National Patient Safety Foundation will head Patient Safety Awareness Week, from March 12 to March 18, 2017.
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Healthcare-associated infections made improvements from 2006 to 2014, according to the CDC Winnable Battles final report.
On Dec. 8, 2016, CMS' Innovation Center unveiled two patient engagement models, the Shared Decision Making Model and Direct Decision Support Model, according to Healthcare DIVE.
Life expectancy in the United States dropped for the first time since 1993, according to an article in The Washington Post.
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Derek Feeley, president and CEO of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, delivered the keynote at the 28th annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care in Orlando, Fla., held from Dec. 4 to Dec. 7, 2016.
Physicians throughout the United States continue to prescribe antibiotics when they may not be necessary, according to a study published in Annals of Internal Medicine, CBS News reports.
The job outlook for registered nurses may fare well over the next eight years, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
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Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Hospitals researchers conducted a 17-month study finding high adherence to hand hygiene compliance practices lowered the number of healthcare-acquired infections, according to a Medscape report.