Fla. hospital suspends employees over inappropriate photos with newborns | CMS grants quality reporting exceptions to hospitals hit by Irma | Neurosurgeon wins $17.5M case contesting firing from Swedish Health | 2 most effective OR practices to reduce SSIs From:…
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UPMC fires employees who took graphic photos of patient | Fla. nursing home where 8 died had repeat safety violations | Physician’s resignation drives Va. hospital to close | Mayo Clinic adds symptoms assessment tool to Epic patient portal From:…
[Nurse leadership] 8 dead at Fla. nursing home left without air conditioning after Irma | Nurse strike costs Calif. county $1.5M | 20 hospitals hiring nurses | Missouri hospital to close next week From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality…
Officials to investigate sewage leak in ORs at Medstar hospital | Man shoots, kills mother in ICU of Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center | 8 tips for high-quality hand-offs | Mercy Hospital Springfield brings in interim leadership after firing 12 employees over…
Police fatally shoot Irma evacuee who opened fire in Novant hospital | Harvey floodwaters carry high levels of E coli, toxins | Puppies sicken 39 people in multistate bacterial outbreak | Caring for patients, employees in a storm: 5 thoughts…
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Analysis: Joint Commission rarely penalizes noncompliant hospitals | Many Fla. hospitals reopen, while others left without water, plumbing | 21 exec moves | 12 patients contract rare SSI from heater-cooler at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans From: Becker's Infection Control…
Irma forces 35 hospitals across 3 states to evacuate | Mo. hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding | 4 killed in Duke University Health System helicopter crash | Anesthesiologist files 4 antitrust complaints against Mayo Clinic From: Becker's Infection…
[Nurse leadership] 20 hospitals hiring nurses | 1,000+ U of Illinois Hospital nurses plan strike | Tenet to divest 17 hospitals | Study: CNAs often fail to swap out contaminated medical gloves From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com>…
5 Denver nurses suspended for inappropriately viewing deceased patient’s body | AG sues Wash. hospital over charity care | 9 Conn. psych hospital employees charged in patient-abuse scandal | How Intermountain CEO Dr. A. Marc Harrison learns 22 hospitals’ pain…
Court sides with Geisinger in firing of nursing student who declined drug test | Patient death spurs FDA to halt cancer drug trials | Tenet sells 2 Philadelphia hospitals for $170M | RAND: Texas hospitals can expect greater demand for…