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The violent attack on nurses at St. John’s Hospital in Maplewood, MN, was caught on surveillance video that soon was released to the public. The images are disturbing, particularly because the staff members are so defenseless against their attacker.
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Risk financing is critical to enterprise risk management, but many healthcare administrators, including risk managers, can get lost in the financial details and decisions to be made.
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The risk of alarm fatigue prompted clinicians at Cincinnati (OH) Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) to institute processes that reduced cardiac monitoring alarms by 80%. These are the processes implemented at the hospital:
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The aftermath of a needlestick is fraught with anxiety, but thanks to advances in HIV testing and treatment, health care workers can get swift and clear post-exposure guidance. A new drug regimen lowers the risk of contracting HIV, with fewer side effects.
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Hospital employee health directors often find it difficult to quantify a return on investment (ROI) for hospital leadership because much of their departments value cannot be measured.
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Occupational back injuries are an ongoing hazard in health care, particularly among nurses who have to move patients and perform other tasks that could cause injury.
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Hospitals have long been at the forefront of hiring salaried and hourly staff from other continents. This trend becomes more apparent during periods of nursing and physician labor shortages.
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Health care workers are more stressed than workers in any other industry, a recent survey found.
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A majority of U.S. hospitals has achieved the Healthy People 2020 goal of vaccinating at least 90% of their employees against influenza, but they have struggled to track the vaccinations of doctors, advanced practice nurses and physician assistants.
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Multidisciplinary rounds can be an invaluable tool for the hospital team, but only if they are well-organized and focused, experts say.