Researchers analyzed activities of 33 hospitals in five different regional collaboratives and identified seven common themes, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
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Four spine surgeons discuss the topics weighing most heavily on them and their practices heading into 2012.
10 Predictions on ASC Merger & Acquisition Activity in 2012 Joe Clark, EVP and CDO for Surgical Care Affiliates, Aaron Murski, senior manager with VMG Health, and Luke Lambert, CEO of ASCOA, discuss their thoughts on ambulatory surgery center merger…
In response to recent criticism about why Oregon ambulatory surgery centers lag behind hospitals in reporting infection rates, Kecia Rardin, president of the Oregon ASC Association, argues ASCs "sincerely" want to report infections but must do so in a "meaningful"…
The Virginia Department of Health provides a free, downloadable poster providing healthcare personnel with information on recognizing and responding to acute suicide risk.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has outlined seven guiding principles for healthcare organizations creating a medication reconciliation process.
CMS produced a list of four strategies to improve safe use of skin preparations in anesthetizing locations in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, thereby reducing the risk of surgical fires.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a comprehensive guideline that includes 52 recommendations for the prevention of norovirus outbreaks in healthcare settings.
O. Alton Barron, MD, an attending hand/shoulder Surgeon at the CV Starr Hand Surgery Center in New York, has been named chairman of the board of trustees for Post University in Waterbury, Conn., according to a Post University news release.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Oswego (N.Y.) Hospital has selected ProVation Order Sets as the organization's electronic order set solution, according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news release (pdf).