Today's Top 20 Clinical Leadership & Infection Control Stories
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The Joint Commission: 6 ways to eliminate noise in the OR
High levels of noise in operating rooms could increase the risk of error and compromise patient safety, according to The Joint Commission. - 10/2/17 -
Medicine in a digital age — 5 ways to improve your online reviews from an expert
Vanguard Communications' Ron King shared five tips with Medpage Today on how providers and practices can improve their online reviews. - 9/28/17 -
B•R•A•H•M•S receives FDA clearance for KRYPTOR assay: 4 points
Thermo Fisher Scientific's B•R•A•H•M•S earned FDA clearance for expanded use of the B•R•A•H•M•S PCT sensitive KRYPTOR assay. - 9/27/17 -
Increasing hand hygiene compliance rates among staff — What works and what doesn't
Positive feedback can go a long way in improving hand hygiene compliance among staff members, according to Harvard Business Review. - 9/27/17 -
BIOVIGIL's new CEO Sanjay Gupta on how the company is fighting HAIs, increasing patient safety
BIOVIGIL, a company creating systems to monitor hand hygiene, named Sanjay Gupta CEO. - 9/25/17 -
How can ASCs prevent 51.9% of SSIs? 3 things to know
Researchers found surgery centers that fail to effectively protect patients can increase patients' risk of surgical site infections, according to a study PudMed published. - 9/21/17 -
The Joint Commission awards Paris Surgery Center TJR certification — 4 insights
The Joint Commission awarded Paris (Texas) Surgery Center its gold seal of approval for total knee replacement, The Paris News reports. - 9/18/17 -
AHRQ: These 12 states ranking in the lowest quartile for quality care
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report consisting of data from 2014 to 2015. In the report, the agency measured U.S. healthcare quality on a quartile scale. - 9/14/17 -
AHRQ: These 12 states provide the highest quality healthcare
HHS' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality released its 2016 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report consisting of data from 2014 to 2015. In the report, the agency measured U.S. healthcare quality on a quartile scale. - 9/13/17 -
10 deficiencies AAAASF cites most and how to correct them — No. 1: The Life Safety Code standard
The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities compiled its 10 most commonly cited deficiencies and provided solutions on how to address them. - 9/12/17 -
PCPs spend 6 hours interacting with EHRs daily: 4 key points
Primary care physicians spend a great deal of time interacting with EHRs. A study published in Annals of Family Medicine found the average was two hours per one hour of direct patient care. - 9/12/17 -
Increase in opioid prescriptions correlate with decrease in US labor force
A study, published in Bookings, examined U.S. labor force participation rates and correlated it with increasing opioid prescriptions. - 9/11/17 -
Malpractice fears spur overtreatment, according to physicians: 5 insights
PLOS One published a report detailing why physicians believe overtreatment is common throughout the industry, according to Medical Express. - 9/8/17 -
Welp — Online ratings not an accurate predictor of clinical performance, study says
A study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, examined online rating systems to determine if the ratings were clinically accurate. - 9/8/17 -
For patients suffering from opioid-induced constipation, medication doesn't work quickly enough — 5 survey insights
A survey, conducted by Salix Pharmaceuticals and the U.S. Pain Foundation, found 51 percent of chronic pain patients have suffered from opioid-induced constipation for more than three years. - 9/7/17 -
6 key findings on healthcare-acquired infections at New Hampshire ASCs
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services' public health services division released a report detailing the number of healthcare-acquired infections at New Hampshire ASCs in 2016. - 9/6/17 -
Is a 20% savings in operational costs hiding in plain sight at your ASC?
Healthcare leaders today are tasked with a difficult to achieve goal — improving efficiency. This mission at its core is simple, but identifying areas for improvement can be burdensome and many practices are unaware of the best next steps. - 9/1/17 -
Which 10 US states have the most overworked nurses?
There is a shortage of nurses throughout the U.S., with Hawaii having the fewest nurses per 1,000 residents. - 8/31/17 -
Millennials choose lifestyle changes over opioids — 6 key notes
A survey, conducted by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, said millennials are changing their lifestyles instead of using opioids to manage chronic pain, Science Daily reports. - 8/31/17 -
Immuron begins clinical study for C. diff infection treatment — 5 things to know
Immuron Limited began its phase I/II clinical study of IMM-529, a Clostridium difficile infection treatment. - 8/30/17
