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Flooding closes MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann Sugar Land; Ben Taub evacuates | 2 patients contract Legionnaires’ at UW Medical Center | The most effective hand-washing technique for C. diff | Mass. closes psych hospital weeks after declaring it safe for…
60+ hospital and health system CNOs to know | Mass. hospital worker wins $758.7M Powerball jackpot | Northwell Health to shut down insurance arm | Hershey Medical Center cited for 2nd patient safety event From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical…
[Nurse leadership] 20 hospitals hiring nurses | Patient jumps to death from Calif. hospital window | Every extra patient on nurse’s caseload increases mortality risk 7% | Hershey Medical Center cited by state in death of 6-year-old patient From: Becker's…
Intermountain to cut opioid prescriptions 40% by 2018 | Presence Health to join Ascension | ‘Game of Stools’ board game helps providers better manage C diff | Hospital admissions waxed, waned depending on proximity to eclipse path From: Becker's Infection…
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Rush files suit over $18M patient monitoring system | 16 CNO, CMO moves | CHS investor wants to oust CEO Wayne Smith | Keck Medicine of USC names 1st chief patient safety officer From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality…
Nurse sues Houston hospital over lunch break policy | What’s the status of Trump’s proposed vaccine panel? | 2 Tenet board members resign over ‘irreconcilable differences’ | 7 hospital execs: Why I chose healthcare From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical…
Improperly sanitized scopes at N.Y. VA puts 500+ patients at infection risk | Cleveland Clinic, American Cancer Society pull events from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago | The music genre surgeons prefer most in the OR | AHRQ: Healthcare access and quality improve,…
[Nurse leadership] Higher nurse workloads spurs lower hand hygiene compliance | IRS revokes hospital’s tax-exempt status | Baystate Noble nurses authorize strike | 20 hospitals hiring nurses From: Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality <editorial@beckershealthcare.com> Subject: [Nurse leadership] Higher nurse…
215 newly rated 5-star hospitals for patient experience | Who is obligated to protect patients during an active shooter event? | Chinese billionaire ups stake in CHS again | Patient oversight can boost hand hygiene compliance: 4 study findings From:…