The Big Lots Behavioral Health Pavilion at Nationwide Children’s Hospital of Columbus, Ohio, faces $18,080 in Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fines for workplace violence hazards, the agency announced May 25. The hospital failed to protect employees, including nurses and...
Pete began his shift in the hematology department. He liked to use the counter-mounted safety shield when opening specimens because he didn’t like to wear goggles over his eyeglasses. When it was time to read differential slides, he knew he couldn’t look into the microscope with his glasses on,...
If you have seen accrediting organizations get tougher in the last few years on physical environment deficiencies, be forewarned: It’s likely to get worse.
As I think has been established, when it comes to the vehicle of compliance (particularly as a function of sustainability), the color palette is very much an infinite set of shady grayness.
Discrimination, misinformation, and a lack of healthcare access still pose dangers to the LGBTQ+ patient population—and healthcare providers have a duty to respond. Here are some resources for healthcare providers to better help their LGBTQ+ patients.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (the “Court”) affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a physician’s claim of age discrimination against the health system in which he was employed. The Court found that the physician was unable to show that the health system’s complaints...
When reading a medical study, providers should focus more on the suggestions and solutions it offers—not just shocking or dramatic statistics, says Brad Truax, MD, a board-certified physician in neurology and internal medicine with over 20 years of experience in medical...
Hospitals are turning to technology to get a good look at how their operating rooms, well … operate. And the results are not only improving OR efficiency but boosting clinical outcomes as well.
