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10. 10 Things Your Hospital Won't Tell You - these are the typical hospital horror stories that are starting to get old. Why isn't there a list of 10 Things That Your Hospital Does that are amazing? Maybe the next best thing is some great hospital stories from patients.
9. Here are the Top 10 Trends in Healthcare, medicine, and pharmaceuticals whereby they say sleep is the new sex. Restless leg syndrome, depression, ambien CR, sleep centers. More sleep = more productivity
8. Here are the top 10 healthcare trends for physicians - a lot of emphasis on accessibility through more technology and more mobility. Five out the 10 are related to the internet.
7. How about the Top 10 Issues confronting hospital CEOs from ACHE. #1 $$$ of course. #2 - resurging back is physician/hospital challenges.
6. The Top 10 healthcare Trends for the 21st Century from the Institute of Global Futures Nothing you haven't heard before, but a good refresher list.
5. Top 10 Business Trends for the New Future from the Institute of Global Futures Even though this is a business list, it's surprising how many apply to hospitals - all of them.
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Top 10 Careers for the next 10 years - yup, you guessed it, 4 of which are healthcare
3. Top 10 most important trends in business Again, these are business trends (e.g. disruptive innovation, open-source business, innovation incubation), but they all apply to healthcare. For too long, hospitals operate as hospital-centered cultures, instead of patient-centered cultures.
2. FierceHealthcare's Top 10 Health IT Innovators. I guarantee you won't know all 10. Check out PatientsLikeMe.
1. this list of course... (i.e. I could only find 9)
Safety TipHospital facilities built today do not include asbestos, but many older buildings still have asbestos components in them. Steam pipes, boilers and furnace ducts were often insulated with an asbestos blanket or asbestos paper tape because of their fireproof and insulating properties. Resilient floor tiles were made from vinyl asbestos. Asbestos cement was employed in roofing, shingles and siding materials. The hazard of this carcinogen increases when the fibers become airborne, and untrained contractors can inadvertently increase risks by cutting, tearing, sawing, scraping, or sanding asbestos materials. Elevated asbestos levels can occur in hospitals where old materials are damaged or disturbed. It is best to leave undamaged asbestos material alone if it is not likely to be disturbed. Inhaling asbestos fibers is known to cause mesothelioma and other diseases. Be sure to use an experienced asbestos removal contractor when you need to get rid of old materials that might contain asbestos. |