Patient treated with dirty scope at Pa. hospital, state finds | SC hospital at risk of losing Medicare funding | Billings Clinic fires nurse, notifies 341 patients after drug diversion | Leapfrog safety grades penalize hospitals for transparency, study suggests…
Infection Control
2 patient suicides in 8 days at Montefiore Medical Center | 6 notable device recalls in 2016 | 51 hospitals with lowest heart attack readmission rates | 10 best, worst states for physicians | Common antibiotic ear drops linked to…
Redesigned Olympus scopes linked to infection outbreak: 7 things to know | House scraps AHCA: 5 things to know | Study: Liquid and foam soap not created equal | Banner aims to save $65M with voluntary employee termination program From:…
Redesigned Olympus scopes linked to infection outbreak: 7 things to know | House scraps AHCA: 5 things to know | Study: Liquid and foam soap not created equal | Banner aims to save $65M with voluntary employee termination program From:…
[Nurse leadership] 19 CNO, CMO moves | ACA repeal vote delayed: 5 things to know | 10 best cities for nurses | It’s World TB Day: 8 things to know about tuberculosis From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com>…
NJ pain clinic reopens after infecting 37 patients | Does weekend emergency surgery impact patient death risk? | Cleveland Clinic’s operating income plummets 71% | Medicare funding at risk Saint Alphonsus home health, hospice after 2 failed inspections From: Becker's…
Sepsis drug shortage linked to increase in patient deaths | Providence St. Joseph CEO apologizes for issues at Swedish in full-page ad | How a student-designed computer system could make surgery safer | Miami-Dade sees new locally acquired Zika case…
30 patients infected at now-closed NJ pain clinic | Mortality drops during Joint Commission surveys, study finds | 59 hospitals with the cleanest patient rooms | CMS delays major bundled payment initiatives: 6 things to know From: Becker's Infection Control…
US Attorney’s Office investigates Swedish Neuroscience Institute | Flu remains above epidemic threshold | 23 exec moves, 19 quality improvement & patient safety toolkits | Mayo Clinic CEO’s comments draw controversy, state scrutiny From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality…
[Nurse leadership] US News: Best 10 nursing schools for MSNs, DNPs | Baptist Health to cut 288 employees | Jeb Bush with Prism Healthcare Partners joins April agenda | Mayo Clinic to prioritize privately insured over Medicaid, Medicare patients From:…
