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More evidence connects healthcare work environments with patient safety, clinical outcomes and staff retention. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses focuses on improving the healthiness of work environments, with its release of "AACN Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work…

Medline, a Mundelein, Ill.-based medical supplies company, gives healthcare organization ways to enhance patient safety.

An Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report found Medicare patients gave their physicians the highest ratings in 2015, according to Family Practice News.

Researchers found surgical patients who had seasonal flu vaccines had no worse outcomes than patients who were not vaccinated, according to MedPage Today.

Physicians should implement certain measures in their quality reporting system to ensure CMS will provide them bonuses, rather than pay cuts, according to AJMC.

Patients need to wash their hands to enhance their own safety, based on a new research letter JAMA Internal Medicine published, according to Space Coast Daily.

The Joint Commission released several tools as part of the United for Patient Safety Campaign and in honor of Patient Safety Awareness Week.

Researchers found Zika virus may be associated with meningoencephalitis, the infection and swelling of the brain, according to health 24.

Hawaiian Sen. Rosalyn H. Baker introduced a bill that would align Hawaii with the CDC's recommendation of healthcare workers receiving flu vaccinations, according to Hawaii Tribune Herald.

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