Administration Documentation/Coding Infectious Diseases 
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
With the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) setting standards to protect workers from occupational hazards, healthcare organizations face unique challenges in maintaining compliance due to the complexity of their operations and the diverse array of risks inherent in patient care. This makes them vulnerable to infection.
PEMBlog
MARCH 4, 2025
Studies supporting antibiotic treatment of documented mycoplasma pneumoniae in children are limited. We also don’t know whether administration of antibiotics decreases the incidence or severity of associated mucocutaneous disease. There was publication bias, heterogeneity, and lack of blinding. I can’t bear it.
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American Medical Compliance
AUGUST 7, 2024
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) Adhering to OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) regulations is vital for ensuring safe and healthy working conditions for healthcare workers. For example, CMS requires accurate and timely documentation of patient care to ensure proper billing and reimbursement.
PulmCCM
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Fever in the ICU: Guideline Update The Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) issued an interim update to their 2008 recommendations for the management of fever in the ICU. You can read the document here. Read the original document here. What’s a Fever?
ACEP Now
OCTOBER 26, 2023
In this case, reasonable would mean that the person requesting PHI confirms that they are the patient’s clinician and that any transmitted documents will have secure receipt, e.g., to the department’s fax machine at the clerk’s desk, away from any general access. DR. TALAN is professor of emergency medicine and infectious diseases at UCLA.
EMDocs
NOVEMBER 16, 2024
Posterior – Shortened, adducted, internally rotated 5,6 Anterior – Shortened, abducted, externally rotated 5,6 As with all dislocations, perform and document distal neurovascular exam before and after management. 8 Perform and document distal neurovascular exam. 5 CT if concern for occult fracture.
RebelEM
MAY 15, 2024
Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. Early administration of antibiotics is the only factor known to reduce this mortality. Cohort Study of the Impact of Time to Antibiotic Administration on Mortality in Patients with Febrile Neutropenia. Coding for Mucositis.
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