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Report says California fails to monitor hospitals
The California Department of Public Health has consistently failed to enforce new laws designed to reduce medical...
UC Irvine Medical Center ordered to improve medication management
California inspectors making a surprise follow-up visit to UC Irvine Medical Center found two deficiencies in...
Web Exclusive: Senate Committee Requests Investigation of Long-Term Care Hospitals
A Senate panel is looking into allegations that some Medicare beneficiaries receiving care in long-term care hospitals...
Waterbury (CT) Hospital disciplined over violations
A mishandling of defibrillators was among numerous violations cited by Connecticut health officials who disciplined...
New Survey Terminology Cropping up in Joint Commission Visits
The term "observed but corrected on-site" has been cropping up in survey terminology in recent site visits...
Sepsis, Pneumonia Caused by HAIs Killed 48,000 Patients in One Year, Study Says
In one of the largest national studies to date, two common conditions—sepsis and pneumonia—caused hospital...
Stillborn's remains missing from Chicago-based Rush University Med. Center
Staff at Rush University Medical Center were working with Chicago police to find the remains of a stillborn that went...
Hospital type may play role in decision on feeding tubes
When nursing home residents with advanced dementia are sent to the hospital, many are given feeding tubes, even though...
Patients Stealing $52M Worth of Items from Hospitals, Says Survey
Hospital patients, their families, and visitors may be stealing about $52 million in property each year from hospital...
Long-term care hospitals face little scrutiny
More than 400 long-term acute care hospitals have opened nationally in the last 25 years. Few of them have doctors on...

Newsletter: Healthcare Leadership Review
This newsletter will equip you with the tools to become the leader in Healthcare that you have always dreamed of...
Book: Hospital Campaigns that Work:
Learn from the best in healthcare marketing. This four-color book and CD-ROM are loaded with images of and information...
Book: The Complete Guide to Hospital Marketing, Second Edition
The Complete Guide to Hospital Marketing, Second Edition looks at the complex field of healthcare marketing in a...