2 hospital officials at N.H. VA ousted hours after Boston Globe publishes investigative report | Patients see empathetic physicians as more competent | DOJ charges 412 in $1.3B healthcare fraud sweep | The unlikely place researchers found C. diff From:…
Infection Control
[Nurse leadership] 73-year-old RN names nursing’s ‘dirty little secret’ | Tufts locks nurses out after strike | 14 CEO moves | Updated Senate healthcare bill includes $45B toward opioid education, treatment From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject:…
Former White House ‘drug czar’ Michael Botticelli on opioid epidemic: 5 thoughts | Infection rates take center stage in SEIU, Stanford fight | Ex-hospital CEO indicted for accepting gift | How 3 patient groups view healthcare quality From: Becker's Infection…
1.2k Tufts nurses begin strike | FDA head wants mandatory opioid education for providers | N.C. hospital files for bankruptcy | 62 critical access hospitals to know From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: 1.2k Tufts nurses begin…
CEO fired 3 months after NC health system earned ‘D’ for patient safety: 5 things to know | 16 large hospitals with the lowest C-section rates | Flesh-eating bacteria infects 3 in Ala. county | Cerner CEO Neal Patterson dies…
Medstar hospital’s poor safety ratings get limelight as it treats Rep. Steve Scalise | Deadly rodent virus kills 3 in Wash. state | Ga. physician named new CDC director | UnitedHealth may buy Advisory Board’s healthcare arm From: Becker's Infection…
[Nurse leadership] Tufts nurses to strike July 12 | 15 layoffs in June, 6 tips to manage star employees | CHI St. Luke’s CFO resigns a week after CEO’s sudden resignation | Rare tick-borne virus ID’d in state park visitor…
Former patient stabs nurse at Pa. hospital | Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana tap water | Quorum Health sells Ga. hospital | Researchers develop device to rapidly detect sepsis from blood drop From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com>…
Measles, hep A, plague: 5 recent and ongoing outbreaks | CHS divests 9 hospitals | Bankrupt Fla. hospital closes ER | 3 things hospitals can do to address overlapping surgeries From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: Measles,…
Physician kills 1, wounds 6, kills self in NY hospital: 9 things to know | How severe was the 2016-17 flu season? 7 key points | 26 exec moves | Even perfect hand hygiene can’t halt MRSA spread to NICU…
