died in Custody

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The family was being held there after Reyes Alvarez tested positive for the flu. He said the agency has launched a review of cases involving medically vulnerable migrant children in detention to make sure they were properly transferred out of CBP custody.

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Babies with the DNA of Three Different People Born in the U.K.

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Once the egg has been fertilized with sperm, it is transferred back into the womb of the mother. “All applications for treatment are assessed on an individual basis against the tests set out in the law and only after independent advice from experts. ” The post Babies with the DNA of Three Different People Born in the U.K.

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HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets Rules

The HIPAA Journal

The list of HIPAA transactions for which code sets apply are: Payment and Remittance Advice and Electronic Funds Transfer. Covered entities can test compliance with the HIPAA transactions and code sets rules and file complaints via CMS’ ASETT portal. Health Care Claims Status. Health Plan Eligibility Benefit Inquiry and Response.

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Money in Medical Education Makes Me Sad

Sensible Medicine

Examples: patients with new heart failure get coronary angiography; patients with chest pain without evidence of heart attack get stress tests; certain drugs and devices become favored over generics. Practice patterns. Ways of doing things. The curious thing about many therapeutic fashions is their lack of evidentiary support. Less money.

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The Importance of Data Analysis in Healthcare Administration – Part 1

Northwest Career College

buying more tests during the flu season) or providing training to staff (e.g., assessing outcomes related to ER transfer rates from urgent care and training team members to properly identify the scenarios which can be addressed through lower-cost approaches that do not require a hospital transfer).

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Connect Care Scheduled Downtime and Fall Upgrade - Thursday September 12, 2024, 00:30-04:30

Connect Care Bytes Blog

As the Regional Integration Engine will be down, resulting/messages from systems integrated with Connect Care such as WellSky (Transfusion Medicine) and AegisPOC (Point-of-Care Testing) will be queued and automatically update at the end of the outage.