God vs. Medicine: How patient beliefs affect treatment
Filed under: Communication, Ethics, Hospital Management, Patient/Client Communication, Special Report
Knowing how a patient votes and where — or if — they go to church could give you as much diagnostic information as their age, gender and prior medical history, recent research shows. Read more
Hospital fires 9 who refuse H1N1 shot for religious reasons
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Few hospitals have gone as far as The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in requiring staffers to get the H1N1 flu vaccine. Read more
Confirmed: Flu moving faster than vaccine, but patients are still calling…
Filed under: Health care/Treatment trends, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management
Whatever the feds’ projections indicate, local health authorities are saying loud and clear: H1N1 vaccine supplies are being distributed too slowly to stay ahead of the flu. Read more
Half of staffers will refuse H1N1 vaccine
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Practice Management
New surveys indicate that up to half of health care workers plan to refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — a step that could have huge repercussions for your own facility and the general public. 
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Half of your staffers will refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — how to handle it
Filed under: Ethics, Healthcare Human Resources and Staffing News, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Practice Management, Special Report
New surveys indicate that up to half of health care workers plan to refuse the H1N1 flu vaccine — a step that could have huge repercussions for your own facility and the general public. Read more
‘I heard the flu has a 90% death rate!’ Easing patient panic
Filed under: Communication, Hospital Management, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Patient/Client Communication, Practice Management
Health care organizations are walking a fine line between dampening media-induced panic and making sure patients understand the real risks of the H1N1 flu. Read more
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse
Reducing costs is at the top of all health executives’ minds — more so now than ever before since hospitals are facing a possible 1% Medicare pay cut for high readmission rates starting in October. So where do you begin?
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Pivotal care that drastically cuts emergency room overuse