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CMS Releases Long-term Care Hospital Final Rule for FY 2021
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services yesterday issued its final rule for the inpatient and long-term care hospital prospective payment systems for fiscal year 2021.
Few hospital personnel with antibodies tested positive for COVID-19
A high proportion of COVID-19 infections among U.S. health care personnel appear to go undetected. According to the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), 1 in 20 health care workers sampled in 12 states tested positive for antibodies for COVID-19, and 69% of those with antibodies had never been diagnosed with the disease.
Study finds overprescribing of antibiotics to COVID-19 patients
More than half of Michigan patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 received antibiotics, even though fewer than 4% of those patients had bacterial infections. The findings, published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, were based on data from a random sample of 1,705 patients receiving care at 38 Michigan hospitals from mid-March to mid-June.
Webinar: Interventions to prevent falls, reinforce healthy aging
To reduce risk of falls, advocates for the Hendrich II Fall Risk Model say more nursing time should be spent on the underlying causes of the factors that put patients at risk.
Webinars address resilience in response to crisis, anxiety and depression
Two Sept. 9 webinars, Road to Resilience and Psychological Safety and Building Strength in Teams, will address ways health care systems can address the needs of patients and staff in times of crisis.
Calif. passes law mandating PPE supply levels
Last week, California passed the nation's first law (AB-2537) requiring health care facilities to maintain a 45-day supply of personal protective equipment (PPE). The union-backed bill requires employers to provide health care workers with unexpired PPE upon request.
Harris Poll: Americans trust clinicians, hospitals on COVID-19 vaccines
When it comes to providing accurate information about COVID-19 vaccines in development, respondents to an August Harris Poll ranked nurses and physicians above other information sources, with 88% saying they are “somewhat” or “very” trustworthy.
Joint Commission supports family presence despite adverse conditions
This week’s issue of Joint Commission Online included a summary of eight guidelines to assist organizations in preserving the presence of family members in health care settings despite the presence of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.
Webinar: Data Hacking: Keeping Your Pharma Benefit Spend Under Control
[WEBINAR] Americans pour billions into the pharmaceutical industry, with self-insured employers covering the majority of drug costs for their employees. However, with pharmacy reaching as much as 30% of benefit cost, HR professionals urgently need to know how to hack into the data they already get from their pharmacy benefit management to find as much as 46% savings for their company and their employees. This webinar will help HR professionals unlock the strategies that can finally get pharmacy benefit cost back under control.
Nurse ethicists propose strategies to support clinicians
In this month’s Nursing Outlook, three nurse ethicists argue for substantive reform of institutional processes and systems to avert the physical, emotional and moral stresses nurses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic.