CDC urges public to get flu shots by end of Oct. | Michael Dowling: 3 most undervalued elements of care delivery | Famed Baylor St. Luke’s surgeon linked to 2015 heart transplant deaths | Push to reduce ED visits leads…
Infection Control
Nurses at 15 HCA hospitals vote to authorize strike | NY VA hospital physician misreported patients’ surgical outcomes, report finds | 4 best-paying healthcare jobs for women | How ‘predatory bacteria’ can help fight antibiotic resistance From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Physician resigns from THR leadership roles after sexist comments | Pa. hospital lays off 25% of staff | CDC quarantines plane in NY due to unknown illness | Physician burnout doubles risk of patient safety incidents, study finds From: Becker's…
Maine hospitals turned mental health patients away from ER, state finds | Ascension fires 75% of Providence Health’s board | 50 states ranked by sepsis care quality | RAND: Quality ratings tools should let patients decide what’s important From: Becker's…
Heart transplant patient to OHSU: ‘My life is depending on you’ | 5 best hospitals to work for in 2018 | Calif. senior care facility cited over woman’s death in stairwell | Viewpoint: Why discrimination against female physicians threatens patient…
‘Fire challenge’ sends kids to hospitals with severe burns | Wash. hospitals see uptick in patients amid wildfires | Poor healthcare kills 8M people a year | 20 hospitals hiring nurses From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject:…
Last OHSU heart physician resigns days after program suspension | MetroHealth sues opioid makers to recoup addiction care costs | Vanderbilt points to Epic rollout for 68% drop in operating income | 5 notes on infection preventionist salary From: Becker's…
OHSU suspends heart transplants amid cardiologist shortage | Texas Children’s Hospital fires nurse over Facebook post | Tenn. health system files for bankruptcy | Study: Patients in private rooms less likely to get central line infections From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Hershey Medical Center warns patients of potential measles exposure | Miss. hospital files for bankruptcy | Join 3,500+ attendees Becker’s Health IT + Rev Cycle conference | 5 Qs on retained surgical items with Dignity Health’s SVP of patient safety…
Calif. fines 13 hospitals $1M-plus for patient safety issues | Sentara CEO Howard Kern: What if Jeff Bezos ran our health system? | Physician likely 1st to contract Ebola in Congo conflict zone | How hospitals should handle discriminatory patient…
