Articles Tagged With: Planning
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Building or Remodeling an ASC
Assuming the owner has conducted a financial feasibility analysis and the numbers work, the following are important considerations when building a new center or remodeling/expanding an existing facility.
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Best Practices for Handling Adverse Events
Mistakes and near-miss errors occur in every healthcare setting. With proper planning, surgery professionals can minimize adverse events and react appropriately if they do occur to prevent the situation from spiraling out of control.
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Study: Contraception Program for Incarcerated Women Can Prevent Pregnancies
An estimated 5% of women in jails are pregnant, and human rights groups and researchers have collected evidence that these women often receive poor care and are neglected. One solution is to provide contraceptive care to incarcerated women who would like to avoid pregnancy.
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Spacing Childbirth Is Better for Women’s and Children’s Health
Women’s health benefits from waiting at least two years after a live birth before the next pregnancy. The results of a recent study reveal that women are more likely to space out childbearing after participating in a two-year intervention that includes providing women with access to family planning counselors, free transportation to a high-quality family planning clinic, referrals for services, consultations, and financial reimbursement for family planning services.
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Family Planning Centers Prepare for Fall as COVID-19 Pandemic Continues
Women across the United States will not lose access to contraception, thanks to family planning providers working to prepare for a fall with both flu and COVID-19. Providers and leaders describe their work in this Q&A.
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Premises Liability or Malpractice Claims — Either Way, ED Falls Pose Risks
A nurse-managed, individually tailored falls prevention plan administered for at least 20 months did not significantly reduce risk of serious fall injuries in older adults at high risk for falls, according to the results a recent study.
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Engaging Young Males in Family Planning Settings
By the time most American adolescents reach the age of 13 they stop seeing a pediatrician. Young females most often transition seamlessly to a provider for gynecologic and contraceptive needs that connects them, even if loosely, to providers who can flag health issues beyond gynecological needs. However, young males often do not have a regular healthcare provider who serves as a gatekeeper for their ongoing health needs.
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Moving into Flu Season, Align Plans with COVID-19 Contingencies
A summary of how to keep employees and patients safe moving into the fall.
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Reproductive Health Advocates Push Back Against Proposed Title X Plans
On March 4, the Trump administration published a final regulation that is a new version of the Reagan administration’s “domestic gag rule.” With the rule’s publication in the Federal Register, a 60-day clock is ticking until provisions of the rule start going into effect.
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Trump Administration Revives Title X ‘Domestic Gag Rule’
The administration published a series of proposed changes that would alter the services and providers that could be supported by Title X.