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Featured Story | | | NIOSH Looks at Homecare Worker Injuries | | Over a five-year period (2015 to 2020), 117,000 homecare workers were treated in emergency departments for work-related injuries, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced February 6 in the latest edition of its eNews publication. The recently completed research found that nearly all injured workers (93%) were female. |
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News & Analysis | | | Boost Communication to Improve Hospital Patient Throughput | | Hospital patient throughput is a key metric for hospitals. Weak throughput can lead to boarding in emergency departments and patient safety concerns such as hospital-acquired infections when patient lengths of stay are extended beyond medical necessity. |
| Congress Eyes Expansion of Hospital at Home Care Model | | The At Home Observation and Medical Evaluation (HOME) Services Act, if passed, would give the strategy some life beyond the planned December 31, 2024 expiration date for the Medicare waiver that supports the program. |
Upcoming webinar Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Warning Signs and Practical Solutions | | In this Feb. 29 webinar, Hector Alvarez, MSPSY, CTM, president of Alvarez Associates, will discuss the issues that healthcare facilities must address to keep patients and staff safe from violence. In addition, he’ll explain how California’s new workplace violence prevention law could prove influential if other states follow suit. |
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