The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued revised guidance for treating patients who contracted fungal meningitis from an outbreak this fall.
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Access to technology, hospital culture and communication hinder patient safety improvement, according to a survey by GE Healthcare and the American Nurses Association.
Jimbo Cross is the vice president of acquisitions and development at Ambulatory Surgery Centers of America. Mr. Cross is responsible for the nationwide acquisition and business development of surgical facilities and ASCs. He also is in charge of creating strategy…
A survey, the results of which were published in a Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine research article, found that 30 percent of physicians in the Department of Veterans Affairs health system, participating in the survey, failed to…
ICNet announced that Midland (Texas) Memorial Hospital has fully deployed its automated surveillance software, which monitors clinical data to alert hospital staff of potential infections.
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Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle decreased its sterile processing error rate from 3 percent to 1.5 percent over 37 months, according to a study in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
Coastal Orthopedics & Sports Medicine/Pain Management in Bradenton, Fla., has announced the launch of its comprehensive concussion program, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance is planning to move its headquarters to the OneC1TY campus in Nashville, a technology innovation campus, according to a report by The Tennessean.
Pri-Med, a provider of professional medical education, and the American College of Physicians announced that they have been awarded an educational grant to develop a training program for clinicians that educates them about safety and efficacy when prescribing opioids.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offer a free toolkit to help healthcare organizations prevent the transmission of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.