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Nursing
Nurse Staffing Ratios to Hit the Ballot in Massachusetts
The Patient Safety Act, which seeks to impose limits on the number of patients assigned to a nurse at one...
Clinical Care
Freestanding ERs May Have Low Hospital Admission Rates
Researchers find that patients at a hospital-based emergency department were 20% more likely to be admitted compared to patients at...
Nursing
Nurse-Driven Initiative Decreases Falls, Saves Money
After implementing a new evidence-based risk assessment tool, SSM Health reduced patient falls by 30%.
Clinical Care
For Immunosuppressed Sepsis Patients, Hospital Experience Matters
At hospitals seeing fewer than 225 immunosuppressed patients with sepsis each year, these patients were 38% more likely to die...
Clinical Care
Readmissions Are Down, Unless You Consider Rise in Observation Stays
When the rising numbers of non-admitted patients held for observation is factored in, declines in readmissions disappear. Are hospitals trying...
Clinical Care
Local Anesthetic Fails to Curb In-Hospital Opioid Use
Despite the dramatic rise in the use of the use of liposomal bupivacaine, the local anesthetic was not associated with...
Clinical Care
ER Observation Unit Reduces Length of Stay 8 Hours
For emergency room patients, a Maryland hospital's new observation unit has lowered length of stay and reduced admission of patients...
Clinical Care
Should CMS Expand Use of NPs, PAs for Inpatient Rehab?
The agency wants to know whether it should reduce a face-to-face requirement currently imposed on inpatient rehabilitation physicians.
Clinical Care
Older Surgeons Produce Lower Mortality Rates
A new study suggests that emergency surgeries performed by surgeons age 50 and up produce lower mortality rates than those...
Clinical Care
Beleaguered VA Delivers Better Care Than Your Hospital
A RAND study found the VA health system performed as well or significantly better than non-VA hospitals on key measures...