Leapfrog releases fall hospital safety grades: 6 things to know | CMS rolls out initiative to curb burden of quality reporting | Calif. hospital shuts down, 524 employees face layoffs | Patient death prompts investigation of United Medical Center From:…
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Man climbs into Texas hospital’s ceiling to escape police | NYU Winthrop Hospital delivers 4 sets of twins in 1 day | Tenet reports $366M net loss, plans to cut 1.3k jobs | Study: Afternoon cardiac surgeries achieve better health…
Texas Children’s surgeons operate on fetus still inside mother’s uterus | Study: Depressed nurses report more medical errors | Walgreens to close 600 stores | Healthcare weighs in on Trump’s opioid crisis declaration From: Becker's Clinical Leadership & Infection Control…
Why the US doesn’t track maternal death rates | Nurse scales cliff to deliver 2 babies at N.C. hospital | Shareholders push for changes at CHS, Tenet: 6 things to know | Physicians: It’s growing harder to tell patients to…
Water main break forces 7 Mich. hospitals to close or cancel procedures | Bill Gates: World may see last polio case this year | Tenet CEO Trevor Fetter steps down | Could ‘Dr. YouTube’ cause more harm than good this…
CDC: Influenza activity remains low | Bon Secours hospital cuts opioid use 80% with new surgical protocols | Los Angeles hospital to close, lay off 638 employees | UCSF researchers mine EHRs to track 435k patient movements, pinpoint source of…
Tufts nurses to picket Nov. 2 | CEO, CFO, COO & VP at Tenet’s Baptist Health System to depart | ER operators to Google: Name the authors of 22 bad online reviews | 5 Qs with Lucile Packard Children’s CMO…
Nurse claims Spectrum Health accommodated patient request for no black caregivers | Tenet to close 232-bed Phoenix hospital | San Diego VA administers 1.5k ineffective flu shots | Epic ranks highest on patient safety improvement in the ED From: Becker's…
More Americans died of drug overdoses in 2016 than the Vietnam War | 10 states with the most overworked nurses | Senators reach bipartisan healthcare agreement: 8 things to know | CMS releases preliminary CJR program results From: Becker's Infection…
Healthgrades: 25 cities leading the way in healthcare | Nearly 50% of US medical care occurs in EDs | Apple has pursued talks to buy medical clinics | CDC: Influenza activity low at start of flu season From: Becker's Infection…
