Infection Control Archives - Page 5 of 295

Hospitals brace for unique virus season | Wash. hospitals halt H-1B hires | A medical 1st at VCU Health | Stanford hospital to lay off pharmacists | New Fla. AMC taps clinical chief

New virus season challenges, H-1B hiring freeze in Wash., Stanford trims workforce October 15, 2025 1. Hospitals brace for turbulent virus season Full story 2. UW Medicine, Fred Hutch pause H-1Bs, citing $100K fee Full story 3. World Stroke Day webinar:…

Joint Commission adds staffing as quality standard | How the CNO role is evolving | Ala. healthcare high school breaks ground | Kaiser adds 7,600 clinicians amid strike | Intermountain grows kidney transplant program

New Joint Commission goal, CNO role shifts & major strike news October 14, 2025 1. 'Defining moment' for nursing: Joint Commission recognizes staffing as quality component Full story 2. Nurse leaders in their own words: How the CNO role is…

What's driving physicians to the CEO role? | 338 hospitals with lowest CLABSI rates | Measles outbreaks grow across 2 states | LA hospital CNO to retire | Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed

October 13, 2025 1. What's driving physicians to the CEO role: McKinsey survey Full story 2. 338 hospitals with the lowest CLABSI rates Full story 3. Build trust, cut friction, boost performance. The 3-part model leaders are using here. 4.…

NCLEX pass rates by state | CDC's flu season forecast: 4 notes | Sentara debuts APP onboarding program | What's going on with Calif. hospitals? | States ranked by patients with no personal physician

October 10, 2025 1. Average NCLEX pass rate, by state Full story 2. CDC flu season forceast: What to know Full story 3. Sentara rolls out APP onboarding program Full story 3. Reduce bad debt from coverage churn. Revise your hospital…

Nurse career ladder saves AdventHealth $48M | Shutdown disrupts transplant network | 5 GLP-1 updates | Northwell's model to expand pediatric mental health | AMCs push to protect research

October 9, 2025 1. AdventHealth saves $47.5M with redesigned nurse career ladder Full story 2. Organ transplant network faces disruption amid shutdown Full story 3. How Cleveland Clinic is building a health system for the future — here. 4. 5 GLP-1…

Specialties with highest attrition rates | Leaders split on new quality measure | Calif. hospital at risk of closure | 8 predictors of RN burnout | New model measures nursing's ROI

October 8, 2025 1. Physicians with the highest attrition rates: Study Full story 2. 5 leaders consider new benchmark for hospital quality Full story 3. Ardent Health is all in on hospital-grade wearables. Learn why here. 4. 8 predictors of…

MGB's plan to curb ED boarding amid virus season | 7 C. auris risk factors: Study | Fla. physician group files for bankruptcy | Johns Hopkins debuts drug shortage tracker | 10 top children's hospitals: US News

October 7, 2025 1. Mass General Brigham's plan to limit ED boarding during virus season Full story 2. 7 risk factors associated with clinical C. auris infections: Study Full story 3. CEOs of Cleveland Clinic, Providence & CommonSpirit take center stage…

Physician expenses top $1M: 4 notes | CDC OKs new COVID, MMRV shot guidance | Shutdown halts Iowa system's RN union vote | Cedars-Sinai taps CMO | A medical 1st at Children's Atlanta

October 6, 2025 1. Expenses per physician top $1.1M, up 15% in 2 years: 4 notes Full story 2. Shutdown postpones UnityPoint Health nurse union vote Full story 3. Invest in patient safety and caregiver confidence. Stryker's SurgiCount+ system with…

Where $100K visa fees would hit hardest | Clinician champions rise | 4 factors behind early-onset cancer | Adventist to downsize Ore. hospital | States with highest, lowest 'LWBS' rates

October 3, 2025 1. The rise of the clinician champion Full story 2. $100K H-1B visa fee could hit these states hardest Full story 3. Most patients quit GLP-1s within a year. What leaders are doing about it — here.…

CMS shutdown: What's running, halted | CRNAs oppose UnitedHealth policy | Joint Commission's new peer learning effort | Wyo. hospital to end cancer care | Resident wellness takes center stage at hospitals

October 2, 2025 1. The CMS activities that will, won't continue during the shutdown Full story 2. Joint Commission to launch peer learning initiative Full story 3. CEOs and CFOs don't make easy calls — they make the hard ones…