Each year, norovirus costs the healthcare system nearly $4.2 billion, as found in a Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health study, according to CBS News.
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Carmel-based Indiana University Health North Hospital highlights three primary ways to improve the patient care transition process, according to Fierce Healthcare.
Springfield (Ill.) Clinic is the first ASC in Illinois to utilize the Xenex Germ-Zapping Robot.
A study published in the Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology found a World Health Organization-endorsed six-step hand hygiene technique using alcohol-based hand sanitizer gel is more effective at removing bacteria than a less complex, three-step technique that the CDC suggests.
The Campaign for Sustainable Drug Pricing introduced 12 policy proposals targeting drug companies, according to The Hill.
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A study conducted by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston found non-antibiotic therapeutic drugs, already approved for other purposes in people, could be effective in fighting antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens, as reported by the Galveston Blog.
Journal of Practice Management published a study finding 96 percent of patient complaints cited customer service issues rather than quality of care.
State public health officials reported 10 Illinois residents were diagnosed with infections caused by Elizabethkingia, according to Chicago Tribune.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are outlining the infection control precautions healthcare and laboratory workers should use to prevent the spread of the Zika virus, according to MedPage Today.
Physicians working in urgent care at Palo Alto (Calif.) Medical Foundation are using technology from Augmedix with Google Glass to cut back on time spent record keeping and focus more on patients, according to Government Technology.