Rounds With Relias

In recent years, there have been numerous cases of inappropriate social media use by nurses. Some cases have involved unprofessional and even racist comments about patients, and in other cases, nurses have posted pictures and information that result in HIPAA violations. Common sense may help many nurses avoid such issues, but for some social media users, there sometimes appears to be a false sense of privacy and a belief that work-related posts will be harmless, when the opposite may be the case. In this episode, Georgia Reiner, risk specialist for the Nurses Service Organization in the healthcare division of Aon Affinity insurance services, offers advice to nurses and risk managers seeking to avoid the problems that can arise from social media missteps.

Recent reports on physician burnout have prompted concerns about increased risk of physician suicide and depression, medical errors, and negative physician-patient interactions. The medical profession seems to be rushing to find solutions to the problem, but the problem may not be well-defined. Today’s guest, Thomas Schwenk, MD, dean of the University of Nevada, Reno, School of Medicine, says that without a better understanding of physician burnout and its causes, efforts to improve the current system are likely to fall short.

Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare disease that can cause severe weakness or paralysis, slurred speech, and facial droop, among other complications. And more than 90% of cases involve children. In this episode, Olwen Murphy, MB, BCH, MRCP, discusses what medical scientists know – and don’t know – about this perplexing neurologic illness.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 140,000 people die annually from stroke. Also, there are hundreds of thousands of stroke-related hospitalizations each year, which impose significant costs on patients and healthcare systems. Fortunately, says guest Matthew E. Fink, MD, Louis and Gertrude Feil Professor of Clinical Neurology and chairman of the department of neurology at Weill Cornell Medical College, roughly 80% of strokes can be prevented. Providers can play a key role in the prevention effort. They also can work to stay up-to-date on the latest medical science, which will help them provide better treatment for stroke victims and avoid malpractice liability.

Join us for this episode of Rounds with Relias to learn more about how to prevent burnout and empower providers treating patients with opioid use disorder. Learn from Dr. Carol Clayton, Chief Translational Neuroscientist at Relias, how leaders in the field are working to combat the opioid crisis in the United States - and what you can do to help them.

Although healthcare system mergers can improve standardization of care, they also carry risks as physicians try to navigate new administrative expectations. Because of the inherent challenges, guest Susan Haas, MD, MSc, of Ariadne Labs advises focusing on patient safety at the start of consolidation planning.

Learn more about how assessments can be useful in healthcare outside of the hiring process, and learn about the best practices for doing so in onboarding, promotions, and professional development. Join Justin Hess, M.S., and Leslie Jeffries, MSN, BSN, RN, in the final installment of our mini-series on Hiring Unicorns in Healthcare .

Pediatric emergency care holds many lessons when it comes to risk management. Communicating effectively with children’s families and staying up-to-date on the latest medical science are just some of the duties of practitioners seeking to provide quality care and limit malpractice liability. In this episode, Ann Dietrich, MD, FAAP, FACEP, pediatric emergency medicine expert and professor at Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine, offers valuable tips gleaned from her more than thirty years of practice.

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The number of patients seeking psychiatric emergency care has dramatically increased in recent years. But too often, emergency departments are not fully equipped to provide timely care to such patients. In these cases, hospitals waste resources and can encounter legal and regulatory problems. In this episode, Scott Zeller, MD, vice president for acute psychiatry at Vituity and renowned psychiatric emergency expert, makes the medical, financial, and ethical case for why hospitals should act now to improve their management of psychiatric emergencies.

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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tickborne diseases more than doubled from 2004 to 2016. And new evidence shows that Lyme disease, the most common tickborne disease, is spreading at alarming rates. In this episode, Dr. James Bohan, associate program director of the emergency department at Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, NY, discusses this public health threat and analyzes current prevention measures and treatments. Dr. Bohan recently authored an article on tickborne illnesses that is featured in the September 1, 2018, issue of Emergency Medicine Reports, a Relias Media publication. That article is available online at: https://www.reliasmedia.com/articles/143215-tickborne-illnesses.

Nurse turnover is a sometimes daunting challenge for healthcare leaders. Creating an environment that will entice nurses to stay in the field is important for the health of your organization and your patients. Jen McCraw, RN, MSN, MBA, and Kim Froehlich, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, share their thoughts on what contributes to nurse turnover and how developing nurse leaders can increase retention.

Candida auris is a multidrug-resistant yeast that recently has emerged in countries around the world. In the U.S., it has spread to 11 states. C. auris can cause life-threatening bloodstream infections and has proven to be especially problematic for frail hospital and nursing home patients. In this episode, Dr. Snigdha Vallabhaneni, a medical epidemiologist in the mycotic diseases branch at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), discusses C. auris and offers advice to healthcare professionals seeking to minimize the risk of it spreading in their facilities. For more information, please visit the CDC’s website at: https://www.cdc.gov/fungal/candida-auris/health-professionals.html.

As America’s opioid crisis has intensified in recent years, stories of opioid diversion by healthcare workers have become increasingly common. Such drug tampering can cause infectious diseases to spread to patients. It also can cause public relations nightmares for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. In this episode, Kimberly New, JD, BSN, RN, executive director of the International Health Facility Diversion Association, provides healthcare leaders with practical advice they can use to reduce drug diversion and protect patients.

Legionella are bacteria found in water that can cause Legionnaires’ disease, a life-threatening form of pneumonia. In recent years, some of the deadliest Legionnaires’ outbreaks have occurred in healthcare facilities. In this episode, Dr. Janet Stout, Legionella expert and president of Special Pathogens Laboratory, describes the scope of the problem and offers advice to healthcare leaders. This is the first in a series of episodes on infection control and prevention in healthcare.