Integrate Youth Violence Prevention into Busy ED Workflow

There is an opportunity to intervene with young patients when they present to the ED for treatment of violence-related injuries. However, much less is known about how facilities can effectively seize this opportunity, considering the often-frantic pace of a busy department.

Unexpected Gaps in Opioid Overdose Treatments

Patients presenting to EDs for opioid overdose should go home with a naloxone prescription or a naloxone take-home kit. Alternatively, these patients could start buprenorphine when it is clinically feasible, or they could be connected directly to outpatient treatment for opioid use disorder.

AAP Recommends Routine HIV Screening, Prevention for All Teens, At-Risk Youth

The organization advises pediatricians to create safe spaces that allow frank discussions of sensitive topics.

Defuse Tensions and Protect Healthcare Workers with a Mix of Unique Tactics

The focus should be on de-escalating situations before they spiral out of control.

TJC’s Revised Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements Take Effect

The revised standards address data collection and analysis, leadership oversight, training, and post-incident procedures. Recognizing incidents of workplace violence are underreported in healthcare, The Joint Commission created a comprehensive definition of workplace violence that should be incorporated into an organization’s policies and procedures.

Creating Robust Solutions to Prevent Workplace Violence

Changing the way ordinary people think about how they interact with healthcare, how providers are there to help, not to be a subject of abuse, harassment, or violence, is vital.

Atogepant Tablets (Qulipta)

Atogepant can be prescribed to prevent episodic migraine in adults.

U.S. Advocacy Groups Declare National Emergency on Children’s Mental Health

Health professionals call on policymakers to address regulatory, financial, and technological challenges.

USPSTF Recommends Against Using Aspirin as a Heart Attack Prevention Tool

Instead of protecting against various cardiovascular ailments, the drug might cause more harm than good in otherwise healthy older patients.

Emerging Options for Malaria Prevention

New data suggest that combining vaccination with chemoprophylaxis is better than either intervention alone, and a small pilot study suggests that a monoclonal antibody infusion is effective in preventing malaria infections.

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