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Clinical Care
Inside your health: Hospital cleaning procedures could lead to infections
Hospitals could unknowingly be putting patients at risk for infection, and the cause might be right under your feet. A new study found that the way hospitals clean their floors might actually be...
Nursing
Florida Nursing Program Emphasizes Primary Care
To improve access to care, a project at Florida Atlantic University aims to educate nurses in primary care delivery.
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Clinical Care
Does journal peer review matter anymore?
Simon Dack, MD, was the editor-in-chief of the official journal of the American College of Cardiology for 34 years. His office at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City was located adjacent to...
Clinical Care
Minnesota's hospital germ fighters report progress
Hospitals are reporting progress in their fight against infection-causing germs — from fungus in the bedsheets to bacteria on whiteboard markers — and against one another in their competitive race...
Strategy
New Nemours CEO a Self-Described 'Relationship Guy'
R. Lawrence Moss plans to bring his relational leadership style along with him when he moves this fall to Nemours from his current role as surgeon-in-chief at Nationwide.
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Clinical Care
Rhode Island Hospital Reaches $1M Agreement After 4 Patient Mix-Ups
A mammogram and other imaging services were performed on the wrong patients earlier this year, and one patient underwent surgery on the wrong part of the spine.
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Clinical Care
Dirty surgical equipment at UC San Diego hospital sparked serious state response
UC San Diego Health is opening up about getting in trouble with California health officials over cleaning issues with its surgical equipment. The problem was serious enough for the state to declare...
Nursing
Nurse-Driven Initiative Decreases Falls, Saves Money
After implementing a new evidence-based risk assessment tool, SSM Health reduced patient falls by 30%.
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Strategy
Two events made me a more compassionate doctor
The path to becoming a physician is a long and character-defining one. From the moment one first realizes that they want to become a doctor, applies to medical school, and then goes through the...
Finance
Medicaid or no insurance tied to higher death risk in HCV
Adults with hepatitis C virus (HCV) were more likely to die if they were on Medicaid than other insurance plans, while uninsured HCV-infected adults also exhibited higher mortality rates, according...
Clinical Care
CDC: Patients got more MRSA infections at Jackson Health than at any other U.S. hospital
Seven Florida hospitals fell below national standards for combating a deadly infection known as MRSA — and patients at Miami-Dade's Jackson Health System were more likely to develop a MRSA...
Clinical Care
Newborn deliveries temporarily suspended at La Grange hospital
La Grange hospital suspended newborn baby deliveries June 1, a temporary move that is part of a change in the hospital’s women and children service line, which will see the hospital combined with...