Moody’s: Severe flu season will pressure nonprofit hospital margins | CVS Health, others see stocks fall after Amazon, JPMorgan, Berkshire Hathaway unveil collaboration | WHO: 5 most common antibiotic-resistant infections | Dignity Health nurses picket over staffing, patient care From:…
Infection Control
Healthgrades’ clinical excellence ratings are out: Who’s best? | 25 executive moves | Registration nearly sold out for Becker’s 9th Annual Meeting | What hospitals can learn from other high-risk industries: 6 Qs with patient safety expert Dr. Gary Yates…
Flu activity nears 2009 pandemic levels, says CDC | 33 healthcare companies among ‘World’s Most Admired’ | U of Calif. nurses hold pickets statewide | DEA allows NPs, PAs to prescribe meds for opioid addiction From: Becker's Clinical Leadership &…
100 infection control products to know | Flu update: How Cleveland Clinic, others are handling high patient volumes | Geisinger, Dignity to pilot Apple’s medical records system | 16 CNO, CMO moves | AORN updates perioperative care guidelines From: Becker's…
10 top patient safety issues for 2018 | Cleveland Clinic Florida offers concierge medicine | FDA extends shelf life of IV solutions amid critical shortage | N.Y. VA reschedules surgeries over contamination concerns From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control…
Wis. hospital suspends employees for leaving homeless patient in cold | Detroit Medical Center to cut 300 jobs | Syracuse hospitals divert ambulances amid flu influx: How hospitals nationwide are handling high flu rates | Strange odor prompts evacuation of…
Ga. physician walks 1 mile in snow, ice to treat patients | Congress secures long-term CHIP funding | Hear keynote speakers Bush, Clinton & Lloyd Dean at Becker’s 9th Annual Meeting | Should providers ask patients about sexual orientation? 4…
Patient sues Northwestern Memorial for reusing syringe on him | Humans can spread flu just by breathing, study finds | Intermountain, SSM, Ascension and Trinity Health to launch generic drug company | CMS reveals 2018 value modifier From: Becker's Clinical…
Judge: Olympus failed to disclose scope safety concerns before superbug outbreaks | 491-bed Ohio hospital to close | N.H. hospital potentially exposes patient to HIV via reused insulin pen | Survey: 14% of physicians admit depression caused medical errors From:…
Viewpoint: Physicians should be permitted to help patients die | Dignity hospital accused of ‘dumping’ homeless patient at bus stop | Nurses claim D.C. hospital still delivers babies despite closure of OB/GYN ward | 25 best healthcare support jobs From:…
