UC San Diego put in ‘immediate jeopardy’ over dirty surgical instruments | Patient sues UPMC after nurse exposes 4.7k to TB | Optum part of $2.2B physician-staffing firm acquisition | Mass. hospital tackles alert fatigue after staff overlook patient’s deadly…
Infection Control
Jackson Health reports most MRSA infections in 2017 | 90 physicians leaving Atrium share details about the split | Physician, surgeon salary in all 50 states | CMS to publicly report hospitals’ sepsis performance in July From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Second body found at San Francisco hospital in 1 week | Improved HAI rates saved hospitals $2.9B between 2014-16 | 2 Ariz. hospitals enter bankruptcy | Why Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser are touting group appointments for patients From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Physicians say Miss. children’s hospital had ‘pervasive mold and cockroaches’ | Chipotle offers nurses BOGO meals today | Join Peyton Manning, Venus Williams at Becker’s Health IT + Rev Cycle Conference | Ga. nursing board gives drug-abusing nurses ‘secret sanctions’…
RN salaries in all 50 states | Houston hospital suspends heart transplants after patient deaths | Why state-mandated nurse ratios could harm patient safety | Are readmissions an accurate quality measure? 2 researchers aren’t so sure From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Woman found dead in stairwell of San Francisco hospital building | Ill. hospital postpones elective surgeries during power outage | 4 ways nurses can fight alarm fatigue | Report: Global antibiotic shortages fueling superbugs From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection…
NYC physician sues ex-patient for $1M over negative Yelp review | 35 Ebola cases in Congo – What US providers should know | How Fla. nursing homes are preparing for hurricane season | 6 ways hospitals can improve the workplace…
CHS’ plan to close Mo. hospital leaves pregnant women without OB-GYN | Nurse accused of infecting patients with hep C tests negative for virus | AI beats dermatologists in skin cancer detection | Why airlines hope physicians aren’t on board…
Whistle-blower: Steward compromised care to keep patients in network | Medication errors linked to patient death at Boston Children’s | Why PAs might get a new title | Chicago ambulance hit by bullet while transporting patient From: Becker's Clinical Leadership…
Nurse wins $28M in suit against Brigham and Women’s | Patient contracts Legionnaires’ at UW Medical Center | Calif. exchange insurers to drop hospitals that miss safety marks | Man allegedly posed as nurse, responded to emergencies at UPMC hospital…
