Hospital smoking bans and employee smoking behavior: results of a national survey

Article Abstract:

A more widespread adoption of smoking bans in workplaces could encourage more smokers to quit smoking altogether. Researchers interviewed 1,469 current or former smokers who worked in hospitals in 21 states and 920 current or former smokers who worked in workplaces in the community that did not have smoking bans. In 1993, the agency that accredits hospitals required all hospitals to be smoke-free. The quit rates among hospital employees one year after the smoking ban were almost twice as high as those in the community workers. Quit rates were even higher in hospitals that had voluntarily mandated smoking bans before 1993. Hospital employees also appeared to be further along on the smoking cessation cycle. For example, 30.5% were seriously thinking of quitting, compared to 23.4% in the community. Hospital employees who continued to smoke had reduced their daily cigarette consumption by an average of one cigarette. The hospital industry is the only industry that has implemented a nationwide smoking ban.

Hospitals, Workplace smoking, Social policy, Smokers

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HIPAA and patient care: The role for professional judgment

Article Abstract:

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations came into effect in April 2003 where hospitals and clinics were required to hold training sessions for employees and to distribute information to patients about the regulations. Analyses of the misconceptions regarding what the regulations say about incidental disclosures is conducted and recommendations are provided to help physicians think through what incidental disclosures in patient care are ethical.

Evaluation, Physician and patient, Physician-patient relations, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy

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The long road to patient safety: A status report on patient safety systems

Article Abstract:

The status of hospital patient safety since the release of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports is assessed and the changes over time in 2 states that collaborated on a patient safety funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is identified. The status of hospital patient safety systems is revealed not to be close to meeting IOM recommendations and that patient's safety system progress is slow and is a cause for great concern.

Care and treatment, Hospital patients, Patients, Patient care

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