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Task Force Says Patient-Centered Care is Key to Best Practices

Pain Management Best Practices for Patient-Centered Care

The Pain Management Best Practices Interagency Task Force was created to update best practices, issue recommendations for managing chronic and acute pain, and propose updates to the Comprehensive Addiction and...

May is Improve Your Posture Month

This May is, "Correct Your Posture Month" it is a great opportunity to take a look at your posture and find ways to improve it. As you are reading this, check your posture. Is your spine long and strong, or are you...

Summertime Tips for Managing Time-Off Requests and the Heat!

Managing Employee Vacations and Time-Off Requests Have clear policies and procedures in place for employee vacation requests. Be sure to include the following: Management's right to approve or deny...

Understanding Mental Health Issues and Creating Supportive Workplaces

Understanding Mental Health Issues and Creating Supportive Workplaces The U.S. Department of Labor in a recent news release announced that they have launched a new resource to help employers better understand...

Image Service Company's Breach Results in $3,000,000 Settlement

Imaging Service Company's Breach results in $3,000,000 Settlement The recent Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announcement of a settlement with a Tennessee diagnostic medical imaging services company due to a...

CDC and HHS Provide Update about the Measles Outbreak

CDC and HHS Provide Update about the Measles Outbreak At the time of this update, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reports over 700 cases of...

HHS Updates Deadline on Proposed Rules to Improve Interoperability of EHI

HHS Updates Deadline on Proposed Rules to Improve Interoperability EHI The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed new rules to support seamless and secure access, exchange, and use of electronic...

An Overlooked Type of Workplace Violence

Did you know that April is National Workplace Violence Prevention month? Workplace violence doesn't just involve criminal intent and irate customers. Employees bullying each other is another form of workplace...

2019 Tax Filing Deadline is Coming Up! Are You Ready?

2019 Tax Filing Deadline is April 15th TheIRS tax filing deadline, commonly referred to as "Tax Day" in the United States is less than a week away landing on this Monday, April 15th, 2019. Although the tax...

OCR Warns of Advanced Persistent Threats and Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

OCR Now Publishing Quarterly instead of Monthly Cyber-SecurityNewsletters In the Spring 2019 newsletter for the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), it was mentioned that they have moved away from a monthly cyber-security...