All about how to preserve health
Three basic principles is all it could take to reduce the incidence of MRSA in hospitals according to a new research by Cardiff University.Disinfectants are routinely used on hard surfaces in hospitals to kill bacteria, with antimicrobial containing wipes increasingly being employed for this purpose. Antimicrobial wipes were first introduced in 2005 in hospitals in Wales.
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Work-related RSI cases are at an all-time high and the cost to businesses is spiralling, as changing trends see professional staff working on the move more than ever before. Official research by Microsoft released today reveals Repetitive Strain Injury cases have soared by more than 30 per cent in the last year, costing businesses over £300 million in lost working hours*.
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Four Republican lawmakers on Monday in a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee criticized an amendment to a supplemental war appropriations bill (HR 2642) that would allow some physician-owned specialty hospitals to continue to participate in Medicare and Medicaid, CongressDaily reports (Edney, CongressDaily, 6/3).
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How can businesses retain employees’ capacity for work following sickness and disablement? Experts from throughout the world will address this question at the 4th International Forum on Disability Management (IFDM), which is to be held at the Berlin Congress Centre from 22 to 24 September 2008. The IFDM will be hosted by the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), together with the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
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The fastest growing group of people using emergency departments is middle-income patients with health insurance, rather than uninsured patients, Baltimore Sun reports. According to a recent
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The idea of replacing or changing a patient accounting solution is frightening. Hospitals can lose a lot of money if they are unable to get their bills out correctly and on time. Being unable to bill patients and insurance companies for several months could quite literally bankrupt a facility while trying to get a new vendor product working.
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Legislation that would promote the adoption and standardization of health information technology is “knotted up” in Congress over privacy issues, CQ Today reports (Wayne, CQ Today, 6/2). The bill (
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The conventional wisdom among scientists has long been that birds acquire the intestinal bacteria that are necessary for good health from their environment, but a new University of Georgia study finds that chickens are actually born with those bacteria.Lead author Adriana Pedroso said the finding, presented this week at the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting in Boston, could have important implications for the poultry industry and for food safety.
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People need an affordable healthcare system, security, energy, communications, mobility and a clean environment. The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has identified strategic research areas in which it is seeking answers to these challenges of the future. In focusing on twelve frontline themes, Fraunhofer is pointing out particularly effective courses of action.
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Some U.S. hospitals have begun “trying out a new tactic to recoup patients’ debts” — “auctioning the debt online” — a “move that consumer groups say could increase pressure on people with unpaid medical bills,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
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