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MCat: Medicine
Cat: Nursing

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Employee Health / Occupational Health

Index of medical illnesses, conditions & symptoms. ACOEM workplace guidelines. Indoor air pollution and radon guides. State of California medical guidelines and advisory protocols for occupational medicine. ADA enforcement guidance on pre-employment medical examinations. OSHA medical surveillance requirements. OSHA regulated substances medical tests. Guidelines for OEM professionals to establish an effective employee health program. Medical management of laser injuries & radiation accidents.


Health Cost Management / Medical Coding

Calculators, manuals related to DRG, APG & ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM coding. Index of diagnosis related groups. International classification of diseases ICD-9 code query system.


Health Cost Management / Practice Management

Online tutorials for healthcare professionals on how to manage managed care. Examples: Guidance on how a physician can avoid being deselected from health plans. Physician profiling and how it can affect a physician's practice. Expediting MCO Payments. Understanding capitation contracts and stop loss. Full text of the fill-in-the-blanks AMA Model Managed Care Medical Services Agreement. Sample managed care contract. Capitation contracts.


Updated Workplace Safety / Needlesticks

Needlestick safety devices, safety training. Resource materials related to needlestick injury prevention, safety statistics. State laws, federal legislation on needle safety.


Updated Workplace Safety / Patient Safety

Guidance regarding patient safety. JCAHO Sentinel Events. Medication Error Prevention Programs. Medical Error Reporting.


The HR Library

Associations / Nursing Associations

Professional nursing organizations.


Occupational Health / Occupational Medicine

Guidelines for OEM professionals to establish an effective employee health program. Medical management of laser injuries & radiation accidents. Index of medical illnesses, conditions & symptoms. ACOEM workplace guidelines. Indoor air pollution and radon guides. State of California medical guidelines and advisory protocols for occupational medicine. ADA enforcement guidance on pre-employment medical examinations. OSHA medical surveillance requirements.


Periodicals / Nursing News

Newsletters, journals, magazines, reports, news of interest to professionals in nursing.


The Safety Library

Associations / Nursing Associations

Professional nursing organizations.


Updated Health Care Safety / Infection Control

Guides and information on infection control. Tutorial on drug-resistant organisms. Issues and recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Recommendations for isolation practices and infection control in hospitals. Guidelines for controlling the risk of VRE infection and colonization. Emerging pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms. Laundry guidelines. Needle sticks.


Updated Health Care Safety / Needlestick Injuries

Resource materials related to needlestick injury prevention, safety statistics, state laws, federal legislation, safety devices, safety training, etc.


Updated Health Care Safety / Patient Safety

JCAHO Sentinel Events. Medication Error Prevention Programs. Medical Error Reporting. Guidance regarding patient safety.


Occupational Medicine / Code Sets

Index of diagnosis related groups. International classification of diseases ICD-9 code query system. Calculators, manuals related to DRG, APG & ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM coding.


Occupational Medicine / Nursing

Managed care in nursing. Continuing education - online courses. AAOHN certification. Fundamentals of Nursing Guide. Certified Registered Nurse Intravenous (CRNI).


Occupational Medicine / Occupational Health

Guidelines for OEM professionals to establish an effective employee health program. Medical management of laser injuries & radiation accidents. Index of medical illnesses, conditions & symptoms. ACOEM workplace guidelines. Indoor air pollution and radon guides. State of California medical guidelines and advisory protocols for occupational medicine. ADA enforcement guidance on pre-employment medical examinations. OSHA medical surveillance requirements.


Publications / Nursing News

Newsletters, journals, magazines, reports, news of interest to professionals in nursing.


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