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Primary care docs need 26 hours/day to provide recommended care: study

A team-based approach, using nurses, PAs and counselors helps ease the overwork

Oracle-Cerner EHR shut down for four hours due to corrupted database

Error in database could have caused harm to patients

Butterfly files motion to dismiss Fujifilm patent claims

Says allegation lacks merit and is meant to distract from failure to innovate

ViewRay moves HQ to Denver

The Oakwood Village, Ohio facility will remain and focus on product development and training

Sudden clinic closures leave Pennsylvania patients, staff in limbo

Berwick Hospital Center's nearly 5,000 patients left with nowhere to turn

Mercy Iowa City turned down University of Iowa Health Care $605 million offer to buy

Offer was one of four rejected by Mercy in a search for a new partner that began in July 2021

Rush Health Systems merges with Ochsner Health, becomes Ochsner Rush Health

Makes specialty and subspecialty care closer to patient's homes

Leapfrog offers 29 recommendations to decrease diagnostic errors

Diagnostic errors cause 40,000 to 80,000 deaths annually

Cohen Children's Medical Center opens $110 million pediatric surgical complex

Houses eight child-friendly, 600-square-foot ORs

Finding the right OEM service partner

Equipment maintenance starts with a clear understanding of a facility’s needs and objectives

Infection Control Corner

How perfect storms sometimes create perfect opportunities

March 12, 2021

Looking at the silver lining in COVID-19

Changing hospital work practices — alert for construction workers

August 19, 2020

Infection control practices in the COVID-19 era

Legionella exposure is real and can happen anywhere

May 29, 2019

Understanding the uptick in cases, and how to stay safe

Flu vaccines for staffers are part of patient safety

August 29, 2018

An often overlooked part of infection control

Rural hospital patient safety benefits and survival prescription

June 20, 2018

In the rural setting, hospital infections are fewer

HAIs shrink as trend for outpatient facilities grows

April 06, 2018

An unanticipated benefit of spreading out the patient population

Reducing infections in young patients

March 20, 2018

There are special considerations to make when ensuring sanitary care for children

Assessing the indirect costs of HAIs

November 08, 2017

Internal costs from $25,000 to $45,000 per incident are only the beginning

The unique challenges of keeping the MR environment clean

October 06, 2017

Eliminating bacteria in the magnetically charged MR suite

Gene-editing technology may cure deadly diseases

September 13, 2017

Assessing the game-changing potential of CRISPR

Training and empowerment are the keys to providing quality care

August 11, 2017

Understanding strategies for reducing the rate of HAIs

CMS considers making hospital inspection outcomes public

July 14, 2017

Agencies are not uncovering as many violations as government inspectors are finding

Infection Control Corner: Bacteria hits the floor

June 09, 2017

Floors are an under-appreciated source of pathogen dissemination

Five new products and innovations to reduce the danger of infections

May 19, 2017

The focus on HAIs is having a clear impact on the medical marketplace

Infection control corner: Reducing HACs is a win-win for patient care and profits

March 22, 2017

Good medicine is good for business

The HAI tipping point has been reached

February 08, 2017

Change is required immediately

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