Infection Control Archives - Page 12 of 295

Is virtual nursing delivering? | The $800M toll of premature discharges | C-suites add clinical roles | States with highest cancer mortality | Children's health declines: 8 study notes

July 8, 2025 1. Has virtual nursing lived up to its potential? Full story 2. These 1% of patients cost hospitals $800M annually: 5 notes Full story 3. AI in cancer care: Find out where health systems are seeing real…

2 states may nix pass-fail in med schools | CMS under Dr. Oz: 12 actions | Academic medicine rattled | HCA settles NICU injury cases | 6 new drug shortages

July 7, 2025 1. 2 states consider nixing pass-fail grading in medical schools Full story 2. NIH grant funding chaos rattles academic medicine Full story 3. Discover smarter surgical budgeting and analytics-driven insights here. 4. CMS under Dr. Oz: 12…

Top Keck nurses get cash awards | Licensure compacts expand | 5 GLP-1 updates | NY allows RNs to follow some PA orders | More med students seek dual MD-graduate degrees

July 3, 2025 1. Keck Medicine of USC awards $100K to top nurses Full story 2. Licensure compacts see expansions in 2025 Full story 3. Cut OR costs without compromising care quality. Learn more here. 4. New York expands law to…

Judge halts HHS layoffs | 28 hospitals with 6+ Magnet designations | Zero HAIs in 3 years: 1 hospital's playbook | 3rd state changes PA title | Ill. hospital closes

July 2, 2025 1. Judge halts HHS' 'unlawful' downsizing efforts Full story 2. 28 hospitals with 6+ Magnet designations Full story 3. NYC Health + others weigh in on the OR of the future. Join them, here. 4. Mercyhealth closes Illinois…

Physician pay grows 4.9% | Former CNO awarded $27.5M in retaliation case | Cancer care map redrawn | Calif. system cuts 315 jobs, reduces exec pay | IHI taps CEO

July 1, 2025 1. Physicians see pay, productivity gains: 5 notes Full story 2. Jury orders Dignity Health to pay former CNO $27.5M over retaliation Full story 3. 200+ execs gather to share what's improving surgical workflows. Join them —…

Joint Commission cuts 714 rules | CMS reviews Medicare waste | Advocate nets $6.3M from virtual nursing | Hospital funding at risk over pediatric gender care | 760 hospitals face potential closure

June 30, 2025 1. Joint Commission cuts standards by 50% in sweeping overhaul Full story 2. CMS targets 'wasteful' Medicare services Full story 3. How are Houston Methodist, Intermountain & NYU Langone optimizing ORs? Find out — for free. Apply…

Will debt drive specialty decisions? | Nursing school enrollment rises | UCI to open 1st all-electric hospital | 30 systems raising workers' pay | Warning added to COVID shots

June 27, 2025 1. Chasing paychecks, not purpose: Student loan caps may shape physicians' futures Full story 2. Nursing school enrollment on the rise: 7 notes Full story 3. 200+ execs gather to share what's improving surgical workflows. Join them —…

New ACIP recommends RSV shot | NIH halts grant cancellations | Ochsner lowers sepsis mortality 20% | Hundreds of physicians in 'visa limbo' | Colo. hospital cuts 5% of staff after CEO exit

June 26, 2025 1. HHS' new vaccine panel backs RSV shot for infants Full story 2. NIH halts additional grant terminations Full story 3. Lee Health grew surgical volumes 9% in 1 year. Their leaders unpack how, here. 4. 43rd state…

705 top recommended hospitals | The self-deprescribing trend | 10 specialties most likely to quit | Hospital layoffs spike amid Medicaid uncertainty | Nev. governor vetoes nurse staffing bill

June 25, 2025 1. 705 hospitals patients would highly recommend Full story 2. The patient self-deprescribing movement, explained Full story 3. Help shape Becker's Perioperative Summit — learn how to join (for free) as a reviewer: Apply here. 4. 10…

VUMC to cut 650 jobs | CIDRAP eyes its own vaccine panel | Payers to reduce prior auths | St. Luke's nets $13K per clinician with AI | Mo., Okla. hospitals to close

June 24, 2025 1. VUMC to lay off 650 amid federal spending cuts, Medicaid uncertainty Full story 2. CIDRAP launches vaccine committee to replace ACIP: 4 notes Full story 3. Cut OR costs without compromising care quality. Learn more here. 4.…