Yonkers, N.Y.-based Saint Joseph's Medical Center will use CipherHealth's digital rounding solution, Orchid, to prevent central line associated blood stream infections and catheter-associated urinary tract infections.
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A new case study from Memorial Hermann Health System shows how implementing The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare's Targeted Solutions Tool for hand hygiene can decrease healthcare-associated infections, according to a report from The Joint Commission.
Everything was going along just fine, or so the physician-owners thought, until it was accidently discovered the administrator had embezzled enough money to buy himself a nice little island in the middle of the river on which he built a…
A laser-sharp focus on infection control is necessary for ASCs to succeed in the increasingly value-based healthcare environment. Here, two ASC administrators discuss the infection control initiatives planned for 2016.
The system saving hundreds of patients — 5 things to know about EarlySense Patient Monitoring System
EarlySense, a contact-free, health sensing and analytics provider, released its 2015 achievements.
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After the Senate examined 20,000 pages of Gilead Sciences' documents, the Senate found the provider of hepatitis C medication was endangering patients, according to San Francisco Chronicle.
Various states have implemented strategies to decrease opioid abuse, according to Business Insurance. By August 2015, 20 states had amended requirements of reimbursement for physician-dispensed drugs, according to the Workers Compensation Research Institute in Boston.
Carnegie Hill Endoscopy, an endoscopy ASC in the Upper East Side of Manhattan, has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Director of Nursing. Responsibilities include:• Daily clinical staffing and efficient flow of patients through the Endoscopy experience.• Recruit, hire, train…
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is collaborating with Salt Lake City-based Health Catalyst to investigate the true costs of its healthcare, according to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
A new study found more elderly patients visited the ER for infectious disease-related diagnoses in 2012 than for myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure combined, according to Medscape. Researchers studied adults 65 years of age and older who had received…